https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/27185/are-you-an-academic-vet-or-a-challenge-focused-one Thought this was an interesting piece of research: https://www.vetsurgeon.org/news/b/veterinary-news/archive/2018/07/03/happiness-is-a-non-clinical-problem.aspx en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/199602?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:22:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d0d2cf5b-8c6b-41ea-a94b-ed8d9a4fda6eJulie Innes<p>Interesting! I think I am definitely more challenge-&nbsp;based. I like to try to work out how to get to a diagnosis via the best route and within the clients budget- eg what to do first/ next/ if that doesn&#39;t work based on likeliehood/ signalment/ clinical signs. I&#39;m definitely don&#39;t do things in a linear fashion <img src="/emoticons/v2/Ashamed_smiley.png" alt="Embarrassed" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/199554?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:51:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:62c8c300-2adc-4017-9fde-f93294c4e9e4Liz Barton<p>No surprise that training vets in a linear fashion from problem to diagnosis, treatment and prognosis ill-equips them for the actual challenges of practice life. &nbsp;Great that the RVC have looked into this and are increasing their non-clinical content to better match expectation and reality. &nbsp;It&#39;ll be interesting to see how this affects new graduate morale, stress levels, and ultimately retention in the profession.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>