Exam Time

Wow. 11 exams. 3 weeks. Then my first year of vet school will be over.
Hard to believe.

Ok so Monday (April 2) we had our histology bellringer then went immediately into the anatomy lab for our anatomy lab bellringer. It was 3 hours of torture. But I survived.
The Histo bellringer was not a 'final' but was our last one. We have had four over the course of the year. It was not cummulative, but covered immune organs, endocrine organs, kidney, and hematology. It was VERY hard.
The anatomy bell ringer was technically cummulative, but major focus was on pelvis and limbs because everything else was already tested on our winter midterm bellringer. The class avg was 78. So hopefully I did not do too poorly *fingers crossed*

Tomorrow is Live Animal Anatomy exam. We get 15 minutes infront of each a dog, cow, and horse. There will be 10 cards on a table, at each i have to pick 3 and answer the questions on them. Questions will be anatomical (and a bit clinical) but on a live creature. Things like, 'Point to the tuber coxae. What is it called in cattle?' and 'Show and tell me which muscles you could do an intermuscular injection in.' and 'Show me where you can palpate lymph nodes.' and 'where would you put your stethescope if you wanted to auscultate the rumen? cecum?' Not too hard, but it still requires review of our lab manual.

Thursday, Radiology. Bellringer style. 5 radiographs at 5 stations. We will have to hang them ourselves. Describe abnormalities, confirm normalties, describe boundaries and regions, state which structures you can't see on rads, etc.

Next Tuesday, Art of Veterinary Medicine (AVM). This is our communications class. We will be tested on the Calgary-Cambridge Guide (I posted about the CCG earlier!), what all of the Canadian and Ontario legislations due, roles of a vet, etc. Boring as manure, but hey, it'll be an easy one. *again fingers crossed*

Wednesday and Thursday (April 11 and 12) are our combined finals. Physiology and Histology. These will be super hard.... damn immunology!!!

16th - Health Management final (multiple choice!!!)
18th - Genetics (ew. we will be tested on our presentations... which sucks because in order to study, i have to read through all 24 project outlines and abstrcats that my class mates wrote)
19th - Clinical Medicine final (similar to the midterms)
20th - Biochemistry (our biochem prof got pneumonia half way through the course and the only other prof was on sabbatical so he recorded audio lectures for us... that means I have 12 hours of lectures to listen too and take notes from. super. and unlike the midterm, there will not be a nice bank of questions to practice on!)

Then I am done. So I am at 2 out of 11.

Other stuff on my mind:
- Boyfriend with Bronchitis - you know what men are like when they are sick :(
- Summer job schedule is not posted yet and I am trying to book dog sitting jobs and reception desk shifts. It is difficult not knowing if i will be on Days or Nights...
- Moving into a bigger room in the same house - trying to pack and clean/put winter clothes away
- Volunteering with the Birds of Prey still - not sure if I will be able to keep this up during the summer with such a full workload
- Easter weekend :) Yay leftovers! And I get to see my baby cousins!
- My uncle's dog recently passed away (R.I.P. Woody the Springer Spaniel)
- Lost Challenge Cup AND the intramurals finals for hockey... boo... At least our class won the spirit award! Now I am looking for some summer rec hockey to keep in shape
- My dog (Jesse) has a tumour on her back that the vet keeps having to lance and extrude material out of. I think it is in the hair follicle because chunks of hair come out. She takes it like an angel, never complains, but she is 14 and I know she will only take this for so long and then it will be time to make difficult decisions. :(

So much for such a little brain! Ha.

Ps. I found some more links to some very helpful resources!
Histology Lab and Lectures - http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/education/Curriculum/VM8054/Labs/labtoc.htm

Veterinary Consultant - http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp
(You can enter symptoms in and get a list of possible diagnosis OR you can search the symptoms of a disease!! Very cool! It will be really helpful in Phase 3 and 4!)

Immunology review on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA62C39CA82823B6D

Anatomy themed Sporcle quizes! - http://www.sporcle.com/user/ntrabbitguy/contributed
(Made by a peer in my class!)

Immunology resource by KUBY - http://www.whfreeman.com/Catalog/static/whf/kuby/

Objective Pathology (OVC Histology Slides) - http://images.objectivepathology.com/default.aspx?curfolder=%2fUoGuelph%2fOVC%2fVETM3120
(There is more than just histology - go to: http://images.objectivepathology.com/)

Radiology resource - http://vetmed.illinois.edu/courses/imaging_anatomy/index.html

Enjoy!