Hi
I’m David, a 5th year vet student from Ghana. Lately I’ve been really interested in wildlife and possibly working in the documentary space, but exposure here is pretty limited compared to what I see from other countries.
Most of our experience is centered around small animal and livestock cases, with limited equipment and very little wildlife exposure. We still make the most of it, and honestly some rotations have been really fun and eye-opening, but it’s also made me realize how different vet school experiences can be depending on where you are.
At the same time, I’ll be honest I’ve been feeling quite burnt out lately, and at some point I started questioning if this path is really for me. I realized part of it is that I tend to crave variety and new experiences, and hence I realized the routine nature of clinical practice (at least from what I’ve seen here) might not be for me and it started to make me feel like I was losing interest in something I once really cared about. What has helped a bit is exploring outside the typical path, I’ve started looking into internships and opportunities around wildlife and even the documentary side of vet medicine, and that’s slowly bringing back that sense of excitement.
I guess I’m still figuring things out, but it made me curious, What has your vet school experience been like where you are? Do you get exposure to alternative paths?