Behind the Stethoscope

About Behind the Stethoscope

Behind the Stethoscope takes you into the real world of veterinary medicine — beyond appointments and surgeries, beyond the textbooks. Hosted by a new grad veterinarian, we explore the triumphs, the challenges, and all the moments that make this career unforgettable. From first-day jitters to heartwarming cases, from friendships to lessons learned, this podcast gives you a front-row seat to life behind the stethoscope — honest, unfiltered, and full of heart. Whether you’re a vet student, early-career vet, or just curious about life in the vet world, this is your backstage pass to the profession I love so much.

Publisher

Dr. Elizabeth Brann

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jan 2026

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   When Being a Veterinarian Becomes Your Identity | You Are More Than Your Career.

   Send us Fan Mail What happens when being a veterinarian becomes more than your career—and starts becoming your entire identity? In this episode of Behind the Stethoscope, Dr. Elizabeth Brann talks about something many veterinary students and new graduates experience: tying your identity, confidence, and self-worth to veterinary medicine. After years of studying, sacrificing, missing events, and working toward the goal of becoming a veterinarian, it can be easy to forget who you are outside of...

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Taking the Good With the Bad: The Reality of ER Vet Med

   Send us Fan Mail In veterinary medicine—and in life—the good and the bad often exist at the same time. In this episode of Behind the Stethoscope, Dr. Elizabeth Brann talks about what it really means to take the good with the bad, especially as an emergency veterinarian. ER medicine can give you some of the highest highs and the lowest lows. One shift might bring multiple losses, difficult conversations, and euthanasias. Another might give you the incredible feeling of saving a critical patien...

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   1 Aug 2026

   The Greatest Lessons My Grandmother Ever Taught Me

   Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is unlike any I've shared before. On the anniversary of my grandmother Nancy Barceza's passing, I wanted to dedicate this episode to the woman who helped shape the person I am today. She wasn't just an incredible grandmother—she was a devoted mother of eight, a lifelong educator, a woman of unwavering Christian faith, and someone who made everyone around her feel loved and valued. In this episode, I reflect on the lessons she taught me that continue to gui...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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