When I was a first year veterinary student, only two short years
ago, I remember being so intimidated by the large and small animal
teaching hospitals. I would occasionally have a class lab there, or
I would take my own pets in to see the vet, and every time, I felt
like there was no way I would ever know my way around or feel like
I belonged. All of the fourth year students would be busily working
on things related to their cases, and it felt like there were
always a hundred things going on at once. Fast forward two years,
and now, as a third year student, I actually get to shadow fourth
years on their clinical rotations!
Now that I've had most of my basic courses during my first two
years of veterinary school, my fellow third year students and I are
assigned to various clinic services throughout the year. Every
Wednesday while you are on your clinic rotations, you spend the
whole day just getting immersed in what goes on in the teaching
hospi...
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