A New Veterinary Graduate

We’re here to help new veterinary school graduates

Each of our resources are available to all veterinarians and veterinary students at no cost. We are regularly updating the resources with the most up to date information, if you want to stay updated please complete the Get Updates form and choose the resource(s) of interest.

Do you have friends who might be interested in joining you in a veterinary career? The I Want to be a Veterinarian brochure gives realistic answers to some common questions asked about careers in veterinary medicine.

Vet School Bound provides pre-veterinary students tips and tools to make the veterinary school application process easier.

The VIN Foundation Student Debt Center is a mobile-friendly comprehensive resource helping veterinary students, veterinarians, and those who support them manage student debt through school and beyond.

Solutions for the Profession is an annual essay competition where veterinary students write an essay in an effort to win a cash prize to help with tuition and educational expenses.

Combining our most helpful resources for new veterinary school graduates under one roof, this toolkit helps new graduates thrive as veterinarians in their first five years out of veterinary school.

Lawyers might love contracts, but for many of us they can seem scary. Whether you are a prospective employee or an employer, the Model Employment Contract provides practical contract information with an explanation of legal provisions and fully customizable sections.

Getting through veterinary school is one thing, but getting through real life cases can be another. This guide helps  you plan your next steps and provides advice about management issues you may confront as you embark on your career.

Whether it’s 3pm or 3am, being on the frontlines with patients for the first time can be nerve-wracking! The Getting Through the Day and Getting Through the Night classes provide valuable guidance to help you transition from being a student to a working veterinarian.

The StartUp Club is a group of supportive veterinary professionals who have taken the plunge as practice owners and survived to tell about it. Learn from their successes and failures to see if practice ownership might be right for you.

When you feel like the chips are stacked against you, having a confidant or mentor can make all the difference. Vets4Vets® responds to the needs of our veterinary community by providing individual peer mentors as well as creating group support networks.

The VIN Foundation is committed to community-driven disaster relief support. When disaster strikes we start by opening a direct channel of communication with leaders of nonprofits with boots on the ground in the disaster zone to identify where help is needed most.