vHealth and Career Education
Bridges Assignment – Socials 9 Requirement
Name: Emma
Instructions
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Go to the Bridges web site http://www.access.bridges.ca
Click Site ID
Site ID 0000156
Password: homevisa
Click Career Choices > Career Quiz > Start Now
Once you have a list of 20 careers you should review each of them. After
reviewing the list of careers select ONE and provide the information requested
below.
PART I
Job/Career
Equine Veterinarian
Write a brief description of the job/career
An Equine vet is a horse doctor. Equine vets are responsible for the care of
domesticated animals, but they restrict their practice to horses. They identify
and treat medical problems and injuries, set broken bones, perform surgery,
prescribe medicines and administer vaccinations.
Why are you interested in this job/career? What do you find appealing
about it?
Since I was young I have always wanted to help people and animals. Lots of
people knew about my love of animals, and suggested I should become a vet. I
kept telling myself I would never become a vet, because I didn’t want to ever
have to put an animal down. But now that I am older and understand that
everything must die at some point, if a horse is in pain and suffering, then it
would rather be put down than be alive and in pain. So when I started riding 4
years ago I fell in love with horses and the people around. I decided that I
wanted to become a vet to help horses and there owners the best way I could.I
have always loved doing science and math, which is perfect for become a vet.
It’s the key things you need for becoming a vet, you need to be able to calculate
how much of a certain vaccine you need to give a horse, and of course there is
the science behind it all. In grade 8 our science teacher brought a cow’s heart
and lung in to class. I was so eager to touch it and see how it worked. I am not
someone who gets grossed out by blood or the insides of an animal. The things
that you get to see and do when you are a vet is fascinating.
What do you find least appealing about this job/career?
Like I said before when I was young I never wanted to put an animal down. I
know somewhere in my carrier that I will have to put down a horse, most likely
more than one. I think killing a horse will be one of the hardest parts of the job.
But the worst part of the job I would have to say telling the owner the only way
to help the horse is put it down. Seeing the little girl that owns that horse, hear
that the horse must be put down will definitely be the worst part of my day.
What education is required for this job/career?
Getting the education to become a veterinarian is a long haul. It takes six to
eight years of post-secondary school to become a doctor of veterinary medicine.
Some veterinary science students also choose to do a one-year internship after
graduation to help them get some hands-on experience before jumping into this
field. Others may find work in private clinics as assistants. You'll need two
years of pre-veterinary study at a regular university followed by four years of
courses in veterinary medicine at one of the four Canadian veterinary colleges.
Those who want to become specialists will need another three years of
education, in the form of a residency program. You'll need flawless grades and
experience with animals to even compete for entrance into one of these schools.
You'll also have to pass an entrance interview or examination. Competition to
get into vet school is fierce and some students apply to schools abroad to
increase their options.
What is the wage or salary for this job/career?
The average hourly wage was $71.70 in 2008.
PART II
Click on “Get Started” which is in the top left corner of the job description page.
Click on Real-Life Math, Real-Life Communications and Real-Life Decision
Making and complete the activity for each of them. Provide your responses
below.
Real-Life Math
200mg=2ml=2cc/dose
X2
=4cc x 5 days
=20cc
Real-Life Communications
In this case I would tell them there three options, he is old and has lived a good
life, if she could not afford the operation, I would say the best choice in her case
would be to put the dog down, Jake is already in depression and is starting to
get very scared. But since I is her dog she has all right to take the dog home.
Real-Life Decision Making
Usually when a horse hurts the, self on the race track they kill it right away to
put it out of pain. We have already tried to operate on her once and she hurt
herself even more from panicking, what’s going to stop her from doing it again?
She is very young like all race horses so she is only 2-3, if she didn’t like the
cast being on for 2 minutes, she won’t enjoy it being on for a few months. She
has had a very hard going life as a race horse and from going from a race horse
to a horse that won’t be able to walk, could just kill her. It’s a long recovery
time and she might not be able to run like she used to. There is no one around
to love her, so she is on her own. I would care for her but she is a full time
commitment. She would not appreciate ending up alone in a foster home. So
the best decision would be to put the horse down.