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[_rae_]

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I promise that you as a second year do not actually know any better than the doctors who are teaching us who have been practicing longer than we’ve been alive.

Quit rolling your eyes and stfu. Plenty of people would be eager to be in your position and learning from these people.

 

[pp9]

I promise that you as a second year do not actually know any better than the doctors who are teaching us who have been practicing longer than we’ve been alive.

Quit rolling your eyes and stfu. Plenty of people would be eager to be in your position and learning from these people.

oof. every class has one (or several)

 

[fauna]

I promise that you as a second year do not actually know any better than the doctors who are teaching us who have been practicing longer than we’ve been alive.

Quit rolling your eyes and stfu. Plenty of people would be eager to be in your position and learning from these people.

oh my god. i am going INSANE with this type of behavior coming from people.

 

[pp9]

oh my god. i am going INSANE with this type of behavior coming from people.

It does cool off a bit with time as people realize they don't actually know how to be a doctor simply from being a vet tech or assistant for x amount of hours/years. When clinics come, you get more distance with the people that never drop the arrogance though...until you have a rotation with them.

 

[DVM882029]

It does cool off a bit with time as people realize they don't actually know how to be a doctor simply from being a vet tech or assistant for x amount of hours/years. When clinics come, you get more distance with the people that never drop the arrogance though...until you have a rotation with them.

Hardly any veterinary students were true veterinary technicians and thus know a significant amount less than the average credentialed technician at this stage in the DVM career.

/soapbox.

 

[soupshark]

I promise that you as a second year do not actually know any better than the doctors who are teaching us who have been practicing longer than we’ve been alive.

Quit rolling your eyes and stfu. Plenty of people would be eager to be in your position and learning from these people.

You know it's bad when you're first years on clinics and the 4th years pull up the composite and ask if you know this person in your class. Word spreads quick 😅

 

[pp9]

Hardly any veterinary students were true veterinary technicians and thus know a significant amount less than the average credentialed technician at this stage in the DVM career.

/soapbox.

Yeah mostly true, although in my tiny world I've known quite a lot of uncredentialed vet techs that worked as true techs for years (tech by training, but they were legit techs not just glorified assistants) and then went on to vet school. Working in FL, or whatever other states don't regulate techs, will get you there. Although I still fully support title protection!

 

[_rae_]

You know it's bad when you're first years on clinics and the 4th years pull up the composite and ask if you know this person in your class. Word spreads quick 😅

The third and fourth years are constantly like "you know your class has a reputation" and I'm like "yeah, I am aware"

 

[Tech_Penguin]

management said they’re ok with people chatting in between appointments but god forbid I check my phone (emails + work related) for a total of > 5 minutes during a 10 hour shift

 

[pp9]

management said they’re ok with people chatting in between appointments but god forbid I check my phone (emails + work related) for a total of > 5 minutes during a 10 hour shift

Yeah phones are always an issue imo, I always left mine in my bag when I was working to avoid the temptation. It's got nothing to do with what you're doing on the phone/how much time you spent doing it and all to do with how it looks and the impression it gives off. Chatting and having your face in your phone are two very different things.

 

[pp9]

OH also - I had my first noticeable 'pregnancy brain' moment yesterday. Was doing a routine exam on one of our snakes that had a kidney removed a few years prior (renal adenocarcinoma). As I was ultrasounding, I asked out loud 'So only the one kidney was removed, right?' and my tech (who knows I'm pregnant) said '...yes pp9. Only the one.' And I was like '....yep that's a good thing then.'

lol. ugh.

 

[JaynaAli]

Who needs kidneys.

 

[katiemcat]

OH also - I had my first noticeable 'pregnancy brain' moment yesterday. Was doing a routine exam on one of our snakes that had a kidney removed a few years prior (renal adenocarcinoma). As I was ultrasounding, I asked out loud 'So only the one kidney was removed, right?' and my tech (who knows I'm pregnant) said '...yes pp9. Only the one.' And I was like '....yep that's a good thing then.'

lol. ugh.

Studying for NAVLE with my shrunken little pregnancy brain has been interesting. I've found my long term retention is still great, but I will forget something I just looked up 5 minutes ago.

 

[soupshark]

The third and fourth years are constantly like "you know your class has a reputation" and I'm like "yeah, I am aware"

Mine too lol. What's with the classes of 2028???

 

[fauna]

Hardly any veterinary students were true veterinary technicians and thus know a significant amount less than the average credentialed technician at this stage in the DVM career.

/soapbox.

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!!
eta: we have a good amount of people who have really strong experience working as an actual tech. some are humble about it and use it as a way to help and guide others. some are actually arrogant about it and roll their eyes during clinical skills because they "already know better" and it really gets on my nerves.

in general, i have a lot of moments where i think to myself "what the hell did you think vet school would be?"

 

[fauna]

Who needs kidneys.

literally exactly what i said after my renal phys exam. **** EM.

 

[Tech_Penguin]

I always left mine in my bag when I was working to avoid the temptation.

unfortunately that’s not an option since our phones unlock the wireless door locks. And I also have it in case there’s a medical emergency with one of my parents.

What peeves me is that the time I spend not working is less than almost everyone else since I never take restroom breaks but no one notices that.

 

[pp9]

unfortunately that’s not an option since our phones unlock the wireless door locks. And I also have it in case there’s a medical emergency with one of my parents.

What peeves me is that the time I spend not working is less than almost everyone else since I never take restroom breaks but no one notices that.

oooh interesting security system. And you should definitely take restroom breaks....because taking them does not mean someone is 'working less'....

but yeah, like I said, looking at your phone gives off a very different impression than chatting with your coworker. That's just the fact of it. I know it's admissions season but just try to avoid the urge to check emails. If you are expecting something incredibly urgent that couldn't wait until a lunch break or end of day, I would just give your manager a heads up in the morning that you're expecting something

 

[JaynaAli]

Go check your phone in the bathroom.

 

[pp9]

Go check your phone in the bathroom.

I mean what could be better than getting paid to attend to your biological needs, while also checking your email? Some would say that is peak efficiency.

 

[_rae_]

I mean what could be better than getting paid to attend to your biological needs, while also checking your email? Some would say that is peak efficiency.

My clinic has a sign in the bathroom that says "this isn't an Internet cafe. **** and split."

I hate it.

 

[_rae_]

the time I spend not working is less than almost everyone else since I never take restroom breaks but no one notices that.

We have legal protections to be able to use the restroom at work.

 

[Tech_Penguin]

I’m too stressed to actually use the bathroom during work. It’s also bc I don’t eat breakfast or drink enough water. But that’s an interesting loophole 😂

 

[battie]

OH also - I had my first noticeable 'pregnancy brain' moment yesterday. Was doing a routine exam on one of our snakes that had a kidney removed a few years prior (renal adenocarcinoma). As I was ultrasounding, I asked out loud 'So only the one kidney was removed, right?' and my tech (who knows I'm pregnant) said '...yes pp9. Only the one.' And I was like '....yep that's a good thing then.'

lol. ugh.

Studying for NAVLE with my shrunken little pregnancy brain has been interesting. I've found my long term retention is still great, but I will forget something I just looked up 5 minutes ago.

The pregnancy brain either never goes away or Daughter-Neice made it permanent 🤣

 

[battie]

Everyone here knows I've had work drama. I resolved in July to leave. Lol, still here. I did working interviews and went through the rigamarole. Stayed because 1) my practice manager fixed my schedule; 2) I embraced the unrushed ER doc life and roll with 3-4hr wait times if I feel I need it for good medicine; and 3) all the contracts I got presented with were a 23-26% pay cut that I wasn't willing to take.

Fast forward to today: they have decided to close my hospital. I'm the last person standing as someone who was hired for this specific hospital. And it's the right thing to do. But I'm still so sad. Today is my last shift in this hospital unless I can get some switcharoos done to be here the last days.

Financially, it makes sense. I know what the numbers look like. Corporate ****ed up putting a hospital here, no doubt. ****ty location between hard to get to and being in a saturated area of town and being too expensive for the area.

I'm just really sad. Cause I helped open the hospital. I've spent so much time here learning how to manage hard cases on a budget and loving the people I have here.

Everyone gets to keep their jobs and go to the other two hospitals. Which is the most important thing to me. But I'll drive down the highway and always look at my building and be a little bit sad.

 

[pp9]

Everyone here knows I've had work drama. I resolved in July to leave. Lol, still here. I did working interviews and went through the rigamarole. Stayed because 1) my practice manager fixed my schedule; 2) I embraced the unrushed ER doc life and roll with 3-4hr wait times if I feel I need it for good medicine; and 3) all the contracts I got presented with were a 23-26% pay cut that I wasn't willing to take.

Fast forward to today: they have decided to close my hospital. I'm the last person standing as someone who was hired for this specific hospital. And it's the right thing to do. But I'm still so sad. Today is my last shift in this hospital unless I can get some switcharoos done to be here the last days.

Financially, it makes sense. I know what the numbers look like. Corporate ****ed up putting a hospital here, no doubt. ****ty location between hard to get to and being in a saturated area of town and being too expensive for the area.

I'm just really sad. Cause I helped open the hospital. I've spent so much time here learning how to manage hard cases on a budget and loving the people I have here.

Everyone gets to keep their jobs and go to the other two hospitals. Which is the most important thing to me. But I'll drive down the highway and always look at my building and be a little bit sad.

Ugh, sorry bats. I know you really had your heart and soul in that place.

 

[allygator13]

OH also - I had my first noticeable 'pregnancy brain' moment yesterday. Was doing a routine exam on one of our snakes that had a kidney removed a few years prior (renal adenocarcinoma). As I was ultrasounding, I asked out loud 'So only the one kidney was removed, right?' and my tech (who knows I'm pregnant) said '...yes pp9. Only the one.' And I was like '....yep that's a good thing then.'

lol. ugh.

It only gets worse from here, it just becomes "mom brain" haha

 

[honeypot999]

Well that was the worst spay experience possible. My partner clamped the uterine horn and not the pedicle, and we thought we lost a sponge.

I don’t want to do small animal surgery.

 

[apoptosis09]

Well that was the worst spay experience possible. My partner clamped the uterine horn and not the pedicle, and we thought we lost a sponge.

I don’t want to do small animal surgery.

Well, that's the point of doing them in school, right? Better now than when you're in practice 😅

 

[katiemcat]

Well that was the worst spay experience possible. My partner clamped the uterine horn and not the pedicle, and we thought we lost a sponge.

I don’t want to do small animal surgery.

Well while I was TAing surgery last year someone cut on the wrong side of a pedicle ligation….

It was your first time. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Surgery is really hard.