Exhausted and Overworked: Vet Students Face 100-Hour Weeks Amidst Rising Patient Care Concerns

In a letter to administration signed by 65 fourth-year students and recent graduates, students said they were consistently working more than 100 hours a week — a violation of guidelines from the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA), which calls for a cap of 80 hours a week. (SAVMA does not have any authority to enforce its guidelines; it only encourages institutions to follow them.) Forty-seven students signed the letter with their names.