You know that feeling: exam time is looming. You've spent three days making flashcards and highlighting your notes, but you haven't even started actually studying yet...

Whether you're a vet student drowning in slide decks, a membership candidate juggling articles and notes, or a resident trying to jam an impossible volume of clinical knowledge into your skull - the way most of us study is, frankly, not backed by the science. Which is why you might need a little help from technology:

In part two of our Tech Tools for Vets series, software engineer Hasitha Jayatilake joins me to walk you through StudyAnything - an AI-powered study tool that generates quizzes from your notes, tracks your weak spots over time, and builds guided learning pathways based on Bloom's hierarchy of learning. (By the way - he built this tool because he couldn’t bare watching his vet student partner making Anki cards at 2am!)

What you'll learn:

• How active recall and spaced repetition actually work - and why highlighting your notes is basically doing nothing
• What Bloom's hierarchy means for your study plan - and how Study Anything uses it to move you from rote recall to clinical application
• StudyAnything’s guided learning pathway feature (just gone live) - that turns your uploaded notes into a structured lesson plan with concept maps, assumed knowledge, and motivational context
• How the community feature works - study groups, shared question banks, and what this means for educators (or podcast hosts!) who want to create resources
• How to generate harder questions on demand - using learning outcomes and difficulty levels to get yourself on the honours roll
• What makes this different from Notebook LM or other AI tools

This episode includes screen sharing, so if you want to follow along, watch the video on Spotify. If you prefer audio only, you'll still get 99% of the value.

The team at StudyAnything are giving Vet Vault listeners the opportunity to try out their top tier subscription (LOTS of quizzes!) with code VETVAULT at studyanything.academy for 50% off your first month on the paid plan. That's about $3.50 to give it a proper test run.

Note: This episode isn't a promotion, endorsement or an ad - it's part of our ongoing series exploring the tools you might be considering. If you have a software you'd like us to look at, let me know at info@thevetvault.com

Go to ⁠⁠⁠thevetvault.com⁠⁠ for show notes, access to our clinical continuing education content and to sign up for our weekly 'best of the Vet Vault' ⁠newsletter,⁠ or join us in person at one of our phenomenal ⁠Vets On Tour conferences. ⁠ (Look out for our upcoming New Zealand, Italy and Africa conferences.)

Topics and Timestamps

3:26 Active Recall & The Science of Studying

4:06 How StudyAnything Works - Uploading & Courses

7:57 Bloom's Hierarchy & Learning Outcomes

9:53 Ad Break - Vets on Tour

11:24 Quiz Demo

19:28 Guided Learning Pathway

20:15 File Summary, Concept Maps & Key Terms

29:10 Study Groups & Communities

31:02 Comparison with Notebook LM & Competitors

32:32 Spaced Repetition & Future Features

37:29 Pricing

39:48 Deep Dive: Navigating the Dashboard

41:00 Deep Dive: Creating & Customising Quizzes

Is our podcast getting… repetitive?

Honest question.

Lately, we’ve felt a growing tension behind the mic: are we just saying the same things… just with a new guest and in slightly different ways?

Are we actually helping you? (With is after all the point of this podcast)

In this short solo episode, I ask a few questions that I’d love your input on.

We want to rebuild this with you. This is your invite.

Feedback to info@thevetvault.com, or at our contact form on the website, or hit me up in the comments on Spotify.

Ever check your payslip… your student debt… your mortgage… and wonder if you’re just treading water?

You’re not alone, and you’re not stuck.

In this episode we revisit one of the most neglected topics in the profession: money.

Hubert sits down with US-based financial adviser Eric Miller to break down the decisions that can actually move the money-needle for employed vets: from budgeting and debt to investing, insurance, and increasing your income. (We do global principles with US specifics)

No jargon. No guilt. Just a clear starting point for vets who know they should have a plan… but haven’t begun yet.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Why practice ownership isn’t the only route to financial security
• The one habit that underpins every solid financial plan
• A simple 70/20/10 framework for spending, investing, and enjoying your money
• How to handle student debt without letting it control your life
• Whether to prioritise debt repayment, investing- or both
• The difference between good debt and bad debt (and why it matters)
• How automation quietly builds wealth in the background
• What young vets need to know about insurance, income growth, and lifestyle creep

And perhaps most importantly:

A more grounded, reassuring view of the profession itself.

Yes, financial pressure is real.
But Eric will convince you that veterinary medicine is still a strong, high-potential career - IF you do it right.

⁠⁠thevetvault.com⁠ for show notes, access to our clinical continuing education content and to sign up for our weekly 'best of the Vet Vault' newsletter, or join us in person at one of our phenomenal Vets On Tour conferences.

Topics and Time Stamps

04:24 Biggest Financial Mistakes

05:42 Budgeting & The 70/20/10 Rule

14:41 Retirement Planning & 401k

24:09 Student Debt & How to Tackle It

26:22 Loan Forgiveness

28:58 Pay Off Debt vs. Invest

31:53 The Debt Snowball Method (it's a good thing!)

33:55 Increasing Your Income

37:44 Constructive vs. Destructive Debt

41:35 Insurance & Health Coverage

44:06 Looking Ahead: The Veterinary Industry

49:45 One Financial Habit for Ne w Grads

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