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I have the 256 I think? It was the middle size when I was buying one. Nowhere near full and I have all my notes automatically backed up to google drive. I probably could’ve gotten the 64 and just deleted stuff off after this year since it’s all on my google drive.
Idk if they make it for that product (because I have apple stuff), but I love the brand Zagg. Lifetime warranty on their stuff, all you have to pay is $5 shipping to you and then send the old one back to them (free return shipping)
SSDs are expensive and external storage (whether a hard drive or cloud storage) is cheap and accessible. Depends on what iPad you're looking at but my laptop is 254 and it's about half full (without even culling a lot of stuff). if you do lots of graphics stuff or want tons of apps, you may need a lot of storage but otherwise, not so much. I dont know what model you're considering or what iPads even go up to these days
my god,
Ill use my phone for apps, the ipad will be strictly for school (or at least that's the plan). So just notes, pictures of any lectures or lab stuff and maybe my planner app on there. Otherwise i'm going to keep my "personal" stuff on my laptop and phone. 64 should be enough? maybe 128?
I think it really depends on how you plan to use it. I would probably opt for 128 though. 64 sounds like a big stretch and it's not something you can upgrade after the fact
Hi hello what is your favorite one because I don’t love the one I have but it does it’s job
Living proof.
I haven't tried a ton of different ones, but I've been enjoying Batiste, it's only like $6 a can!
I dislike that since it's not free, but I make my own
I'm rounding out the end of my YNAB trial. I like the software - when it works. 1 of my accounts does not consistently import which is a pita - so I'm not going to subscribe nowI dislike that since it's not free, but I make my own
Did you actually make a template? 😍
@Stroganoff I'd be interested in hear what feature you have anyways. I made a basic one that works for me but still like to hear other ideas
I pay people for things I don't have the time or skill to do on my own lolI dislike that since it's not free, but I make my own
I'll see what I can do. If anything, I'll take screenshots of each tab then censor the personal stuff then talk about different areas and functions and maybe copy and paste the formulas.
Whatever you have time for is awesome, I wasn't expecting something so detailed but it's awesome you want to do that!
Ooo lots of those can actually now be deleted!!
Mine does not </3
I know my practice back home uses Fossum's SA surgery often-I'd wait til later to get it though as they're always updating that one. They take emergencies though and sometimes are the only option for people for hours so we get to do cool things that require reading before doing. There's also an exotics book with good drug dosages that I can't remember right now....
Oh yeah we totally gifted that to a vet today in Costa Rica! and my prof told me I will use the book extensively. good reminder ty
Carpenter's exotics formulary? Or more of an exotics text? I use the formulary frequently. I have Plumb's on my phone, but they don't do exotics well. Quesenberry for a small mammal text. I do use Fossum's before doing surgeries I don't do often. And I like that radiology atlas with juvenile rads so I have a reminder of what's normal when the shelter brings me broken kittens of varying ages. I don't know that the atlas would be useful 4th year, but it's useful to me in practice.
Yeah I think carpenter's formulary is the one!
I'm just getting ready to start too so I don't have lots of input here, but I can speak on shoes! I have scoliosis and have to be careful about what I wear if I'm going to be on my feet a lot. I've been wearing Allegria nursing shoes to work for about 5 years now, and I love them! They're a little pricey, but I still have the first pair I bought, and you can buy replacement inserts for them when they start to wear out (minimal cost compared to a whole new pair)
I was just looking at these shoes yesterday also! As well as the Birkenstock ones. I tend to prefer a shoe with not a lot of heel drop. What style of these shoes do you go for usually?
I like having my little nurse propack, especially for large animal rotations since we don't wear white coats. Pens and highlighters, bandage scissors, things like that. Also used it on small animal ER.
1. I'm more interested in small animal. I'm interested in specializing so I'm not really sure how to go about choosing externships. Hopefully at some point I will get more info about this process through my school, but I was also thinking about making a thread about this, prob in the veterinary forum. It's all pretty confusing and stressful for me, ngl
Externships are sooo confusing, I've been bugging everyone I know about them. You're best resource is your upperclassmates for how to go about them because a lot of schools are different. As for which ones you should choose, I think the best bet is to consult with whatever specialty at your school you want to do and ask advice from a clinician there. I feel like each specialty is different. Which specialty were you interested in?
That's the info I've been told. I guess I'm not sure how I know whether a place would be somewhere I would want to intern at. Just look on VIRMP and see their match rates, etc?What about academic facilities? My school doesn't have a neurologist and that's something I am very interested in. My parent's dog sees an IM vet and I was thinking of emailing them to see if I can shadow. I'm also going to be part of IM club board next year so that should be good. This summer I am spending part of it doing One Health research in Costa Rica so not super applicable but it has been very fun thus far 🙂
They only allow a max of 8 weeks of externships and it makes me sad. I want to do GP rotations and I want to do the specialty/potential internship rotations and everything in between.
Fo paying, yes more loans lol. I'm hating it currently because I'm trying to figure out the prices to fly around and maybe if I stack them together I only need to fly one way to save cost?
Oh, that sucks. We had to leave campus for 6 weeks and had the option for 12, not counting vacation rotation. That does make it harder.
I'm splitting between one shelter/high volume spay & neuter, one (maybe two) academic where I might be interested to intern, and two (maybe one) private practices I may be interested in interning at or doing a residency. Depends on who has what open and if they'll take me on the dates I requested I guess. Hopefully I get everything I want but I still wish I could do more GP things. Luckily I volunteer monthly at essentially GP clinics for vet students that we run to provide free veterinary care for under served communities in our area. I'm hoping GP is somewhat like those places and that counts lol.
How do you you do externships at academic places? Or where are those opportunities listed?also, what are you interested in specializing in? 🙂
By work as a tech do you mean unpaid summer intern? 😳 I'm not sure I have really seen summer jobs listed at places like this but of course I don't know where I should be looking lol
boo. I did quite a variety as far as my extracurriculars. In hindsight I would have chosen some differently, but I am still happy in the end. I am catching up still on some GP skills since I did specialty here and there, but nothing some determination doesn't overcome deficiency in the end.
