An externship is an awesome experience and one that isn’t just for veterinary students. Veterinary students do more commonly complete externships, but one of the greatest experience I had while completing my undergraduate was a summer-long externship at an equine hospital. So what is an externship? An externship is a period of time spent at a […]
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” -Woody Allen
At the end of my last surgery rotation of my clinical year, I can’t help but recall my very first surgery of veterinary school. It was a Grenadian stray dog named Sparky, oddly enough the name of my family dog from my childhood. And it was Valentine’s Day. And he had heartworms. And he was […]
Senior Student Zombie Syndrome (SSZS)
In the movie Shaun of the Dead, the protagonist confuses zombies for humans for the first half of the movie. Senior year of vet school can be like that, only inverted where seniors are confused for zombies. In the last two weeks, I think I have worked about 170-190 hours on my Equine Medicine rotation, finishing […]
