Well, the semester is done here at the OVC. And The Scarlet Stags made it through. Marks will be going up next week and rewrite dates are for late May. Hopefully I do not have to do any, that would be fantastic. But, Histo and Immunology were tough for me so I will have to accept the fact that I may be rewriting... Until then I am going to prep for the next things in my life.
1. Packing
Moving into a new room. Same house. It is a great location but the room I am in currently is just not big enough for all my shit.
2. Work at the Teaching Hospital
Orientation starts Monday 8:30 AM. No rest for the wicked.
3. Class of 2016's MMIs
I am personally prepping some close friends, but I also will be an interviewer for the actual ones in late May.
4. Dog Sitting
I have taken on quite a few jobs, but am still hoping for a couple more this summer. I am booked til the first week of June. It is really good money, and with the recent passing of my laptop AND Blackberry, well, I need the money.
5. Veterinary Experience
No kids. The fun of volunteering does not end once you get accepted into OVC. You have to keep expanding and broadening your horizons. As a person that has a strong interest in Food Animal Medicine, this is especially important for me. I need to get out into the field and get my hands dirty. So what do I have planned? Wellll, Dairy experience with a fellow Bovine Club member. Her Dad has agreed to take on some volunteers this summer to work on his Dairy farm and learn the ways of dairy producing. I have a lot of theory under my belt and I would like to ACTUALLY PRACTICE some of it! Another thing is poultry experience. I am trying to book a couple ride alongs with a local poultry vet. these are tough to set up, but if I can get one or two in this summer, I will be pleased. And continuation with Wild Ontario and Ruminant Field Services.
6. Health
I have gained weight this semester, for sure. So back to the gym it is for me. :) Also I am going on a Herbal Magic program, but money is tight so it may be a short 8 week kick. Maybe a jumpstart will be all I need? Hahaha, no, but every bit counts. Things that I would like to kick by the end of the summer: Daily beers (no more beers with dinner, or just cause ones on a hot afternoon) - I don't want to give it up completely, but save them for a special night out to the pub, frat parties, and big hockey/football game days; ice cream (it's a delicious, creamy, fatty vice!); coffee (I know you are laughing but I am really addicted and it is really bad... moving to herbal and green teas); chocolate (I never liked it as a teenager and child, but Uni has turned me into a chocolate hound. No more chocolate bars, chocolate chip cookies, Walkers chocolate.... Save it for Hot Chocolate and Bailey's for the hockey games next year... and the occasional chocolate milk after a work out); Gelatin (as a pectarian, I really should not be eating gelatin. This will be hard, but I should commit!). Also, I would like to try eating some local raised meat this summer. A friend of mine has a Broiler farm at home. Her parents raise, kill, and prepare chickens - seeing as this is what I would like to be able to do on my own farm in the future, it would be a good idea to try it now, as well as support my friends' farm.
Anyway. To anyone applying to vet school for next semester, I wish you the best of luck! Please, if you have any questions about Canadian school applications, MMIs, or the background information forms, I would be MORE than happy to help any way I can!
Happy Start of the summer! <3
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Some pictures...
I haven't posted pictures in a while. Here are a couple to go along with what has been going on.
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| Spring Fling 2012: Masqurade Ball |
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| Challeng Cup Mascots - Stags, Elephants, Pheonixes, and Foxes |
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| The Cup with The Silversmiths and the Mascots |
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| R.I.P. Woody - May you have ALL of your 'babies' now! He sure loved a good squeeky toy! |
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| Me and the Stag |
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| Studying for Live Animal exam.... |
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| Feathery necklace <3 - Retail therapy! I will post more of the fabulous stuff I bought later... |
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| Feathery headband <3 |
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| yup |
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!
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!
Monday, 12 March 2012
Just a Couple Online Resources
As I am up late studying for my practical exam tomorrow, I realize that there are TONS of online videos that are super helpful and I can post to you and not break the copyright laws of the University!
All of the following are from Youtube (the medical students BEST friend!!!):
Shotgun Histology:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shotgun+histology&oq=shotgun+histology&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=30578l36975l0l37317l17l17l0l9l9l0l115l844l3.5l8l0
Injection Sites and Methods:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-3L3IVQBs
Horse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSxegxets1k&feature=related
Giving Oral Medications to Large Animals:
Sheep - http://www.youtube.com/
Nasogastric in Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuX5SKXEs4k
Oragastric in Cattle (fric speculum) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDgCpisnKY
Blood Collection:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2fy9CwYRDw
**** DO NOT use your teeth to uncap or recap a needle....
you will A) Prick yourself and B) Fail Clin Med....
Small Ruminants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47tlmqXX3eE
Coccygeal Vein - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylfip7tolT0
Urine Collection:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ__wNhbWn0
Vitals:
Enjoy!
All of the following are from Youtube (the medical students BEST friend!!!):
Shotgun Histology:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shotgun+histology&oq=shotgun+histology&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=30578l36975l0l37317l17l17l0l9l9l0l115l844l3.5l8l0
Injection Sites and Methods:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-3L3IVQBs
Horse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSxegxets1k&feature=related
Giving Oral Medications to Large Animals:
Sheep - http://www.youtube.com/
Nasogastric in Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuX5SKXEs4k
Oragastric in Cattle (fric speculum) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDgCpisnKY
Blood Collection:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2fy9CwYRDw
**** DO NOT use your teeth to uncap or recap a needle....
you will A) Prick yourself and B) Fail Clin Med....
Small Ruminants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47tlmqXX3eE
Coccygeal Vein - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylfip7tolT0
Urine Collection:
Cattle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ__wNhbWn0
Vitals:
Bovine (mature):
Rectal Temperature 38 - 39 °C
Heart Rate 60 - 80 bpm
Respiratory Rate 10 - 30 brpm
Equine (mature):
Rectal Temperature 37 - 38 °C
Heart Rate 28 - 40 bpm
Respiratory Rate 8 - 16 brpm
Ovine (mature):
Rectal Temperature 39 - 39.5 °C
Heart Rate 70 - 80 bpm
Respiratory Rate 12 - 20 brpmEnjoy!
Large Animal Ward
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
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
Monday, 30 January 2012
Keeping Busy
Busy busy busy...
Between studying, class, and general life maintenance (cleaning, laundry, dishes, cooking, showering, etc.) I still have my volunteering and social comittee stuff going on. It feels like a lot of time is spent just answering and sending emails to people I need to contact and planning meetings and such. Crazy times. We are preparing for our big Family and Friends Day where the phase ones invite guests to come and tour the campus and have mini lectures given by our profs. Then we have Spring Fling, another Bar Night, and a Dog Wash that we have to plan. I like doing the computery stuff and the poster design but I am so picky with it that I spend way to long fixing sizes and colours...
Also, at Wild Ontario we are getting a bunch of new volunteers. We need to start their training and training is always a pain in the butt. I also moved to a new bird. I am now with Indian Jones the Red Taled Hawk. We are flight training him right now so it is a nice treat to be on a bird with a higher level of difficulty.
ALSO... very exciting news...
I DID MY FIRST RECTAL PALPATIONS LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!!
This seriously is really great news! I was volunteering with the Ruminant Field Services here at the OVC and we got to go do some pregnancy checks on a milking herd. Palpation is a skill that needs to be developed and in school we don't learn it until phase two! It's great to get some extra practice and have some one on one instruction from a prof. We also got to collect urine from a few. This is also a skill worth practicing. Collecting bovine urine is NOTHING like chasing a dog with a laddle or doing cystocentisis on a cat. You have to rub the escutcheon (the skin just ventral of the vulva) without getting your toes stepped on while she postures.... and the little tiny collection cup means that you get your hand very dirty.... I love large animal medicine :)
Between studying, class, and general life maintenance (cleaning, laundry, dishes, cooking, showering, etc.) I still have my volunteering and social comittee stuff going on. It feels like a lot of time is spent just answering and sending emails to people I need to contact and planning meetings and such. Crazy times. We are preparing for our big Family and Friends Day where the phase ones invite guests to come and tour the campus and have mini lectures given by our profs. Then we have Spring Fling, another Bar Night, and a Dog Wash that we have to plan. I like doing the computery stuff and the poster design but I am so picky with it that I spend way to long fixing sizes and colours...
Also, at Wild Ontario we are getting a bunch of new volunteers. We need to start their training and training is always a pain in the butt. I also moved to a new bird. I am now with Indian Jones the Red Taled Hawk. We are flight training him right now so it is a nice treat to be on a bird with a higher level of difficulty.
ALSO... very exciting news...
I DID MY FIRST RECTAL PALPATIONS LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!!
This seriously is really great news! I was volunteering with the Ruminant Field Services here at the OVC and we got to go do some pregnancy checks on a milking herd. Palpation is a skill that needs to be developed and in school we don't learn it until phase two! It's great to get some extra practice and have some one on one instruction from a prof. We also got to collect urine from a few. This is also a skill worth practicing. Collecting bovine urine is NOTHING like chasing a dog with a laddle or doing cystocentisis on a cat. You have to rub the escutcheon (the skin just ventral of the vulva) without getting your toes stepped on while she postures.... and the little tiny collection cup means that you get your hand very dirty.... I love large animal medicine :)
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