Career choices for veterinarians : beyond private practice /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leavenworth, Wash. :
Smith Veterinary Services,
1998.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Who should read this book?
- Before you dive in
- Using resource lists
- Format of e-mail addresses and web sites
- Accessing web sites and online services
- Obtaining books and articles
- Sample job announcements and pay ranges
- Accuracy note
- Abbreviations and terms
- Organize your job search
- Secrets of success: how to apply for any job
- Your resume or cv
- The Interview
- The Avma Career Development Center
- Veterinary exams and licensure
- Jobs that don't require a license
- The Long-range outlook for the veterinary profession.
- Practicing veterinarian's required reading
- Aren't I wasting my schooling if I'm, not in private practice?
- Make a positive decision
- What about going back to school?
- Assess your skills and knowledge
- Basic requirements for change
- How you can get further education, skills, and knowledge
- Explore your limits
- Self-assessment questionnaire
- Re-evaluate your limits
- Traditional veterinary practice
- Private practice
- Small business
- Corporate practice
- Species variety
- Alternative medicine
- Veterinary specialists.
- Starting your own business
- Self-assessment questionnaire
- Housecall practice
- Relief veterinarian (locum tenens)
- Consulting
- Business consultants
- Livestock consultants
- Industry consultants
- Computer-related jobs
- Information services and computer software
- Information services
- Primate Information Center
- National Agricultural library
- Computer software
- Informatics training
- Writing, editing, and publishing
- Freelance writer
- Magazine articles
- Technical writing
- Writing for web sites, electronic mailing lists, or online servers
- Writing a book
- Magazine or journal editor
- Publishing
- Multimedia
- Government positions
- Media work: television and radio.
- Careers in industry: companies that serve the veterinary profession
- Technical or professional service
- Research and development
- Regulatory affairs and product development
- Sales and marketing
- Business development
- International positions
- Sample job announcements
- Association and organization jobs
- Association director
- Animal welfare organizations
- The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
- International, volunteer and assistance work.
- International programs at veterinary schools
- International relief (locums) work
- International consultant
- Jobs related to the environment
- Agencies and organizations with international positions
- Heifer Project International (HPI)
- Vet aid
- The Peace Corps
- Christian Veterinary Mission
- Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA)
- Rotary Club International
- People to People Citizen Ambassador Program
- The United Nations
- Intership Program
- Peacekeeping operations
- World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Other overseas opportunities.
- Teaching jobs
- College teaching or advising positions
- Working for a veterinary technology program
- Educator
- Director
- Government jobs
- Overview
- Working for the city, state, or county government
- City or county jobs
- Public health veterinarian
- Animal shelter veterinarian
- Animal care facility inspector
- State jobs
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Agriculture
- Management and supervisory positions
- Animal disease control
- State veterinarian
- Animal health veterinarian
- Veterinary medical officer
- Extension service
- Extension educator.
- Working for the federal government
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- APHIS Public Veterinary Practice Career Program
- APHIS animal care
- APHIS veterinary services
- Support staff
- Staff veterinarian
- Emergency services
- Import-export
- Quarantine facility veterinarian
- Animal health
- Field service
- International positions
- Port veterinarian
- Epidemiologist
- Area veterinarian in charge
- Science and technical units
- Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH)
- Center for Animal Disease Information and Analysis (CADIA)
- Center for Animal Health Monitoring (CAHMS).
- Center for Emerging Issues (CEI)
- Information Technology Service
- Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)
- Other APHIS jobs
- Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
- Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA)
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Public Health Service (PHS)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC training and fellowships
- National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) and Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- Us agency for international development (usaid)
- Usaid fellowships
- Veterans Administration (VA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Canadian Animal Health
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Jobs in politics
- The Uniformed services
- Air Force Biomedical Sciences Corps
- Army Veterinary Corps
- Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
- Part-time work in the uniformed services.