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Okay here's a spin off from the hardest / coolest thread. Currently I am in fourth year vet (out of five, in Australia) and we are doing our practical work with large animals this semester.
Last week we had an equine prac which a few of us didn't remember about or prepare for. We last studied equine anatomy in second year, and last friday we were presented with a limb to dissect. All was going well as we removed the skin etc, but then to our horror we started to be grilled with questions by various instructors.
It was pretty mortifying but also hilarious at the same time. The instructor would point to some random bit of tendon and ask us what it was. A deathly silence, punctuated sometimes by muffled giggling would descend on our table, and crickets would begin to chirp. Eventually, after an inordinately awkward waiting period, someone would take an uninformed stab at it ("is it the spleen?" "oh, not part of the limb?" "oh.....") before trailing off into silence, then eventually the answer would be given up by the instructor, and then a new question would be asked.
What other moments of shame does everyone have?
Hopefully we will all remember to revise for our next prac!!!!!!!!!!!
Last week we had an equine prac which a few of us didn't remember about or prepare for. We last studied equine anatomy in second year, and last friday we were presented with a limb to dissect. All was going well as we removed the skin etc, but then to our horror we started to be grilled with questions by various instructors.
It was pretty mortifying but also hilarious at the same time. The instructor would point to some random bit of tendon and ask us what it was. A deathly silence, punctuated sometimes by muffled giggling would descend on our table, and crickets would begin to chirp. Eventually, after an inordinately awkward waiting period, someone would take an uninformed stab at it ("is it the spleen?" "oh, not part of the limb?" "oh.....") before trailing off into silence, then eventually the answer would be given up by the instructor, and then a new question would be asked.
What other moments of shame does everyone have?
Hopefully we will all remember to revise for our next prac!!!!!!!!!!!
