To make informed career choices, it is important that you know what each career entails and whether the career suits your personality. Undertaking work experience is the best way to get a taste of each profession and will provide you with the opportunity to speak to those in each role. Remember that any work experience placements you have will never be wasted, even if you do not decide on that specific career. If anything, having work experience in a wide range of disciplines shows that your ultimate career decision is more informed. On your personal statement and during your interview describing these additional placements shows that you are curious and motivated to learn about various careers. During your work experience you can observe and gain multiple transferable sills which can be utilised in all three career pathways. The skills and attributes needed by doctors, dentists and vets are unsurprisingly very similar – such as good communication skills, the ability to work under pressure, teamwork skills and organisation. Each experience is only valuable based on how you reflect on it. Competition to get into human and animal hospitals may be difficult. Consider how gaining experience through volunteering work with people or handling animals could help you to make an informed choice. Practically, there are several free online resources such as online work experience courses or future learning courses which may be more feasible to access and give you a taste of what each career is like.