Clinics.
Here at A&M, the third year of vet school is where we get
our first "official" view of the small and large animal
hospitals. We're on 4-week rotational blocks, four blocks per
semester, and in one of those blocks per semester we'll spend one
day of the week on the clinical floor. So, for this current
block I've been spending my Wednesdays in the hospitals -
observing, helping, trying to learn as much as possible, and having
a lot of fun in the process.
Last week, I was on Small Animal Internal Medicine. The
service had very few patients in the hospital this morning, so
after the fourth year students were done with their morning
treatments we met back in the rounds room with our lead
clinician. It was quiz time. Dr. Zoran put up two
imaginary cases on the whiteboard - two cats, one who had suddenly
presented for panting, one with a two-week history of coughing, and
gave us 20 minutes to come up with ...
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