{"id":72,"date":"2026-07-18T23:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:56:37","slug":"what-vet-school-actually-taught-me-spoiler-its-not-what-youd-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"What Vet School Actually Taught Me (Spoiler: It&#8217;s Not What You&#8217;d Expect)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>n this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna talks with 4th-year Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) student Maeve Powis to talk about the highs, lows, and everything in between as she prepares to graduate and become an equine veterinarian Maevis shares what a typical day looks like, the challenges that have tested her most, the lessons she&#8217;s learned, and the moments that have reminded her why she chose this path in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skWP3gh0L-Q?si=oyFMgaL8uZ6S46nn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re dreaming of a career with horses, considering veterinary school, or simply curious about the people who care for these incredible animals, this episode offers an honest look inside the final year of vet school.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode: \u2705 Why Maeve chose veterinary medicine and equine practice \u2705 What surprised her most about vet school \u2705 The biggest challenges of 4th year \u2705 Memorable cases and clinical experiences \u2705 Advice for future veterinarians \u2705 Her hopes for the future of equine veterinary medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>n this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna talks with 4th-year Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) student Maeve Powis to talk about the highs, lows, and everything in between as she prepares to graduate and become an equine veterinarian Maevis shares what a typical day looks like, the challenges that have tested her most, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}