Gaining surgical experience in a shelter environment is essential for any veterinary student. The more we practice how to use the spay hook or how to do intradermal sutures, the more confident we will become. Here I wanted to share some great shelter medicine opportunities to gain more surgical experience or explore this field. ASPCA […]
Snipping and Saving Lives
Today, I completed my first week at the SPCA’s Humane Alliance shelter medicine rotation. A group of five classmates and I made our way to North Carolina to learn about the in’s and out’s of a high volume spay and neuter clinic. I had preconceived assumptions about high volume surgery and assumed that to some […]
