Question For Current Vet Students re Schedule

[shewillrun]

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Hello All,

I will be applying to UC Davis for the entering class of 2017. This is really for any veterinary student. What is your school schedule like? Is it a 9-5 type of schedule? Is it over the weekend too? I know a lot of time is spent out of class studying. This question is in regards to the time you spend in the classroom/lab/hospital at the school. Most vet schools do cover the curriculum but not exactly what a day to day schedule is like each year.

Thank you!

 

[Ashgirl]

Hello All,

I will be applying to UC Davis for the entering class of 2017. This is really for any veterinary student. What is your school schedule like? Is it a 9-5 type of schedule? Is it over the weekend too? I know a lot of time is spent out of class studying. This question is in regards to the time you spend in the classroom/lab/hospital at the school. Most vet schools do cover the curriculum but not exactly what a day to day schedule is like each year.

Thank you!

Do you mean you will applying to matriculate in the fall of 2017? Otherwise the class of 2017 are already second years by now 😛

It definitely depends on the school (and even the person), and I believe UC Davis got quite a curriculum shift, so someone there will be able to tell you more about their day-to-day schedule. @heylodeb perhaps?

For me (at Mizzou), I'm currently at school 8am/9am- 5/6pm with class and lab (some days I have 2 hours of lab and 6 hours of lecture, some days I have 5 hours of lab and 2 hours of lecture). After I get home I normally eat something and then go over all the day's lectures or study for an upcoming exam until about 10:30 or 11 and then go to bed. Wake up at 6 and do it all over again, though some days I have less lecture/labs so I can study more. I don't really give myself weekends, but I have to stress that everyone is different and some people don't have to study as much as I do, and then on the other side there are a few that study every single waking moment.

 

[heylodeb]

Hello All,

I will be applying to UC Davis for the entering class of 2017. This is really for any veterinary student. What is your school schedule like? Is it a 9-5 type of schedule? Is it over the weekend too? I know a lot of time is spent out of class studying. This question is in regards to the time you spend in the classroom/lab/hospital at the school. Most vet schools do cover the curriculum but not exactly what a day to day schedule is like each year.

Thank you!

Well, there are showers in the buildings and the couches in our home rooms are pretty comfy so.....

JK....schedule varies every day. We function in a block system so it isn't like have specific classes at specific times for entire semesters. I was normally at school from 8-9ish to 3-5ish every day. Normally an hour free for lunch. Some of the time at school is group work, lectures, labs, etc. Some people were ale to work evening or weekend jobs. I worked 5-10 hours a week. I'm now a senior so we won't talk about my schedule 😉

Good luck in your application process!

 

[shewillrun]

Thank you so much for responding guys 🙂 It's good to know it's that kind of schedule.

 

[Doktor Timo]

Like the others said, it depends on the school. Here at Tennessee the schedule is different every week, so there's a lot of variability. During our first year we usually only had lecture from 8-12, then an hour lunch break followed by 2-3 hour labs most days. But some days there would just be the 8-12 lectures, so I could leave school around noon if I didn't feel like studying that day. As a second year now, the schedule is packed a little bit tighter, but I still have some days where I get home around 1 or 2.

 

[clinicalscience808]

Well, there are showers in the buildings and the couches in our home rooms are pretty comfy so.....

JK....schedule varies every day. We function in a block system so it isn't like have specific classes at specific times for entire semesters. I was normally at school from 8-9ish to 3-5ish every day. Normally an hour free for lunch. Some of the time at school is group work, lectures, labs, etc. Some people were ale to work evening or weekend jobs. I worked 5-10 hours a week. I'm now a senior so we won't talk about my schedule 😉

Good luck in your application process!

I'll assume you're talking about UC Davis from the thread idea... Anyways, I was curious about getting into the hospital for some experience. I know that there are mini rotations 1st year at Davis, but is it possible to just wander into the VTH and look around/help out without any formal request? Thanks!

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

I'll assume you're talking about UC Davis from the thread idea... Anyways, I was curious about getting into the hospital for some experience. I know that there are mini rotations 1st year at Davis, but is it possible to just wander into the VTH and look around/help out without any formal request? Thanks!

Yeah...don't do this. Honestly, you'll just be in the way. Clinicians will have their hands full with the senior students already without trying to find something for you to do.

 

[pp9]

I'll assume you're talking about UC Davis from the thread idea... Anyways, I was curious about getting into the hospital for some experience. I know that there are mini rotations 1st year at Davis, but is it possible to just wander into the VTH and look around/help out without any formal request? Thanks!

You know, I've read on occasion (on these forums) that students at other schools do this all the time. They sit in on rounds, observe surgeries, whatever. I really don't think that would fly at my school unless you had an 'in' with the clinician on that day. For starters, we already have a space issue without extra students. We also have rotations as first and second years, so the teaching hospital is less of a mystery to us.

I just can't picture myself casually sitting in on rounds or popping in to a surgery or anything.

 

[LetItSnow]

Yeah...don't do this. Honestly, you'll just be in the way. Clinicians will have their hands full with the senior students already without trying to find something for you to do.

Thay said, don’t be afraid to contact someone in particular over there and ask to spend time or get involved. It is just the “wander over and help out” part that isn’t a good idea. But if you develop an interest in a specific area, do contact that service and ask to spend time there.

 

[Trilt]

You know, I've read on occasion (on these forums) that students at other schools do this all the time. They sit in on rounds, observe surgeries, whatever. I really don't think that would fly at my school unless you had an 'in' with the clinician on that day. For starters, we already have a space issue without extra students. We also have rotations as first and second years, so the teaching hospital is less of a mystery to us.

I just can't picture myself casually sitting in on rounds or popping in to a surgery or anything.

You'd be shocked the accommodations that are made for an enthusiastic and polite spare set of hands. It only works because there are only a few people doing it, but I would be shocked if your school was so different than all the others.

 

[Lupin21]

Yeah, peeps here at OK go over to the hospital fairly regularly. We are encouraged to go, just make sure to dress appropriately and be mindful.

 

[pp9]

You'd be shocked the accommodations that are made for an enthusiastic and polite spare set of hands. It only works because there are only a few people doing it, but I would be shocked if your school was so different than all the others.

For the most part, we're always all that welcome/included/recognized when we're supposed to be there as first/second years. Highly clinician/house officer dependent though. Fourth years are usually pretty great though.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Thay said, don’t be afraid to contact someone in particular over there and ask to spend time or get involved. It is just the “wander over and help out” part that isn’t a good idea. But if you develop an interest in a specific area, do contact that service and ask to spend time there.

Yep yep, exactly. By all means, ask - just don't show up out of the blue and expect to be shown stuff or given something to do.

 

[clinicalscience808]

You know, I've read on occasion (on these forums) that students at other schools do this all the time. They sit in on rounds, observe surgeries, whatever. I really don't think that would fly at my school unless you had an 'in' with the clinician on that day. For starters, we already have a space issue without extra students. We also have rotations as first and second years, so the teaching hospital is less of a mystery to us.

I just can't picture myself casually sitting in on rounds or popping in to a surgery or anything.

Thanks everyone for the comments! I was just curious because I toured WSU and they have a super open door policy to the hospital (at least that's how my tour guide explained it) and I was wondering if Davis was similar. I totally understand not wanting to be in the way, and honestly I probably wouldn't utilize any open door policy as much as I could because of that. I hate feeling like everyone has to work around me! I'll definitely keep other opportunities in mind if I'm accepted to Davis but this is great info.