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Calling All Animal Lovers! Start a Career as a Veterinarian
Step 1: Assess Your True Interest
Many people think that veterinarian jobs will just be fun and games with pets all day. They tend to forget that much of being a veterinarian and working in veterinary medicine involves putting animals down as the only way to ease an animal’s suffering.
Step 2: Veterinary Schools
After assessing careers in veterinary medicine, you still want to become a veterinarian. That means you will need to attend a four-year program at one of the 28 veterinarian schools across the nation. Before you can enter a veterinarian school, you must have at least one year's worth of undergraduate work, but your best bet is to have at least a bachelor's degree, preferably in biology, pre-med, or another science. You also may have to take an entrance exam before getting into veterinary school. Once you're in a program, you can choose to specialize in a specific area of veterinary medicine, such as radiology, surgery, neurology, or anesthesiology.
Step 3: Get Certified
Upon graduation from veterinary school, you will need to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine. The exact license requirements vary from state to state.
Step 4: Begin
Now is the time when you begin practicing veterinary medicine. You can choose what type of veterinarian career you wish to pursue: Working in a veterinary clinic, a veterinary hospital, or starting your own private practice!
The Path to Practicing Veterinary Medicine
Assess your interest in becoming a veterinarian, study veterinary medicine at one of the 28 veterinarian schools in the United States, become a licensed veterinarian in your state, and begin practicing veterinary medicine! The road may be long and hard to becoming a veterinarian, but for those who love animals, it is well worth the effort.
Sources
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
