Something that has always confused me, even before vet school, are heart murmurs. What is a heart murmur? Where do they come from? Why do some of them go away when some are very serious? These questions and more have left me wondering for several years. Finally, in my last semester of the didactic portion […]
Advice for Vet School Breaks
During the first 3 years of vet school, there is typically some time that you get off. At Oklahoma State, we get summers off our first two years, as well as a month-long winter break for first, second, and third year. Just because you aren’t in school doesn’t mean you can’t be doing things to […]
Third-Year Changes
Third-year is exciting. It’s the first year you have real responsibilities in the hospital. We get to start doing surgeries and anesthesia rotations in the shelter med department. It’s also our last two semesters of classwork before transitioning to clinical rotations. Third-year is a time of change. We are no longer learning basic anatomy and […]
