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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 10:30:26 GMT -5
Ideally, I'd like to have a back-up plan in case I am rejected from OVC. Whenever I've researched international vet schools I'm always overwhelmed by tuition & living costs. I also wonder if Canadian graduates of international vet schools who return to Canada to work are less well respected than a graduate from a Canadian school. Can anyone provide insight into these topics? How do people afford international vet schools and what happens when they return home for work?
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Post by lowenger on Sept 10, 2014 11:08:11 GMT -5
Hi Coralreef
I'm not sure this is the best place to ask this question as the audience is pre vet students and some DVM students, not so much people who have done their degrees abroad.
Here is my advice:
Be sure that the schools you look into are AVMA accredited. Then you would be licensed for all of North America once you write the licensing exam.
Talk to alumni from the schools. We have some alum from the UK and down under working as faculty (but they were originally from those countries). Try to find alum from Canada who have gone to other schools. I'm sure if you contact the recruiters of those schools they would share this info.
The Future Vets Club has many of the overseas and Caribbean schools speak to their members over the year. If you are around you should definitely come and ask the presenters about financing.
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Post by Tarnia on Sept 15, 2014 6:58:38 GMT -5
I went to vet school in Edinburgh (Royal (thingy) School of Veterinary Studies) but did my prior education in Canada (including at UoG). I graduated in 2013 and have been at a small animal/exotics clinic since then. Tuition: pretty much privately funded. There is VERY LITTLE (aka pretty much nothing) available in terms of scholarships etc to foreign graduate students. I'm not sure what you can get via Canadian bank loans...I know a friend did this for her law degree in the UK but I don't know details. Banks in the UK don't give much by way of loans for a second degree. If you can afford it-and obviously that is a HUGE if!-I definitely recommend it. The program is quite different over there than here, and like anything it has its pros and cons. I do feel I got an excellent education, equivalent to peers at OVC or other vet schools. Now because of animal welfare laws, you will not be taught tail docking or declawing in the UK, and in general there are limitations on animal use in teaching eg surgery, but there are lots of opportunities for external practice and even at OVC my understanding is there is less surgery opportunities than there used to be. I don't find I've been discriminated against, but as Ms. Lowenger pointed out, I was at an AVMA accredited school. I HAVE heard clients comment on things like "I went to X clinic, that vet was horrible, goodness knows where he studied, he was obviously foreign" or some such. I don't like it, but I have heard it. Whether people are saying the same behind my back...not that I am aware of; and in fact I more often get comments about what a tough school that is to get into, what a cool experience that must have been, etc. etc. Also, it actually doesn't come up that often...most clients don't ask where I graduated from. I bring it up more than the clients do..."oh you want a travel cert to the UK? I did my degree there!" that sort of thing. If you have further questions I am happy to help, but am not on here all that often. You can email me at tarnia_elf "at" yahoo "dot" ca (in the usual email format).
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