Monday 21 April 2014

Veterinary Medicine

If you've always dreamed about becoming a doctor and also are an animal lover, maybe you should consider veterinary medicine!

What Does A Veterinarian Do?
  • Diagnose animal health problems
  • Vaccinations
  • Medicate against infections or illnesses
  • Treat wounds and injuries
  • Set fractures and perform surgery
  • Advise owners about animal feeding, behaviour, and breedingMost veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding. Most veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding. Most veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding. Most veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding. Most veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding. Most veterinarians diagnose animal health problems, vaccinate against diseases, medicate animals suffering from infections or illnesses, treat and dress wounds, set fractures, perform surgery, and advise owners about animal feeding, behavior, and breeding.
How Do I Become a Veterinarian?
  • There are only 5 veterinary schools in Canada, and only one of those is in Ontario. They are: PEI, Guelph, Calgary, Saskatchewan, and Montreal. I'm just going to mainly focus on Guelph here.
  • Write the MCAT. There is no minimum score, but they are going to take people with higher scores, obviously lol
  • Have at least 2 years of university completed
  • Do the following prerequisite courses: 1.0 credits biology, 0.5 cell biology, 0.5 genetics, 0.5 biochemistry, 0.5 statistics, 1.0 humanities/social sciences
  • Veterinary experience, animal experience, and extracurricular experience
  • 3 references, one of which must be a vet
  • Top-ranked candidates are interviewed
  • Application is due January 1st on OUAC

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