As a resident at an academic institution, a major part of the job is teaching the veterinary students. I love this part, probably because I have such fond memories of being a student myself and having the radiology residents at the time teach me whatever they could. What I enjoy even more than teaching veterinary […]
It Gets Better and Then It Gets Worse
One thing I have never quite gotten used to is being “on-call.” Invariably, I cannot sleep through the night for fear of missing a phone call from the emergency department asking for help in interpreting abdominal radiographs on a vomiting cat or dog. As a first-year resident, I was petrified at the thought of coming […]
First Day Failure
My first day of residency was completely overwhelming. I at least knew what I was getting myself into, as I had worked with all of the faculty members and technicians as a student and I knew my way around the hospital. That stress was out of the way. In its place, however, was the stress […]
