Medical and surgical expertise is a must. Unfortunately, these skills generally aren't taught in vet schools. This year's FVLS workshops run from Aug. 7-15 and will include highly visual outdoor adventure challenges all students must complete.
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After completing FVLS, students can continue to improve their non- medical veterinary skills in a series of elective workshops and seminars on topics ranging from grief counseling to how to manage the business end of a veterinary practice. Administrators hope FVLS will improve students' odds of success in the short run, too. Each year about 1,200 students apply to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, but because of the school s highly competitive admission policy, only 72 are accepted. In such a fiercely competitive environment, one of the hardest lessons for first-year students is to learn to temper their singular ambitions and work as a team, whether in a lab, in a study group or on a treatment team. Now in its second year, FVLS already has become a model for other universities.