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Today I'm here live at the University of Nigeria. I'll be going around, asking students, you know, information about their course of study
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All right, good afternoon. What's your name, department and level? Good afternoon, my name is Adirata Yomide Uluwaseyon
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I'm in final year, 600 level, department of veterinary medicine. Wow, nice to meet you
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Nice to meet you too. Veterinary medicine, what is the course all about in the university, like studying veterinary medicine
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Well, most people don't really know what veterinary medicine is about. Basically, it's about ensuring the welfare of animals
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And lately has expanded to include them in production, you know, for maximum returns
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Okay, okay. So why did you decide to study veterinary medicine? Was it like a shadow dream or it was something you decided on during your GEMM registration
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Well, to be honest, you know, I didn't really picture veterinary medicine in mind when I started out
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But one way or the other, I found myself here. It has been one thing I like about it, it has been really, really challenging, you know
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and it has broadened my mind, you know, helps me to see things
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you know, things that you didn't really think much of. You see that there's so much within this that to explore
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Veterinary is a CCS course, right? That means it's similar to human medicine. Yeah
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So like, is it possible for an average student to study veterinary medicine
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because of its peculiarity, you know, it's medicine? Well, average is relative. Okay
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As far as I know, somebody that you might call average, another person might not really call it average
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So yeah, call the person average, so it's subjective. I feel like for you to study veterinary medicine, like I said earlier, it's very challenging
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Academically, you know, physically, mentally, you have to be in class eight to five
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you have to read, you know, be up all night. And really, it's really something you have to be determined about
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So I don't feel it's something more of an average student or a very brilliant student
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It's more of being focused and determined. Determination. Yes. So how would you describe the typical day of a veterinary student
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Typically, as a veterinary student, you have to rise up early, much like any other discipline if you want to succeed. Okay
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And typically, classes start by eight, you're in school till five when lectures end
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Sometimes you have practical that extend beyond that time. So and then when you are done, of course, you have to go back and refresh
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because it's like this daily. So if you slack, you fall back
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Yeah, you find yourself in a... So that means veterinary medicine is actually a very demanding course
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It's very, very demanding. It's as demanding as you would think. Does it offer students the opportunity to like
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dive into side hustle, you know, trying to do other extracurricular activities
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Well, I would say from my experience, no, it does not. That was really one of the disadvantages of studying a very challenging course
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like veterinary medicine. You have to be really, really focused on what you are doing
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Of course, there are some people that want to do something on the side, but then it really limits your potential
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because you are not really able to go fully into it like you should. You're just doing it and diverting more of your attention
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and everything towards your studies. So has there been any memorable experience you've had
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as a student of veterinary medicine? Yeah, I've had a lot, you know, I've had a lot
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And well, veterinary medicine has really taught me. Of course, you take tests, quizzes, exams, you know, you do practicals
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you have interactions one on one and as groups, we lecture us
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Veterinary medicine has really taught me that there's nobody that is all in all
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There's nobody that is so brilliant that you cannot fail, right? So but when you fail, like you will a lot of times in vets
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you know, you should dust it off and try and get back on track
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And I think that works. That's the principle that works in life, you know, in real life
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What advice do you have for someone that wants to apply to study veterinary medicine at the university
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You know, we usually joke around sometimes. My colleagues, you know, we tell people like
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come on, if you're not ready, don't even come near vet at all. Because it will really, really stress you
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Yes, it's really if you if you want to study vets and say, OK, let me just study vets
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I don't really my mind is not really here. You get frustrated at the end of the day, because when you keep failing
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and then you feel like the stress is not really worth it. I'm going through all of this and this is not what I want to do
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So I feel like if you if you are aspiring to be a vet
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then come and know that you are giving your all for something you really want to do
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But if you don't want to study vets, please just have a passion
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Your passion is what can push you, drive you, motivate you on the days when you are low
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You know, you see people that want to do this thing and then you join up with them
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and then you guys go together. Is veterinary medicine all about animals
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Yes, veterinary as the name implies, it's all about animals. But you know, there's an aspect to it that stemmed public health, right
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According to this, there's a concept known as One Health that theorizes
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that the environment, you know, the environment as in land, water, air, the rest of that
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humans, you know, and animals have their interrelated in terms of preserving health
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So if animals are sick, of course, you have zoonotic disease that have the potential to transfer to humans
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Of course, if the environment, like we are seeing now is polluted
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you know, living things will not be able to survive, right? So taking care of animals, you know, is in the interest of human beings
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Taking care of the environment is in the interest of human beings. So veterinary medicine is very, very important
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So how lucrative is veterinary medicine in Nigeria? Again, you know, in the class, we're having one-on-one chats more so with the lecturer
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He was saying that back in the day, veterinary medicine used to be, you know, very closed off in terms of
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people don't really know what they want to do, how they want to proceed
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But now there's a range of things you can go into. You can decide to go into private practice
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You can go into civil service, you know, even if you want to. Like the current chair lady or chairwoman, right
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Or the head of the veterinary council of Nigeria. She's a police officer
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And even the president of the National Veterinary Medical Association. She's also a force woman
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So you can see that veterinarians can find themselves in a wide range of places
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Some people are in advocacy. Some people are in the UN. People are really doing a lot
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That is very, very nice. So I think that will be all. Thank you very much. Thank you. I really appreciate it
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Nice to meet you. Thank you
