Surgical Procedures

[Buckeye1206]

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How are fractures in horses repaired?

What are symptoms and treatment of a displaced abomasum (DA) in a cow?

What deworming or vaccinnnation programs are used for these two animals?

Any help?!?!??!

 

[Ben and Me]

The Horse is an excellent resource for looking up a lot of these (equine-related) answers. If you register with their website (free), you can look at all their archived articles. I know that they have an updated vaccination protocol on there. The AAEP website is also a good resource--they may also have the updated vaccination/deworming protocol.

The Merck Veterinary Manual also has a lot of resources. It is also available for free online.

I am not really sure that cramming a lot of procedures that you've never seen and aren't familiar with into your head is really a good idea at this point. If you've never seen a procedure done, just say that.

 

[Armymutt25A]

Are these anticipated interview questions? If so, what school? I was always told that the purpose of the interview was to get to know you. Mine was at Purdue, and from looking at the recent questions people have posted in the post-interview analysis area, they haven't changed much in 10 years. Big focus was on ethics in practice and cheating in class. Never was asked how to do something that I would expect to learn in vet school. Kind of defeats the purpose of school - being pre-disposed to doing something one way can make it difficult to teach someone to do it the way you want it done. I'll skip the anecdote, unless you want one.

 

[Sophie10]

Are these anticipated interview questions? If so, what school? I was always told that the purpose of the interview was to get to know you. Mine was at Purdue, and from looking at the recent questions people have posted in the post-interview analysis area, they haven't changed much in 10 years. Big focus was on ethics in practice and cheating in class. Never was asked how to do something that I would expect to learn in vet school. Kind of defeats the purpose of school - being pre-disposed to doing something one way can make it difficult to teach someone to do it the way you want it done. I'll skip the anecdote, unless you want one.

I'm guessing they are anticipated interview questions.

I have never heard of these specific types of questions, but I know a vet who (about 6 years ago) was asked how to anesthetize a dog. I think this was at OSU but I can't be sure-- could have been Penn. She just went through the procedure of putting in an IV catheter, giving anesthetic agents IV, intubating, and giving gas. Nothing really specific, but showed she knew what was going on.

Anyway, my experience interviewing at OSU twice, including post-mortems, has shown me that they want to basically verify your experiences and see if you learned anything. They want to ask you hard questions about what you say you've done. For example, I said somewhere that I ran bloodwork. So they want to know what are the common blood panels that vets run and what are some of the things they test for.

And for the love of everything, KNOW YOUR CURRENT EVENTS.

 

[Shanomong]

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[chordy4]

Since the OP has started a few threads about interview questions that were asked before, I don't necessarily think these are specific to the OP's own experiences.

I agree with what other people have said. Schools generally ask you more specific knowledge-based questions related to your own experiences. If they do ask you a more 'out of the blue' question, it is generally just to see how you handle it. They don't expect you to know everything...that is the point of going to vet school.

I wouldn't be overly concerned with prepping for interview questions such as these. Feel comfortable discussing things you should have gleaned from your OWN experiences and the more general 'Tell us about yourself', 'Name 5 of your best traits', etc.

 

[primatevetjess]

I interviewed at Ohio last year, and they did ask me a couple of procedure questions. But they were based on my experience, and things I should've known. It was really no problem. They did not ask me any equine or bovine questions, because I have no experience in those areas and did not express interest in tracking that direction. Unless you said that you have a lot of experience in those areas, I honestly wouldn't worry about it.

 

[david594]

I bet the OP is reading the interview feedback, and getting scared they will be asked questions on things they are totally unprepared for. Like others said, people were most likely asked these questions because they pertained to the part of veterinary medicine the applicant had experience in. It lets them make sure you actually have the experience you claim, along with letting you guys have a conversation about a subject you (presumably) are comfortable with.

I spent 2 years working weekends in an emergency clinic and weekdays in a GP/repro clinic. I made sure going into my interview that I could talk knowledgeably about those two topics.