Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Mark Hedberg — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:38:12 GMT

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A minor point, though - sometimes the vet goes to a foreign school because he/she simply can't afford the huge tuition fees or the loans. You know what they call £9000 a year in the USA? A bargain. So the "didn't get into vet school" comment wasn't completely fair, I feel.

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Sorry, but I think point 20, is a good one. Certainly in the UK.

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No need to apologize - we'll have to disagree on this one, as quite a few of my classmates are doing just fine here. ;)

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No doubt they are. But the comment was that if your vet went to VS in the Caribbean they probably weren't good enough to get into a (UK) vet school - I would say that is likely to be the case!

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Well done, John! Spoken like one with clear experience of the US vet school system - with their 28 (29 if you count Utah) vet schools for 50 states, and their better than 20-to-1 oversubscription for places. Adding the the pertinent fact that many UK citizens are getting their training in the EU because the UK vet schools are equally oversubscribed, would you recognize an EU graduate if you saw one?

edit: by the way, St George is accredited by the AVMA, so that Caribbean school is rated at the same level as the other USA vet schools. In addition, other non-accredited school graduates have to pass the NAVLE exam, with a pass requirement of 80%. With a very few exceptions, most UK vet school graduates have topass this test too. So even if you went to an overseas school, you still need a VERY high standard to practice in the USA.

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

John Rimmer — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:30:32 GMT

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Sorry, but I think point 20, is a good one. Certainly in the UK.

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No need to apologize - we'll have to disagree on this one, as quite a few of my classmates are doing just fine here. ;)

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No doubt they are. But the comment was that if your vet went to VS in the Caribbean they probably weren't good enough to get into a (UK) vet school - I would say that is likely to be the case!

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Lucie Allcutt — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:35:38 GMT

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Sorry, but I think point 20, is a good one. Certainly in the UK.

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I think the sentiment behind the statement - significantly contributed by someone anonymously! - that a vet who went to one of the Caribbean schools is not as good as a US grad is totally off the mark. I say this as someone who had the pleasure of working alongside quite a few soon-to-be Caribbean grads (as they all do their final clinical year at a US school).

However, lots of US students do go to these schools because for whatever reason they have not been successful in gaining admission to a US school. And they are REALLY expensive (although the US schools are doing their best to catch up)! Most grads from the Caribbean schools will have near or over $200-250K in loans (compared with an 'average' of 'only' $140-150K for most US grads).

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Mark Hedberg — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:29:36 GMT

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Sorry, but I think point 20, is a good one. Certainly in the UK.

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No need to apologize - we'll have to disagree on this one, as quite a few of my classmates are doing just fine here. ;)

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

John Rimmer — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:59:08 GMT

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Sorry, but I think point 20, is a good one. Certainly in the UK.

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:59:31 GMT

39. “One way to make sure your vet is up on the latest stuff? Ask how he puts your pet to sleep. If he says he uses ketamine or halothane gas, that’s not good. That’s like 1970s medicine. Isoflurane and sevoflurane are a lot safer.”—Rachel Simpson.

I use pentobarbitone.........

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Bob Russell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:36:22 GMT

Sorry! I missed out the tongue in cheek smiley in my post but I do wonder how long these 'new business plans' will last. I am afraid the answer is just long enough to do damage to the other practices in the area.

The whole website in question seems at best misleading. Animal Trust is a Ltd company and not a charity which means all staff will be salaried. Pitch those salaries high enough and every company becomes not-for-profit or even at a loss!

It may be that trading standards will have a field day when clients find they have a bill to pay at the end!

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:06:49 GMT

Read Gillian's thread on the new practice in her area Maybe that's how they do it-or vaccines brought back from Ireland on the ferry

Wynne

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Bob Russell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:58:57 GMT

Some great stuff in there!

I was a little interested in the low cost clinics giving half doses of vaccines - that one had never even crossed my mind. I am certain this would never happen in the UK!

Re: Readers Digest likes us (Well the American version)

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:41:07 GMT