https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/28299/work-experience Hello, At my practice we&#39;ve been taking on a lot of school work experience students, however, because we are quite a small, quiet practice I really struggle to find tasks for students to do &amp; things to keep them occupied &amp; interested. Firstly, areen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/159085?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:11:08 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6ee5256f-4e6f-414b-b89a-c999d1857bd4PSA-David<p>this is quite a concern, not letting work experience students visit your practice, I can understand on the work load situation, however if this was the feeling prior to anyone undertaking their main training, how would anyone decided that this is the career for them? the industry needs to give back to the new and up coming generation what they have previously received..</p> <p></p> <p>i&#39;m sorry if this comes across a little blunt. but we all need to support everyone.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/159082?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:39:20 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:aaf737cb-5492-4c70-b615-20c933d0c1d6Sal the 1st<p>[quote user=&quot;Clare Ball&quot;]</p> <p>We have a student in every week from june soon so this is an interesting post to follow.</p> <p>I&#39;m thinking of making up a daily chart of tasks to do that can be used each week. The only thing I&#39;ve noticed in previous years is that a cleaning job I think should take half hour can take them 10 minutes, which means it isn&#39;t done properly. Then if I tell them I expect them to take half hour they do it really slowly but still not properly done!</p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>could always try what I do - ie ask them if they would like to mop or hoover - if they hoover I follow them round with the mop afterwards, but ask them loads of questions to keep them interested. I prefer it when they ask to mop I must admit, because then if they are inclined to leave the waiting room like the shallow end of the local pool at least you can say stuff like -&#39;can be a bit tricky that mop but I find if you wring it out tighter you only have to go over the floor once and it saves you a bit of time&#39; they generally catch on pretty quick and if you show you are interested in them and are willing to spend a bit of time with them doing the same stuff they know they aren&#39;t been given all the crap jobs. Admittedly there are are still a few where I breathe a sigh of relief on their last day and a very few where I have to wonder how they have managed to live so long!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/159078?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:19:34 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8d69a36e-2e6b-487f-b88b-7f44f929726cSelena Carnell<p>weve stopped having work ex students as we just are not busy enough between 11-3 and they get so bored or get in the way lol! also one of our vets refuses to have them in their room... which makes it rather akward! i previous practice we dd a work book/diary for them to complete every day.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/159067?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:41:20 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7932ec35-e369-4fce-b97d-62a6943d1720Clare Ball<p>We have a student in every week from june soon so this is an interesting post to follow.</p> <p>I&#39;m thinking of making up a daily chart of tasks to do that can be used each week. The only thing I&#39;ve noticed in previous years is that a cleaning job I think should take half hour can take them 10 minutes, which means it isn&#39;t done properly. Then if I tell them I expect them to take half hour they do it really slowly but still not properly done!</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>