Covid-19 member stories and experiences

When I accepted a job to work at the Jockey Club School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences at City University in Hong Kong, I expected a few challenges. The vet school is newly established and there have been widespread political protests since June 2019 with significant impacts on both students and teaching staff. However, no one anticipated what would follow... I arrived in Hong Kong in January to start my role as Senior Research Associate, writing Problem Based Learning Scenarios for th

Louise Millar of Hambleton Equine Clinic talks us through how the Coronavirus pandemic has changed her day-to-day life.If someone had told me a few weeks ago that the only routine in my day would be doing a surprisingly difficult Joe Wicks workout on youtube with the kids at nine every morning, I wouldn’t have believed them. Following the Coronavirus pandemic this has become my reality. I furloughed from the job I love in a busy equine practice last week. This was a sensible decision given that

BEVA member Susan Salter shares her experiences over the last week and her personal perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on her and her work as an equine vet. I write this piece in the hopes that it will give you an informative overview of a very unusual week, one which reflects the weeks to come. This week has taught me that we as veterinarians can achieve our goals but that at the moment we must achieve them in a different way with more extreme measures of biosecurity in mind. On Friday 13th