One of the biggest hurdles during fourth-year (or clinical year depending on your program) is going from sitting in lectures all day to interacting with real animals and human beings. That may be a little dramatic, but you get the gist. You go from listening to others to now being the one who will be […]
Gaining Surgical Confidence
I can think back to the first spay surgery that I ever did. It took me more than an hour, and I was sweating bullets the entire time. I think my knees were numb by the end of it, and I was beyond happy to put down the instruments and take the gown off to […]
You are the Doc Now!
“I need a doctor!” One of the veterinary technicians said as she rushed a dying kitten into the treatment area. She locked eyes with me as I looked up from reading an ear cytology slide. The kitten has been dropped off by a good samaritan that had found it on the side of the road. […]
