The start of fourth year is starting to become ominously close. As a first-year, it felt like this day would never happen. But now that it gets closer and closer, I feel less ready to step out of the classroom and start acting like a real doctor. At the time of this writing, I have […]
5 Tips to be a Successful Extern
I am currently on a marathon of equine-specific externships that are (nearly) consecutive, totaling 6 block rotations, that are keeping me off-campus for almost 6 months. As someone looking to pursue an equine internship and residency, I picked practices that have internship programs I am interested in, that practice the type of medicine I am […]
Student to Doctor
I did not really know what to expect when it came to being an intern veterinarian. I knew I was going to be expected to work long, unforgiving hours, but the reward for doing so would be to grow as a young veterinarian. As an extern, I lived above the clinic for two weeks and […]
