Getting the most out of your EMS placement: improving your weaknesses
- Remember everyone has different areas in which they are and aren’t comfortable – one of the aims of pre-clinical EMS is to get everyone to a similar level
- EMS is an excellent opportunity to drive your own learning
- Only you know what your weaknesses are, so focus on improving them and put yourself forward for things you find difficult
Here are some quotes from vet students who improved their own weaknesses:
“It is important to be honest with yourself with what you can and can’t do. Try not to pretend that you are overly good at something if you’re not! Practice makes perfect”“I didn’t feel confident delivering twin lambs; I found it hard to separate the two in the womb. So I asked the farmer ‘the next time a sheep that’s expecting twins starts lambing, could you stay with me and talk me through it?’. I’m so glad I did because it made it so much clearer!”
“I could have spent 3 weeks doing equine which I would have really enjoyed and only 1 week doing a pig placement where I didn’t feel very confident, but I wouldn’t have learnt as much”
