Hitting Refresh With Your Veterinary Career

Nobody really saw it coming…a pandemic…there were rumblings and mentions but it’s a shock to anyone’s system when it really happens…but once we get over that initial world-altering jolt, therein lies opportunity and optimism. Not the hand wringing, unscrupulous kind…more like the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” kind.

With some time available for some reflection, you remain generally happy with your career, but for some there’s something about going to work every day which is beginning to wear on you or maybe there are just not enough surprises any more…or too many.

It seems like every day there’s that dog who is always swallowing socks, the cat who is coughing up too many hairballs, or the lizard who’s suddenly lethargic. It’s not that you don’t care about these cherished pets, or about their owners’ peace of mind – we know that you always will. It’s just that, after a few years of this, some Vets find themselves looking for something new – new challenges, new procedures, new ways to learn and grow…and sometimes a new approach to Vet Life as we know it, with a little Work-Life Balance too.

If you think, “well, I made my bed, so I guess now I have to lie in it,” think again – this pandemic, as awful as it is, brings with it the prospect of diversification and new opportunities in a post-COVID-19 world.

You don’t need to give up your veterinary career to freshen up your days, and of course your training doesn’t need to stop (they don’t call it Continuing Education for nothing). If you’re willing to research and explore new horizons with an open mind (which could be quite an adventure in its own right), you’ll find a host of interesting (and in some cases surprising) veterinary specialties that you may not have considered that may reinvigorate your veterinary career as things begin to return to some modicum of normal, including these…