Top Reasons to Pursue a Career in Veterinary Medicine
There have recently been a lot of social media posts regarding the many negative aspects of veterinary medicine. The stress, the $100,000+ post-graduate debt, the bullying on social media, and the high suicide rate amongst veterinrians just to name a few concerns. Despite all of this, the competition to get into the prestigious veterinary programs gets higher and higher. There is still a huge desire from these intelligent, driven, Type A personalities to not pursue a career in veterinary medicine instead of the human medical field where they would encounter similar stress but be earn a much higher salary. For some of us being a veterinarian really was our lifelong ambition and dream. For others it became an idea later that manifested later in life. What it is about veterinary medicine that still makes it a highly sought after career choice, particularly for women who outnumber the men in current graduating classes by around 25:1!!!! ...