New Veterinary Graduates' Personal Development - The Veterinarian's Mindset

Whilst upon leaving vets' school the Brazilian new grad will be armed with a certain set of veterinary skills 

• ability to change a dressing
• ability to set up a drip kit (there is a better word for this in English. In Portuguese you say 'equipo')
• venipuncture

there is something called 'mindset' that takes years to learn. 

It is possible to see the students who have the right attitude - the right mindset'.  Mindset is different to skill set.  

You have the knowledge and the skillset when you graduate from vets' school.  What many people don't have is the right mindset.

The biggest lesson I learned at vets' school was that veterinary medicine is not about animals but abput people.  I exaggerate, of course it is about animals.  But there is a paradigm to consider when faced with an emptional owner of a companion animal.  This paradigm is that you should consider the owner's needs first - because he or she pays the bills)  You should consider the animal's needs second.  Finally, you should conisder yours. Wise advice from a coaching video by Marco Antonio Gioso. 

Go into surgery with the attitude "I can do this".

I have a former classmate who, within three years of qualifiying, opened her own small animal clinic.  Since a large percentage of businesses fail, it will be interesting to see wheher she succeeds.  And success is all about mindset.