Exciting news. I was officially offered a summer job at the Large Animal Ward on Friday! This is an amazing opportunity for me to gain some clinical experience. It is a full-time position over the four summer monthes; 12 hour shifts, 3 days on, 4 days off; alternating between days and nights. With my days off I plan to up my volunteering, hopefully with food animal producers learning on farm stuff. I am definitely lacking the practical hands on stuff, and now I have an opportunity to learn it. There is a very nice third year who has offered me a chance to come volunteer on her Dad's dairy farm for a week before she goes off on her externship. This opportunity/connection occured during a Food Animal Prof lunch talk held by the Bovine Club. SEE how IMPORTANT joining clubs is!!!!!
Exam weeks approach and I have my Large Animal Clinical Medicine exam tomorrow. We randomly select a poker chip with a prof's initials on it then that prof tells us to 'pick a cue card' which will have one of three tasks on it. So we have to be prepared for anything. Some examples of tasks may be to identify the type of feed in the bucket and tell who it gets fed to and why, do a full physical exam on the horse, demonstrate how to give oral medication to a cow, or safely and correctly tip a sheep.
Off to practice bovine restraint knots on the dog.... She doesn't mind! hahaha
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