Benefits of joining
Vetstart International has been developed to help you make a successful start in practice. The services and benefits include both items available via internet as well as activities in your country or university*). We welcome your suggestions at questions, suggestions and remarks to improve the programme.
Some of the benefits of Vetstart membership:
- Dedicated International Vetstart website (in English) with national websites (in local languages*)
- Content on life and business knowledge and skills (time management, communication, accounting, marketing and sales)
- Community website features to contact and connect to fellow Vetstart members around the world.
- Free of charge access to Vetstream Canis, Felis, Equis and Lapis to provide clinical content to enable students to get peer-reviewed clinical content and link to Pubmed literature search facilities. This service represents a value of over € 1.000 per year.
- Annual Vetstart event in your country or veterinary school *).
- Relief of financial constraints for information needs **):
- Discounted subscriptions to paid-for subscription magazines:
- Book club with discounts on all book purchases
- Reduced registration costs at courses, training programmes and seminars
- Regular e-newsletters highlighting new aspects to Vetstart, new products from partners and sponsors, events etc. and communications. Access to restricted Vetstart Partner and Association websites. Invitations to the events of sponsoring companies
- Discussion groups for intra-student discussions as well as "Ask the specialist" facilities
- Assistance with finding extra-mural experience to "see practice"
- (International) Job finding support
- Provision of mentors for students and new graduates to guide your career
- And much much more...
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*) Vetstart was launched in Europe in October 2006 and is present with national distributors in many countries one year after the launch. However, local presence cannot be guaranteed in all countries and schools. Please check under > countries < for current status of local Vetstart representation in your country.
**) Vetstart services will be added to the Vetstart benefits on an ongoing basis. Please monitor our site for new services and products. Members will be advised of new additions to the list of benefits via the Vetstart e-newsletter. Not all services might be present in all countries around the world for obvious reasons.
