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My GP vets definitely see a lot of ears (and allergies too) and do ear cytologies on them before treating.
Part of the problem is that there isn't a single point of contact, which I think is a function of how student cases get handled at our hospital (e.g. is unique to this case, not reflective of general state of things, nor any oversight on behalf of any one person). I think I will try an approach like this, thank you for the advice.@PippyPony who was it not running cytology or refusing your CT request? I’d go to the head clinician and say “please schedule kitten for CT next Monday. Do the ear cytology while he’s out.”
Yikesssss.Well that was the frustrating part. I’ve had some complicated rhinitis patients that had other things going on so wanted to really rule out polyps/tumors/FB (esp when it seemed unilateral) and the owner was up for it. It just makes me look really bad for offering the referral.
I'll send you the proceedings.There's a talk at AAFP this year on localizing upper respiratory disease in cats and I really wish I could go.
So strange. I feel like it’s the opposite here and clinicians really go above and beyond for student pets. Sorry you had to deal with that crap****
I'll send you the proceedings.
In some cases they really do... Just last week I was allowed to sit in on a super cool procedure for my other cat. And stepping back for a second, I really do believe that every single doctor in our hospital wants what is best for all the animals who come through the doors. If it doesn't always feel that way, then in my opinion it's certainly not intentional or consciously done.So strange. I feel like it’s the opposite here and clinicians really go above and beyond for student pets. Sorry you had to deal with that crap
**** do I have to get the post-exposure rabies shots nowMy cats send their love and appreciation, which in their case means you now have a virtual cat bite.
No... don't stop being a vet student now!!Maybe I should stop adopting lemons. Lol
Can I snag these too?I'll send you the proceedings.
What kind of broken?When the dog decides to break and be expensive
GI broken. Distended, painful crainoabdomen. Got herself a trip to the vth ER last night. Rads showed lots of food stuff compacted in her stomach. Currently a wait and see game if she improves by the time I get home this afternoon or she gets reradiographed for possible foreign body is the top of their list currently. She was still pretty painful and distended this am when I left for school. Hopefully she resolves by the time I get home this afternoon.What kind of broken?
I don't think it makes you an idiot or an incompetent vet at all -- I feel like recognizing limitations and rerouting/delegating appropriately is a hugely important skill in life, let alone in a veterinary med situation. It's an important leadership trait, not a weakness.I'm sorry that you have all had those experiences with teaching hospitals. There are definitely issues when things have to be coordinated across services. Even though middle-ear patients can have vestibular signs, I am not really very comfortable managing an ear problem long-term so I tend to try to toss them to another service once we figure out that it isn't central disease. I'm definitely the resident who asks the student who's already been through comm practice or derm how to do an ear cytology at the VTH. Sorry if that makes me an idiot and incompetent vet, but it is what it is. I don't have the mental space to keep these things in my brain.
Oh dude, I wasn’t implying that it was a deficiency of any sort that specialists/interns/residents aren’t good with chronic skin/ear stuff. It really just is what it is. It’s just something they don’t do, and isn’t something I expect them to do. There’s a reason why you are a specialist after all. Things like chronic skin and teeth are things I just don’t expect to be taken care of well through the ER or speciality hospital unless the pet is being seeing by that particular department. The only problem I have is when appropriate follow-up is not recommended (e.g. see your gp or schedule consult with appropriate dept). I don’t have issues with bandaid treatment in the interim even if not the most appropriate just as I’m sure I do that often prior to referring specialty cases, but I do have issues with clients being told the pet is all set when they aren’t. Typically I give the other DVM benefit of doubt regardless of what the clients tell me, but often times the discharges corroborate their side of the story...I'm definitely the resident who asks the student who's already been through comm practice or derm how to do an ear cytology at the VTH. Sorry if that makes me an idiot and incompetent vet, but it is what it is. I don't have the mental space to keep these things in my brain.
But again this isn't only because I don't want to do it, or because I am super busy all the time managing the seizure dogs and back dogs and MUO dogs and etc etc...this is because I am NOT THE BEST PERSON for it for a lot of reasons. Most of the time quite honestly the best person for that sort of thing is the patient's primary veterinarian.
I swear I am not accusing anyone of this either so please don't take what I'm about to say next the wrong way. But sometimes when I see some veterinarians' pets, I feel like they're just trying to 'use me' for the fact that we have an MRI in the building and I have a set of hands that can do a spinal surgery when they can't, or whatever. Their expectation is that they come in and get the MRI and schedule the surgery or whatever, not that they come in and talk to me, the resident in the field, and have a dialogue about what is the appropriate next step. And I feel like that's unfair. I don't know, just something I sometimes notice.
I sympathize. I just heard that my favorite club while I was in school died. I learned so much with that group, and now it's not happening anymore.Petty rant:
It's so hard to get 1st and 2nd years to sign up for things. Like, if you want this event to happen, you have to put in some work here. When all the third years enter clinics in March, half our clubs are going to straight up die cause there will be no one to run them.
I sympathize. I just heard that my favorite club while I was in school died. I learned so much with that group, and now it's not happening anymore.
Felt this issue so hard last yearPetty rant:
It's so hard to get 1st and 2nd years to sign up for things. Like, if you want this event to happen, you have to put in some work here. When all the third years enter clinics in March, half our clubs are going to straight up die cause there will be no one to run them.
You may end up pleasantly surprised. Last year there was almost zero participation in club stuff (even things like highly coveted wet labs) and I was convinced that every club was going to die a fast death this year.Petty rant:
It's so hard to get 1st and 2nd years to sign up for things. Like, if you want this event to happen, you have to put in some work here. When all the third years enter clinics in March, half our clubs are going to straight up die cause there will be no one to run them.
the student brought him back to me before he could even hold his head up...like extubated but certainly couldn't walk yet. She just expected me to recover him on my own in the clin path office which was not really close to ANY emergency drugs or non-pathology or radiology clinicians.
You may end up pleasantly surprised. Last year there was almost zero participation in club stuff (even things like highly coveted wet labs) and I was convinced that every club was going to die a fast death this year.
Turns out they maybe just like to be in charge of things vs mere participants
Well that's just silly of them, what else will they put on their CVs to make them seem fun and enthusiastic?We're having both as a problem. The last two years, it's taken multiple emails and such for multiple groups, including our SAVMA, to fill committees and such. Many clubs have over half their exec board as 3rd years or just empty cause 2nd years didn't step up to fill in. The new first years are vaguely stepping up. But not on a decent enough level to maintain some of these clubs.
I'm pretty sure our open house event has been dramatically diminished due to under participation. I don't know much about individual clubs, since I was kind of a loaner, but like all of the food animal clubs were just like the same 5 people scrambled into different positions. You're not alone bats.We're having both as a problem. The last two years, it's taken multiple emails and such for multiple groups, including our SAVMA, to fill committees and such. Many clubs have over half their exec board as 3rd years or just empty cause 2nd years didn't step up to till in. The new first years are vaguely stepping up. But not on a decent enough level to maintain some of these clubs.
Petty rant:
It's so hard to get 1st and 2nd years to sign up for things. Like, if you want this event to happen, you have to put in some work here. When all the third years enter clinics in March, half our clubs are going to straight up die cause there will be no one to run them.
yup yup same here. there were two different clubs this year where if they didn’t get me to fill one of the Officer team, they were going to be shut down.Petty rant:
It's so hard to get 1st and 2nd years to sign up for things. Like, if you want this event to happen, you have to put in some work here. When all the third years enter clinics in March, half our clubs are going to straight up die cause there will be no one to run them.
ugh. We have like 30-40 people on the AY members list but it’s impossible to get people to show up for anything. So I feel that in my coreeee.I'm pretty actively involved in a lot of areas. It's been pulling teeth to get OTS members to sign up for positions for the 5k we host (and I'm the chair for). Its the only mandatory thing we have. Like, people last year didn't even show up for free food, drinks, movies, etc.
yup yup same here. there were two different clubs this year where if they didn’t get me to fill one of the Officer team, they were going to be shut down.
If this is the group that I’m thinking of (FCA?), I was really sad to hear about it, too. I actually had just started on the exec team for the semester right before my dismissal happened... I enjoyed that experience and learned a lot from the short time I was with them.I sympathize. I just heard that my favorite club while I was in school died. I learned so much with that group, and now it's not happening anymore.
I thought they kinda combined with feline club?If this is the group that I’m thinking of (FCA?), I was really sad to hear about it, too. I actually had just started on the exec team for the semester right before my dismissal happened... I enjoyed that experience and learned a lot from the short time I was with them.
So, to follow up on this...Rave: came across a job listing for an amazing company with an amazing salary, actually having something to do with my degree (organ donation stuff), that I am more than qualified for and am a mere two seconds away from applying to
Rant: I just got my raise at my current job, so I'd feel guilty about jumping ship if I got hired at this new job... but I'm also really starting to burn out from all of the overtime and am growing bored with what I'm doing and I'm still not being paid enough and... aaaah
Oh, did they? It’s been about two years since last I stepped foot on that campus, so it’s quite possible that that’s happened in the meantime.I thought they kinda combined with feline club?
That’s what I thought. They had the spay/neuter clinic in fall and then they were still planning on having it in spring but couldn’t get enough people to volunteerOh, did they? It’s been about two years since last I stepped foot on that campus, so it’s quite possible that that’s happened in the meantime.
But are they still doing ferals? Or just low cost spay and neuter?That’s what I thought. They had the spay/neuter clinic in fall and then they were still planning on having it in spring but couldn’t get enough people to volunteer
Yep they’re doing feral catsBut are they still doing ferals? Or just low cost spay and neuter?
Whaaaat? SN clinics is like the one thing vet students like to vulture around for as it’s an opportunity to cut (and even the mundane shifts get filled because those are the hoops you need to jump through to get to cut). Where’s the motivation?That’s what I thought. They had the spay/neuter clinic in fall and then they were still planning on having it in spring but couldn’t get enough people to volunteer
We have Operation Catnip here, which is the feral cat TNR program that students definitely vulture around (myself included).Whaaaat? SN clinics is like the one thing vet students like to vulture around for as it’s an opportunity to cut (and even the mundane shifts get filled because those are the hoops you need to jump through to get to cut). Where’s the motivation?
Whaaaat? SN clinics is like the one thing vet students like to vulture around for as it’s an opportunity to cut (and even the mundane shifts get filled because those are the hoops you need to jump through to get to cut). Where’s the motivation?
I basically had to knock people out of my way for my spay neuter clinics...
We have Operation Catnip here, which is the feral cat TNR program that students definitely vulture around (myself included).
man some of my best weekends during 2nd and 3rd year were going to the feral cat clinics and snippin balls
I finished. I think. Have not practiced but that's how I roll, apparently.Does anyone else get to the point where you're ALMOST DONE with something really important, and then you just . . . don't want to finish? I have a thesis meeting tomorrow and I need to finish (and practice) my presentation, and it's 80% there, but I just don't wanna. I don't understand where my motivation goes to hide.