Lifelong career as a general practice vet with Dr Alex Davies!

Welcome back to 'So You Want To Be A Vet?' podcast! In this episode, Dr May chats with Vet Mentor President, BVA Young Vet of the Year 2021 and RCVS Inspiration Award 2022 recipient Dr Alex Davies! Dr Alex and Dr May are small animal GPs who absolutely love their roles. In light of the recent RCVS summit on ideas to solve the recruitment crisis, rebranding the GP role was one of the suggested solutions. They share their thoughts on why people leave the GP profession and opinions on having a lifelong career as a GP vet in this episode. We hope you enjoy this episode! Links: 1. GP role rebrand and workforce packages to solve recruitment crisis - Vet Times: https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/gp-role-rebrand-and-workforce-packages-among-ideas-to-solve-recruitment-crisis/ 2. Preliminary findings from Workforce Summit - https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/news/new-report-outlines-preliminary-findings-from-workforce-summit/ 3. Full report on RCVS Workforce Summit Nov 2021  Thinking of becoming a vet but have no clue where to start? Look no further than ‘So You Want To Be a Vet?’, a brand new FREE series from Vet Mentor! Join vet students Bronte and Erin as they interview successful vet students from each of the UK Vet Schools in their 'OpenPod' series, share the insights of fantastic vets in the industry and cover everything from specialisms and research to discrimination in the practice - think BIG, we have some great guests lined up! Follow our Instagram @soyouwanttobeavet to keep up to date with all our releases! If you have any ideas of what you'd like to see us talk about, then drop us an email at [email protected] --------------- Motivate Me by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com