"I am here in Bucharest & closer environment for 3 weeks and experience daily the working everyday life of the SUST veterinarian Dr. Irina Corbu. Every day, cats and dogs are neutered and normal consultation hours are held. I can learn all important skills for the practical activity as a veterinarian in the animal protection employment here. Among other things, this includes: consolidating the current castration techniques, getting to know anaesthetics and medicines and how to comply with hygiene standards despite a lack of materials. The idea of the practical course is is it that one is usable in the future as veterinary surgeon in animal protection employments at home and abroad. I am very grateful to SUST and Kompanima for this offer".
Animal-friendly operation training for young veterinarians
Castrating feral cats and dogs at home and abroad is an extremely important animal welfare service. For many young veterinarians this seems to be the ideal opportunity to learn practically on animals. However, it is questionable if insufficiently trained beginners perform actions on animals in need which they do not yet really master.
Many young veterinary surgeons announce themselves for animal protection employments in the hope, to be able to work practically on the animal and to learn. It is however questionable, if insufficiently trained beginners make actions at distressed animals, which they did not learn yet sufficiently. A solid training before an animal protection employment is compelling also for veterinarians. In a common project the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation and Kompanima form this basis for animal protection/castration at home and abroad.
In addition to a theoretical introduction day and practical exercises with partner veterinarians in Switzerland, the animal protection organisations also offer accompanied internships for selected applicants in the SUST animal orphan hospitals. In 2017, four young veterinarians are expected to benefit from this offer.
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