Hi Magda, thanks for your thoughtful question and for the work you’ve already been doing to help animals. It’s wonderful to hear that you’re looking for ways to use your veterinary skills in a more impactful way.
You may want to check out Probably Good’s profile on veterinary medicine, which explores several paths beyond direct clinical practice that could align with your interests and flexibility needs.
At this stage, it might be helpful to zoom out and reflect on the specific problems you most want to help solve, whether that’s a specific niche in animal welfare, zoonotic disease risks, or something else entirely. From there, you can explore the kinds of work already happening in those areas and consider where your skills and experience might best fit in, whether directly (e.g. veterinary consulting or public health work) or more indirectly (e.g. strategy, research, or advising roles). That kind of problem-first lens can be especially useful when you’re navigating a career pivot and want to maximize impact. And I think the more you dig in, the more you’ll be surprised by the options available to you, as well as the work of other former veterinarians.
Hi Magda, thanks for your thoughtful question and for the work you’ve already been doing to help animals. It’s wonderful to hear that you’re looking for ways to use your veterinary skills in a more impactful way.
You may want to check out Probably Good’s profile on veterinary medicine, which explores several paths beyond direct clinical practice that could align with your interests and flexibility needs.
At this stage, it might be helpful to zoom out and reflect on the specific problems you most want to help solve, whether that’s a specific niche in animal welfare, zoonotic disease risks, or something else entirely. From there, you can explore the kinds of work already happening in those areas and consider where your skills and experience might best fit in, whether directly (e.g. veterinary consulting or public health work) or more indirectly (e.g. strategy, research, or advising roles). That kind of problem-first lens can be especially useful when you’re navigating a career pivot and want to maximize impact. And I think the more you dig in, the more you’ll be surprised by the options available to you, as well as the work of other former veterinarians.