The time has finally come where I can say that I’ve completed my first rotation ever! It feels like I’ve been waiting for this day since the first week of vet school. As a lot of you may know, I went into vet school thinking I’d only work with small animals during my clinical year, […]
Scenes from Large Animal Emergency
I recently had a clinical rotation in large animal surgery. The rotation is designed so that we do a hands-on lab session in the middle of the day on each weekday, and we are then on call from 5:00 PM – 8:00 AM of every weeknight and on call all weekend. The lab sessions covered […]
Testing Our Limits on Large Animal Surgery
I recently completed a clinical rotation in Large Animal Surgery. This is known as one of the most physically demanding and time-consuming rotations that we must complete during our clinical year. The hours are typically 80-100 per week, with no days off. That does not include on-call time, which can be significant if the right […]
