Class of 2021 . . . how ya doin?

[battie]

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Just looked up everything for where I'm moving. Gotta say, I'm kinda glad my fiancee didn't want to move now 😆

 

[vetmedhead]

I like the states that keep it easy. For CO I literally have to hand them like $300 and proof I passed NAVLE. On the one hand what the hell do they need the $300 for, on the other hand eh at least it's not as stressful as it could be

 

[battie]

I like the states that keep it easy. For CO I literally have to hand them like $300 and proof I passed NAVLE. On the one hand what the hell do they need the $300 for, on the other hand eh at least it's not as stressful as it could be

You should just stay!

 

[vetmedhead]

You should just stay!

I might, depends where I match.

 

[SkiOtter]

Meant to put the 15th since I'll still have ortho patient AM shift that Monday. That's what I get for posting on my phone and not reading what my phone-fingers type.

Acceptable. I can wait until that afternoon to start my existential crisis.

 

[SkiOtter]

But when do you get your own signature stamp? That's my question.

lol that you think i don't hand sign every single certificate

My vets have always signed every rabies certificate. Only time they don’t is if it’s a reprint and they’re either not in the office or they’re in surgery/another appointment and the client came in person to request one vs calling first.

 

[Caiter92]

But when do you get your own signature stamp? That's my question.

My job has these but most of the time I still end up hand signing them because I forget it exists 😂

 

[cdo96]

I mean... same. I'm mostly looking at places in Michigan but I'm seriously considering clinics in a couple other states so like... where the hell am I going to be? Where do I license myself? What do I even?

same bc I applied to essentially clinics in 11 different states and I am NOT getting licensed in all of 11 + Texas.

 

[Doctor-S]

Scheduled my state boards today... it feels like NAVLE part 2

Sending good, good, good thoughts to you! You got this one!

 

[PippyPony]

Oh I mean I've read the packet, just yikes to everything. CA really does screw themselves out of good veterinarians with how hard they make it to get licensed and how long it takes

Same with Rhode Island, except that's just a cost thing. The license is like $700! Crazy.

 

[finnickthedog]

Well, I do not feel good about that exam. But hopefully it was at least enough to pass the darn rotation?

 

[KCgophervet]

Highly recommend Illinois license. It's like $100 every 2 years and you just have to prove you graduated/passed NAVLE. It might take them 6 months to process it the first time but it was a lot easier and cheaper than most other states I've heard of (except maybe Iowa?).

 

[finnickthedog]

Path towards the end of week one: "It's been a busy week, but we typically don't get two busy weeks in a row so it will probably calm down a bit now"

Path almost every day after that: "So we have quite a few cases today..."

This is fine though. Beats having nothing to do. Necropsy tomorrow morning, a couple--basically already completed--assignments to turn in and then pathology is done.

 

[Coopah]

Highly recommend Illinois license. It's like $100 every 2 years and you just have to prove you graduated/passed NAVLE. It might take them 6 months to process it the first time but it was a lot easier and cheaper than most other states I've heard of (except maybe Iowa?).

Oh good, I might end up at the university of Illinois actually

 

[cdo96]

Oh good, I might end up at the university of Illinois actually

hey I might end up at a different private practice hospital but is in Illinois!

 

[Coopah]

hey I might end up at a different private practice hospital but is in Illinois!

We can wave at each other virtually like we have been for years but IN THE SAME STATE 😀

 

[SkiOtter]

We can wave at each other virtually like we have been for years but IN THE SAME STATE 😀

I’ll wave at you from the SAME HOSPITAL

 

[Coopah]

I’ll wave at you from the SAME HOSPITAL

Oh yeah if I end up as an intern there I might have to teach you

 

[battie]

It might take them 6 months to process it the first time

Wow. The state of Illinois summed up beautifully.

Oh good, I might end up at the university of Illinois actually

Oh yeah if I end up as an intern there I might have to teach you

If you have her on a rotation, I want a confirmatory snap!!

 

[SkiOtter]

If you have her on a rotation, I want a confirmatory snap!!

Don’t you worry there will be many creeper snaps from across the room

 

[PippyPony]

Whiny crap

This is just a good reminder to myself not to whine about things before they happen... this week was actually great, the clinician was lovely and gave extremely useful feedback, my fellow student was a super teammate, and I should know better than to think people in this hospital will be anything other than awesome.

 

[PippyPony]

I'm incredibly exhausted though. I fell asleep eating dinner last night.

 

[WildZoo]

I definitely had already accepted my part-time job before I had my TN license even though I knew I would be staying in TN and could have gotten everything turned in months earlier

I even had to get my NAVLE scores sent to TN because I took the lazy person's route and registered through NC since they didn't have extra steps

I'm currently at a zoo (last day is tomorrow 🙁 ) and been spending a decent amount of time with giraffe. Today has been especially very giraffey. Can confirm that they are big.

Makes me want to go back to zoo med.

Ah I love them. Hands down one of my favorite days at one of my zoo externships was a giraffe procedure day. Coolest and most nerve-wracking thing I've ever been a part of.

 

[battie]

giraffe procedure day

We did giraffe mani/pedi day yesterday 😍

 

[WildZoo]

We did giraffe mani/pedi day yesterday 😍

That is awesome! Were they good for their pampering?

Ours was custom fitting a shoe to try to help with healing a broken toe. Nerve-wracking because she had to be anesthetized.

 

[Coopah]

That is awesome! Were they good for their pampering?

Ours was custom fitting a shoe to try to help with healing a broken toe. Nerve-wracking because she had to be anesthetized.

That is terrifying to me. Anesthetizing a horse is bad enough thanks

 

[battie]

Were they good for their pampering?

They're all trained for mani/pedi days. They do 10/farrier visit. The 3.5 month old is even figuring it out. There is one case that I shouldn't discuss in public for the sake of Zoo confidentiality. But definitely sat in on hour plus discussion on giraffe anesthesia with the farrier team and vets. Intense.

 

[PippyPony]

But definitely sat in on hour plus discussion on giraffe anesthesia with the farrier team and vets. Intense.

Major concerns for ischemia, regurgitation, ventilation problems, and trauma. Don't you also need a big tilt table or angled mats or something to keep their head elevated above the heart?

 

[battie]

Major concerns for ischemia, regurgitation, ventilation problems, and trauma. Don't you also need a big tilt table or angled mats or something to keep their head elevated above the heart?

He definitely did go over some of that. Induction and recovery are the top concerns. This farrier team travels all over the country doing zoo species hoofstock hoor care and he showed several awesome videos of inductions and recoveries.

 

[finnickthedog]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

 

[vetmedhead]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

I'm currently applying to shelter medicine internships, hoping to specialize down the road. I want to work predominantly in forensics though

 

[cheathac]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

You've probably seen my posts but I am in the match for a lab animal residency. My interviews have gone well. I have a few more to get through and then rank places by February 12th. Hoping I will match! I love seeing where everyone else is going. I'm on a tough large animal medicine rotation currently but once it's over the rest of clinics are pretty chill until the last block or so.

 

[SkiOtter]

You've probably seen my posts but I am in the match for a lab animal residency. My interviews have gone well. I have a few more to get through and then rank places by February 12th. Hoping I will match! I love seeing where everyone else is going. I'm on a tough large animal medicine rotation currently but once it's over the rest of clinics are pretty chill until the last block or so.

I believe in youuuuuu!!!!!

 

[cheathac]

I believe in youuuuuu!!!!!

Thanks ski! The interviews I've had at my top 2 places went really well so hoping for good vibes and that these next blocks go by quick! I wanna know what I'm going with my life lol

 

[WildZoo]

Major concerns for ischemia, regurgitation, ventilation problems, and trauma. Don't you also need a big tilt table or angled mats or something to keep their head elevated above the heart?

Ya we used a board angled on a stack of hay bales for the one I was involved in also did a lot of what was basically passive range of motion with her legs to help with bloodflow and prevent muscle spasms during recovery.

 

[PippyPony]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

GP for the short term -- most interested in practices with a large feline caseload but am basically looking at everything from feline only to mixed large/small. More interested in the atmosphere & team fit than the species focus.

Long term plan is to shoot for an anesthesia residency (or maybe a cardio or clin pharm one...still tossing those around in the back of my mind) with the GP experience subbing for an internship. I still strongly believe I'd be a better fit for an academic hospital setting in the long run. I'm also interested in teaching and hospital administration.

I thought hard about an internship... but when it came time to apply, I just couldn't get excited about spending 100 hours a week at the hospital with only a week of vacation. Even if they paid people appropriately, it still seems pretty miserable in terms of work/life balance. My family was sad thinking about it, and so was I. I also think it's a shame that there aren't more flexible options, so it didn't feel right to put myself in a teaching system that I don't really believe in. Eventually, I'd like to get involved in a position where I have the power to make it better!

 

[PippyPony]

Uh oh... I'm having one of those moments when I realize I'm not very anonymous.

If any future employers look at this, I promise I'm not as much of a psycho as my WW persona would lead you to believe.

 

[cdo96]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

I’m also in the match for small animal rotating/ ECC specific internship! I’m 70:30 whether I want to pursue an ECC residency or I want to go work as an ER doc. I’ve had a couple interviews, but I have 3 this upcoming week! I’ve interviewed at my #1 and #2 places. #2 went phenomenally, #1 did good but could’ve been a lot better? But I’ve done an externship there before and they seemed to like me

 

[cdo96]

who knows, I may end up with Ny (assuming she hasn’t finished her residency) at her school. One of my favorite doctors in the world transferred there from my school this year and I miss her and her brain tremendously.

 

[vetmedhead]

Uh oh... I'm having one of those moments when I realize I'm not very anonymous.

If any future employers look at this, I promise I'm not as much of a psycho as my WW persona would lead you to believe.

No she is EXACTLY as much of a psycho in real life!

I, however, am an angel

 

[PippyPony]

No she is EXACTLY as much of a psycho in real life!

Honestly... maybe I should start using it as a selling point.

As a game moderator, I'm creative, perfectionistic, and patient

As a player, I'm dedicated, attentive to detail, social, determined, confident, reliable, experienced at navigating ambiguity, and an excellent team leader (since wolfing is my fave)

How's that sound? We don't need to tell them about the other stuff.

 

[WildZoo]

Honestly... maybe I should start using it as a selling point.

As a game moderator, I'm creative, perfectionistic, and patient

As a player, I'm dedicated, attentive to detail, social, determined, confident, reliable, experienced at navigating ambiguity, and an excellent team leader (since wolfing is my fave)

How's that sound? We don't need to tell them about the other stuff.

And at the end of the day, would you really want to work with people who couldn't appreciate your love of murdering your friends online?

 

[vetmedhead]

Honestly... maybe I should start using it as a selling point.

As a game moderator, I'm creative, perfectionistic, and patient

As a player, I'm dedicated, attentive to detail, social, determined, confident, reliable, experienced at navigating ambiguity, and an excellent team leader (since wolfing is my fave)

How's that sound? We don't need to tell them about the other stuff.

I'm not sure how to spin my gameplay positively. As a mod I am creative, fun, funny, and foster group comaraderie.

As a player... my insults are creative? I entertain the mods? And I'm quick on the draw with jokes

 

[DVMdreamcometrue]

It's official. No in-person graduation ceremony this year. It's not unexpected, but still sad when it becomes official 😢

 

[cdo96]

It's official. No in-person graduation ceremony this year. It's not unexpected, but still sad when it becomes official 😢

I’m sorry. 🙁

 

[MixedAnimals77]

Question for all of you graduating if you don't mind sharing-does your school have a graduation fee and if so how much is it?

 

[battie]

I already know for some of you, but for others I'm not totally sure so... if anybody feels like sharing, what are you plans post graduation? Just like in general. Specializing (and if so, in what)? GP? Species?

I'm just nosy. But also just thinking about how we're all gonna be real live doctors soon.

I'm going to join a large (~16 doctor) practice and get going on the elopement/house buying/child making thing. Small animal GP/ER/soft tissue surgery will be the medicine. This is the short term (5ish year) plan.

I would like to eventually break into the animal welfare world. I'd like to join a third party welfare auditing company and create welfare standards for breeding operations for dogs, cats, and our exotic companion animals. I'm not sure how ill get there. But I'll see what happens.

 

[cdo96]

Question for all of you graduating if you don't mind sharing-does your school have a graduation fee and if so how much is it?

Graduation fees???? We don’t have those, and I think I would lose my mind. I just checked, and I’ve paid my vet school $198,453 for tuition and fees and thus far, and they have the AUDACITY to ask for more for graduation? figure it out, bud. Use the almost two hundred thousand dollars I’ve given you and figure it out.

 

[MixedAnimals77]

Graduation fees???? We don’t have those, and I think I would lose my mind. I just checked, and I’ve paid my vet school $198,453 for tuition and fees and thus far, and they have the AUDACITY to ask for more for graduation? figure it out, bud. Use the almost two hundred thousand dollars I’ve given you and figure it out.

yeah I just found out it's $60 here which is dumb b/c yeah lost of monies

 

[cdo96]

yeah I just found out it's $60 here which is dumb b/c yeah lost of monies

If they cancel graduation/ don’t have in person graduation, please make them give you that back. It’s absolutely bananas and I hate it so much