THE SOFTER SIDE OF SCIENCE: RESOURCES PAGE
Every resource mentioned in The Job Kit
with current links
WORTH BUYING
New Vet Jumpstart Guide: 20 Common Emergency Cases (Gray & Tarantino)
plus the General Practice edition HERE
For your first cases.
The New Vet's Handbook (Clare Tapsfield-Wright) and Kindle edition HERE
Career and personal advice. It's UK-focused, but most of it travels.
Small Animal Medical Differential Diagnosis: A Book of Lists (Mark S. Thompson, 4th ed.) or Kindle Edition HERE
For working up cases at the treatment table.
Clinical Reasoning in Veterinary Practice: Problem Solved! (Maddison, Volk & Church, 2nd ed.) and Kindle edition HERE
For learning how to think through a presenting problem.
INTERNSHIPS AND SPECIALIZING
VIRMP (Veterinary Internship & Residency Matching Program): applicant information and this year's dates
https://www.virmp.org/Home/Applicants
VIRMP: what programs receive in your application
https://www.virmp.org/Home/Programs
AAEP Internship Hub: equine internships
https://aaep.org/guidelines-resources/student-resources/internship-hub/
ACVIM: becoming a candidate for board certification
https://www.acvim.org/board-certification/how-become-board-certified/become-candidate
ACVS: pathway to certification
https://acvs.org/certification/
AVDC: veterinary dentistry training
https://avdc.org/small-animal-diploma/
AAVMC: 2025 academic internship salaries
FREE RESOURCES
VIN Foundation: New Graduate Survival Manual and Thrive in Five toolkit
Includes a model employment contract and a Student Debt Center for loan questions.
https://vinfoundation.org/resources/thrive-in-five-new-veterinary-graduate-toolkit/
AVMA: "Difference, not disability"
On supporting neurodivergent team members.
Vetlife Neurodiversity resources (UK)
First-person stories and a guide to asking for workplace accommodations.
https://www.vetlife.org.uk/neurodiversity/
Job Accommodation Network
The free US resource on workplace accommodations.
WHEN THE JOB GETS HEAVY
VIN Foundation Vets4Vets
Free, confidential one-on-one peer support from other veterinarians. Students are welcome, and you don't need a VIN membership.
https://vinfoundation.org/resources/vets4vets/
Veterinary Hope Foundation
Free, guided online support groups for veterinary professionals.
https://veterinaryhope.org/support-groups/
AVMA wellbeing resources
Self-assessments and tools for you and your workplace.
https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/wellbeing
In a crisis, call or text 988 (the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) from anywhere in the US, at any hour.
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CONTRACTS, PAY AND INSURANCE
AVMA PLIT: professional liability and license defense insurance
dvm360: calculating ProSal compensation
https://www.dvm360.com/view/calculating-prosal-compensation
VetCor: salary versus ProSal
https://www.vetcor.com/blog/salary-vs-prosal
dvm360: new graduate compensation and debt (October 2026)
https://www.dvm360.com/view/new-veterinary-graduates-face-widening-real-income-gap-record-debt
Foley & Lardner: noncompete agreements, federal and state overview
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2026/07/noncompete-agreements-federal-state-overview/
EquiManagement: veterinary license defense
https://equimanagement.com/articles/the-business-of-practice-veterinary-license-defense/
Today's Veterinary Business: protecting your business (insurance overview, 2026)
https://todaysveterinarybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/TVB-AM26-Biz-Protect.pdf
AAHA: corporate consolidation in veterinary medicine