VSS offers clinical, practical, educational and mentoring services for veterinary graduates to help alleviate the growing pressures on business owners and senior clinicians to train and support new veterinarians.
VSS understands the challenge of mastering clinical veterinary skills for new graduates in the field. Reduced time and opportunity for skill acquisition throughout the veterinary degree (particularly in recent COVID years) has subsequently placed increasing pressure on senior practitioners to support, teach and guide new veterinarians. Together with increasing costs and client expectations, and the constant time paucity of vets in clinical practice, graduates and senior vets alike are struggling to find a sustainable way to practice.
Since 2007, Becky has worked in mixed animal clinical practices across several regional areas of Australia, with dairy cattle being her major focus. By completing a Dairy Residency through Melbourne University in 2013, Becky gained experience in and a passion for veterinary education. Together with a personal interest in mental health and well being and several years volunteering for the AVA new graduate mentoring program, Becky is well equipped to help support and educate veterinary graduates.
To further her training in this area, she is also currently studying a Diploma in Counselling through AIPC. Becky is a highly motivated individual who is driven to improve and further develop the transition to clinical practice for Australian veterinarians, helping to preserve and sustain our rural industry and the vets that work within it.
Veterinary Support Services has recently received a grant from the Cattle Compensation Fund, Agriculture Victoria, to deliver a 24-month structured livestock veterinary scholarship program for 8 early career veterinarians across regional Victoria commencing January 2025. For more information on this program including how to apply, click here.