The Importance Of Passion In Veterinary Medicine

To become a veterinarian is a process that requires serious dedication to a program of extreme rigor with the end goal of a lifetime of reward in the form of administering animal care. The hackneyed response given time and time again to the question of “Why veterinary medicine?” is always the same, “I love animals!” a mandatory precursor to the field, without question, but one that is not sufficient for the intensity and demanding schooling of veterinary medicine. To further elaborate, it is important for an individual to not only have a passion for animal care but to have the drive to want to make a difference in both the lives of animals and the people so closely intertwined with them. To briefly interject, these ideals are the embodiment of why I would like to become a veterinarian; the satisfaction of being able to utilize a skill set to help animals and other people alike, and possibly even the entire area of veterinary medicine, is unparalleled. In order to accomplish such a lofty task, however, there are certain goals a pre-professional student like myself must set in order to be able to mature in the prospective vet student necessary and excel in the variety of …show more content…
To delve more in depth under the broad umbra of science, are my fascinations in the realm of pathology and how the spread of disease between animal-animal and even animal-human come to fruition and how we can come to understand these processes and develop vaccines and treatments to prevent this. With respect to research, my ultimate goal is to be able to finish vet school at Texas A&M and then continue on specializing or possibly enrolling in some sort of extended education program (PhD) in the field of pathology while continuing to be able to practice clinically as a licensed