Cindy Trice, DVM, is a relief veterinarian with over 16 years of small animal practice experience across general practice, emergency, and shelter clinics. Dr. Cindy Trice finds great satisfaction helping other vets take those much-deserved breaks. In 2018, Cindy founded Relief Rover, (reliefrover.com), a platform connecting relief vets to jobs, each other, resources, and service providers who can help them grow their businesses. 

1. What is a relief veterinarian, and what are the main differences between being a stationary GP at one practice versus a relief vet?

2. What was your journey as a relief veterinarian and how that led you to create Relief Rover?

3. What are the pros and cons of being a relief vet at different stages of your career?

4. How should vet students go about preparing for life a relief vet in their clinical rotations and how should they best pursue becoming a relief vet early on in their careers?