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yuck. that stinks!March 9th to like May 11th or something like that.
yuck. that stinks!March 9th to like May 11th or something like that.
yuck. that stinks!
We have classes in the afternoons and rotations in the morning. Stuck in the set till May 14th. Do you have class all day still?Supposedly it's like a vacation and pretty laid back so I'm not too worried. Plus it's all electives so it's at least classes I am interested in taking.
We have classes in the afternoons and rotations in the morning. Stuck in the set till May 14th. Do you have class all day still?
I'm ready for clinics. I mean, I'm probably not ready for clinics, but I am at the point where I'm not really absorbing didactic crap any more and just need to get my hands on animals. I plan to be an absolute idiot for the first couple months, but whatever... I'll be there learning.
Dental externship starts on Monday, which means I need to complete my UofI dental course this weekend... I'm actually pretty excited about the externship. The vet seems very nice. I am not looking forward to commuting on 495, though. An hour of traffic each way, ugh. Maybe I should buy an E-ZPass..
I've been putting it off for 5 years! I don't know if I want to pay the high tolls for the HOV ("hot lanes" now), but I might cave in after a few days of sitting in traffic. Besides, it will be nice to not have to stop and pay tolls in PA and OH when driving to and from school from home in VA.Do it. They're so convenient. I don't actually have one yet, but we got one for my mom's car and it's so nice to not actually have to stop for tolls and such.
Us, too!Spring break!!!!!!!!!
Spring break!!!!!!!!!
Us, too!
Awesome, have fun!! And totally jealous of your sleep. I got a grand total of 4 hours yesterday.Us three!! I slept sooo much today, now packing for my RAVS trip.
somehow I passed all my classes and stayed off academic probation (wasn't even close, not sure how, but I'll take it!).
Because you're amazing, duh. (So sorry you were dealing with all that. I was so wrapped up with boards that I didn't even know. )
I am not looking forward to commuting on 495, though. An hour of traffic each way, ugh. Maybe I should buy an E-ZPass..
Was your interview in Fairfax? I forewent the ez-pass, and I haven't regretted it until this morning where I got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic at the Springfield mixing bowl..There were 3 separate accidents within 100 feet of each other.Get the ezpass! Totally worth it. (Also, I mentally waved to you yesterday as I drove to Fairfax )
I had a similar experience to yours- MSU hired a non-boarded dentist to come speak to us for a few lecture hours. Most of it was way over our heads, stuff that we would never do. But he never spent time on the important basic stuff- like taking good rads and how to interpret them, basic dental anatomy and the differences in anatomy between dogs and cats, basic procedures, when to refer, extractions, etc. Considering that veterinarians and techs do a lot of dental work, I think it is important to at least be comfortable knowing the basics (radiology, anatomy, common procedures, oral neoplasia). Since we got none of that at MSU, I am very glad I am doing this externship. Every school is different, I guess. The dentist I am externing with started with the basics, and now we are getting into the more complicated stuff. I definitely now know what I am comfortable doing and when to refer. And that I hope the clinic I work for has a dental x-ray unit if they want me doing any type of dental work.I can't fathom spending any amount of time with a boarded dentist. We had a boarded dentist come do lectures for us, and I just felt like the things he talked about were things we'd never do in private practice and pretty irrelevant to 99% of the class. They changed it this year so one of the community practice vets does the dental lectures which makes so much more sense to me; I wish our lectures had focussed on things we could actually do (ie - scaling, extractions, taking good rads). Your mileage obviously varies.
... They changed it this year so one of the community practice vets does the dental lectures which makes so much more sense to me; I wish our lectures had focussed on things we could actually do (ie - scaling, extractions, taking good rads). Your mileage obviously varies.
I had a similar experience to yours- MSU hired a non-boarded dentist to come speak to us for a few lecture hours. Most of it was way over our heads, stuff that we would never do. But he never spent time on the important basic stuff- like taking good rads and how to interpret them, basic dental anatomy and the differences in anatomy between dogs and cats, basic procedures, when to refer, extractions, etc. Considering that veterinarians and techs do a lot of dental work, I think it is important to at least be comfortable knowing the basics (radiology, anatomy, common procedures, oral neoplasia). Since we got none of that at MSU, I am very glad I am doing this externship. Every school is different, I guess. The dentist I am externing with started with the basics, and now we are getting into the more complicated stuff. I definitely now know what I am comfortable doing and when to refer. And that I hope the clinic I work for has a dental x-ray unit if they want me doing any type of dental work.
Oooooh! Good luck! We still have another month of classes or so before clinics YOU GOT THIS, JAM!Finals this week and next Monday. Then a day off, then we start transition seminars in preparation for clinics. Man how time flies!
GOOD LUCK!!!!! You got this, girl!Last day of classes EVER on Thursday. Then finals start Saturday, then into the clinics for my selectives, then into real real clinics after a 2 day orientation.
ahhhh.
...You get more than one vacation?Can't decide if I want to give up my vacation in the spring to take Neuro. I really want to take it, but then my only vacation after Christmas until I graduate is the the week immediately after. For the most part, my rotations in this part of the year seem to be a little easier (or so I've heard) and have less hours, so I'm leaning towards it, but also worried about just wanting a break.
...You get more than one vacation?