It would be nice if clinical confidence magically arrived along with your veterinary diploma. But it’s built case by case, as you practice procedures, talk through treatment plans, write your first medical records, and make decisions with a real patient in front of you. That’s why, at Instinct, we make Standards of Care (formerly Plumb’s Pro) and ScribbleVet completely free for veterinary students. Here’s how to use them to start building that confidence while you’re still in school.
Standards of Care
Build Your Clinical Reasoning
Standards of Care puts the clinical information you need in one place, including clinical monographs with practical, peer-reviewed diagnostic and treatment guidance, step-by-step algorithms to walk you through clinical decision-making, and differential diagnosis lists to help you consider key possibilities along the way. Use it to connect what you’re learning in school with the case in front of you, without trying to piece together current information from scattered notes, textbooks, and tabs.
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Use Built-In Drug Guidance
Standards of Care includes Plumb’s, the industry’s most trusted drug reference, so you can move from clinical guidance to medication decisions without leaving the case. As you work through a diagnosis, treatment plan, or discharge instructions, you can check dosing details, share client drug handouts, and use the only veterinary-specific drug interaction checker.
Prepare for Procedures
A procedure can seem straightforward when someone else is performing it. But when there’s a patient in front of you and you’re the one holding the scalpel or finding the right landmark, it’s a different story. Procedure guides in Standards give you visual, step-by-step support, whether you’re placing your first nasogastric tube, scrubbing in for your first cystotomy, or performing your first intercostal block.
Practice Explaining the Plan
You may understand the diagnosis, medication, and follow-up plan, but explaining it clearly to the client in front of you takes practice. Standards includes pet owner handouts on clinical conditions, procedures, preventive care, and medications that turn complex medical information into clear, client-friendly language. Share them with clients, and use them as a framework for the conversations you’ll soon be leading.
Want to see Standards in action? Read From Azotemia to Action With Standards: Veterinary Case Walkthrough
ScribbleVet
Build Better Charting Habits
Writing medical records can feel like learning a different language, and staring at a blank screen after a complex case can be daunting. ScribbleVet is Instinct’s AI veterinary scribe, built to turn clinical conversations into clear medical records. Record your appointment and ScribbleVet will organize the conversation into a structured SOAP note you can review, edit, and finalize. You still bring the medical judgment and decide what belongs in the chart. ScribbleVet helps capture the details while they’re fresh so you’re not piecing the record together later.
Get Oriented Faster on Rotations
Before you walk into the exam room, it helps to understand the patient’s history, current problems, and what’s already been tried. ScribbleVet’s Record Review can summarize existing records into a cohesive, customizable overview, with key details linked back to the source material so you can dig deeper. That means less time sorting through medical histories, diagnostics, previous notes, and handwritten documents, and more time understanding the patient, the plan, and what questions to ask next.
Want to understand what makes a veterinary AI scribe different from a voice memo or generic AI tool? Read Why a Veterinary AI Scribe Beats a Voice Memo & ChatGPT.
Turn Documentation into Client Education
Good documentation doesn’t stop at the medical record. It also helps clients understand what happened, what to do next, and when to follow up. ScribbleVet can generate client-facing materials from the details of a case, whether that’s a quick client email, a referral letter to a specialist, or a Care Card. Care Cards are visual discharge summaries that show exam findings, medication checklists, progress goals, and follow-up steps in a format organized with clients in mind.
Get Your Free Veterinary Student Resources
Standards of Care and ScribbleVet are completely free for veterinary students, so you can start using them while you’re still learning, practicing, and preparing for what comes next. Use them to build clinical confidence while you’re still in school, then carry them into practice with you to support real cases, real records, and real client conversations.
Ready to start building clinical confidence? Explore free resources for vet students from Instinct and start using Standards of Care and ScribbleVet today.
