Reader Mailbag #1
Dear Readers,
Today’s post is loooooong overdue: last November, I asked you all to post questions in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Chat. You raised some great topics, so let’s dig in!
“What was your favorite experience as a professor? Best part about teaching? Most impactful students?”
This question comes from fellow veterinarian
who writes the newsletter.I’d say my favorite thing about being a teacher is watching vet students and residents grow professionally, attain independence, and start contributing to the field on their own. I’ll periodically hear back from former students thanking me for helping them master a tricky concept or providing a reference that got them an internship or residency. This past fall I watched several residents I mentored on my traveling locum blocks deliver outstanding case presentations to a packed room at the annual ACVP/ASVCP conference. And a number of my former trainees are now already respected vet school faculty members and in leadership positions …
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