Class of 2022...how you doin'?

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FrostySparrow said:
It hurt just a tiny bit to spend.... is the window shorter than it was last year? Could've sworn people were taking it as early as September then.
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It's shorter than last year, but longer than normal Nov 1-Dec 31. Quite spendy. 705 for the test and my state app fee was 55.
 
TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo said:
We can register right now but not book dates, right? I paid and all that but I don't see anywhere to book.

That $1200 fee hurt lol. Basically my entire last paycheque instantly gone.
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Yeah, you register and then later on you'll get a scheduling permit and that's when you can book a date.
 
Over a week in and here’s what I’ve learned:
  1. My body hates going back to standing all day.
  2. I cannot run on less than 7 hours of sleep or else I turn into a grumpy bitch.
  3. Turns out the most boring lectures from a year ago end up being the most helpful on clinics.
  4. Compression socks are the bomb.com
  5. I hate being on call.
Despite everything, I finally feel like I have a better grasp of anesthesia with 2 days left to go on this rotation.
 
jaboo said:
Over a week in and here’s what I’ve learned:
  1. My body hates going back to standing all day.
  2. I cannot run on less than 7 hours of sleep or else I turn into a grumpy bitch.
  3. Turns out the most boring lectures from a year ago end up being the most helpful on clinics.
  4. COMPRESSION SOCKS ARE THE BOMB.COM
  5. I hate being on call.
Despite everything, I finally feel like I have a better grasp of anesthesia with 2 days left to go on this rotation.
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YES. THIS. Compression socks are the ultimate game changer.
 
Patient today:
Puppy ate something in yard. Unknown. Concerns for weed vs toxic mushroom vs other. Decided to go ahead and induce vomiting.

Apo: no vomit, gets a bit sedated.
Apo again: still no vomit, more sedated.
Hydro: still no vomit, now extremely sedated.
Now naloxone because puppy is so insanely gorked.
Owners insist they always use peroxide on puppy at home and it works every time so they want us to do it despite risks.
Peroxide x1: No vomit, finally looks a bit nauseous.
Peroxide x2: Still no vomit, still looking a bit nauseous.
Peroxide x3: We admit defeat and puppy gets to keep its prize unless the owners agree to a scope.

This was after nice belly massage, spinning, walking, and every other vomit trick in the book. I’m impressed with the iron stomach (also strongly suspect THC which may have contributed).
 
battie said:
One of my greatest baby vet fears is techs not liking me (for whatever reason).
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Be respectful of their experience, be appreciative of their work, and be mindful of how much you affect their workload. Help them out. Trust them to do what they’re capable of doing. Thank them.

If they question your assessment/plan, first ask yourself if their questioning is valid before getting defensive (honestly as a baby vet it prob is half the time), then ask yourself if it would hurt anyone to do what the tech wants and also if your way makes their life more difficult, and if you still feel your way is the way to go, explain your reasoning and say something along the lines of “humor me and let’s try it this time and see how it goes!” If you feel your way is technically more right l but you’re willing to go with what the tech wants because of whatever reason, say so. “The newer guidelines actually say it would be better to do X because of Y, but i don’t think it would hurt to do Z as you suggest if you are more comfortable with that” etc...

Be kind to your tech. And you can be friendly with your techs and even hang out outside of work. BUT do not treat them as your new bestie. Don’t kiss up to them to gain acceptance like a teenage dork who wants in with the popular kids. Being besties with your staff will go down south eventually most of the time, and one of you may very well end up needing to leave.
 
Peaches95 said:
I got my first official job offer yesterday 😳 still a little surreal that we are to that point in our life.
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I need deets! I've had 3 good phone interviews and have another this weekend and 1 more phone then to do tons of in person interviews in Novmber😬
 
Trilt said:
You guys are crazy. I started applying after I graduated. :laugh:
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I'm too poor to have waited until I graduated, but I definitely didn't start applying until after I had NAVLE results.

Thennnn I promptly had a mini panic while it seemed like all my classmates had jobs already 😛
 
I'm leaving my resume at externship sites I enjoy, but otherwise not actively applying right now. I am hoping for some pretty specific places though, so it's more of a 'if they arent hiring ill start looking more actively' situation. Ill probably wait til after NAVLE though for my own sanity
 
Everyone his hiring like crazy, make sure you look into plenty of options when applying for a job!
(PS- if anyone is interested in a clinic in northern VA... shoot me a DM! Great mentoring!)
 
I'm on a sx rotation. I thought I would be more interested in it-but I'm just not. My performance on this rotation has been subpar compared to how I was doing on my previous rotations. Like I want to do some sx in GP, but I'm definitely not excited about just watching sx and writing all the paperwork for it. Client communication of having multi day contact and really following through with pt parents has been nice though.
 
MixedAnimals77 said:
I'm on a sx rotation. I thought I would be more interested in it-but I'm just not. My performance on this rotation has been subpar compared to how I was doing on my previous rotations. Like I want to do some sx in GP, but I'm definitely not excited about just watching sx and writing all the paperwork for it. Client communication of having multi day contact and really following through with pt parents has been nice though.
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That’s exactly why I’m not looking forward to ortho or STS 😕 80 hour weeks, lots of paperwork, and just watching
 
MixedAnimals77 said:
I'm on a sx rotation. I thought I would be more interested in it-but I'm just not. My performance on this rotation has been subpar compared to how I was doing on my previous rotations. Like I want to do some sx in GP, but I'm definitely not excited about just watching sx and writing all the paperwork for it. Client communication of having multi day contact and really following through with pt parents has been nice though.
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My ST surgery rotation was dramatically improved by having a classmate who wanted to be a surgeon (and who I think just finished a residency!) on with me. This meant she wanted all the complicated esoteric things, and was very happy for me to jump onto more GP things like the episioplasty. I didn't have to take ortho thankfully.

My biggest way of making it less boring was asking questions and really leaning into the client side of things. I still individually remember most of my surgery patients because of the hands on aftercare component.

Also definitely copy and pasting old surgery reports instead of writing all mine from scratch. That contributed greatly to my quality of life. :laugh:
 
Trilt said:
This meant she wanted all the complicated esoteric things, and was very happy for me to jump onto more GP things like the episioplasty. I didn't have to take ortho thankfully.
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See, I preferred the complicated things even though I didn't want to do them myself ever. If I'm just watching, I want it to be something really cool. :laugh:
 
MixedAnimals77 said:
I'm on a sx rotation. I thought I would be more interested in it-but I'm just not. My performance on this rotation has been subpar compared to how I was doing on my previous rotations. Like I want to do some sx in GP, but I'm definitely not excited about just watching sx and writing all the paperwork for it. Client communication of having multi day contact and really following through with pt parents has been nice though.
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This kind of thing is why I am super grateful that UMN gave us an extra externship slot to do our second surgery rotation elsewhere. I was originally going to do our spay/neuter service, but they closed it, so instead of making me do SAS again I get to go to the humane society
 
SnowJ said:
This kind of thing is why I am super grateful that UMN gave us an extra externship slot to do our second surgery rotation elsewhere. I was originally going to do our spay/neuter service, but they closed it, so instead of making me do SAS again I get to go to the humane society
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Whaaaaatttttt that’s so nice you can do spay/neuter somewhere instead of an actual surgery service
 
finnickthedog said:
See, I preferred the complicated things even though I didn't want to do them myself ever. If I'm just watching, I want it to be something really cool. :laugh:
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Exact opposite. Wanted the simple things so that I was in and out and could get started on the paperwork. Also had a surgery gunner on my surgery services and was set to let them stand there for 6 hours.
 
battie said:
Exact opposite. Wanted the simple things so that I was in and out and could get started on the paperwork. Also had a surgery gunner on my surgery services and was set to let them stand there for 6 hours.
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By no means did I want a longer procedure, just a more interesting one.
 
Anyone have any favorite resources so far, like things they highly recommend using on any of their rotations?

On primary I’ve used a lot of:
Vsso.org for feline/canine tumor related stuff.
capcvet.org for parasites
Iris-kidney.com for kidney staging
Iscaid.org/guidelines for antibiotic guidelines
 
FrostySparrow said:
Anyone have any favorite resources so far, like things they highly recommend using on any of their rotations?

On primary I’ve used a lot of:
Vsso.org for feline/canine tumor related stuff.
capcvet.org for parasites
Iris-kidney.com for kidney staging
Iscaid.org/guidelines for antibiotic guidelines
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This was my favorite resource on clinics.
 
FrostySparrow said:
Anyone have any favorite resources so far, like things they highly recommend using on any of their rotations?

On primary I’ve used a lot of:
Vsso.org for feline/canine tumor related stuff.
capcvet.org for parasites
Iris-kidney.com for kidney staging
Iscaid.org/guidelines for antibiotic guidelines
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VIN for everything
 
FrostySparrow said:
Anyone have any favorite resources so far, like things they highly recommend using on any of their rotations?

On primary I’ve used a lot of:
Vsso.org for feline/canine tumor related stuff.
capcvet.org for parasites
Iris-kidney.com for kidney staging
Iscaid.org/guidelines for antibiotic guidelines
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5 min Sono is meant for humans but is great for all things ultrasound.
 
FrostySparrow said:
Anyone have any favorite resources so far, like things they highly recommend using on any of their rotations?

On primary I’ve used a lot of:
Vsso.org for feline/canine tumor related stuff.
capcvet.org for parasites
Iris-kidney.com for kidney staging
Iscaid.org/guidelines for antibiotic guidelines
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Mini Vet Guide for quick disease/tx summaries, as well as basic drug doses
Small Animal Medical Differential Diagnoses
Eclinpath for cytology
Plumb's app for drug stuff
VIN <3
 
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