Today I had a really neat experience. As third-year students at Ohio State, my class has started our technique labs in which we learn various techniques used for different species. Since I one day hope to practice equine medicine (or at least mixed animal with an equine focus), I am one of a handful of […]
Baby Steps…
Today I had my first lab for my Introduction to Surgery Course. It was a lot more fun than a lot of labs in the past, especially the pathology and histology ones. Today, we learned how to scrub for surgery and put on our sterile gowns and gloves. It was a momentous occasion! I’ve had the opportunity […]
Don’t Jump to Conclusions!
I’ve been lucky enough to work with an equine veterinarian seeing emergencies on the weekends throughout the summer — and even now that I’m back in school. On my last on-call weekend, I pulled in and he was waiting for me already with a call sheet in hand. The patient was a horse that had had strangles on […]
