My pathology prof enjoys telling stories about Robert Vircow, apparent founder of pathology. One of his favorites is that Virchow was the son of a grocer... And he described lesions in terms he was familiar with.
So, for example, the lesion associated with TB had a center of caseous necrosis. "Caseous" is a fancy word for "cheese-like" and they always describe it as looking like dry cottage cheese.
Ready for lunch?
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Veterinarians are NOT Engineers
Pharmacology today was definitely a demonstration of how differently engineers and other scientists think.
We had to do some pretty basic drug calculations before class this morning. (Things like if you have 50% dexamethasone solution and you want to make 450 mL of 2.5% dexamethasone solution, how many mL of stock solution would you have to add to your saline?) In class, we went over the answers to the questions. First, it took 45 minutes to do 3 simple problems, which was bad enough.
Second, it was just so... haphazard. She just rambled along on the board writing down numbers WITHOUT units. In engineering, that's a HUGE no-no. If you're going to make an error in your calculations (or find it easily once you do), it's often because you flubbed the units somewhere. You either didn't do the conversion factor right (multiplied by pounds/kilograms rather than dividing by kilograms/pounds or something) or you are using the wrong units somewhere (liters instead of milliliters or something) for example.
Even worse to my sensibilities, she kept calculating out intermediate quantities, which is introducing a completely unecessary level of rounding error into your problem. And while that's often not a big deal, it can make anywhere between a couple tenths to a couple orders of magnitude difference! And with some drugs, even a couple tenths of a gram/millilter/whatever can be devastating. Then she was going on and on about how sometimes you need to back correct for volume added affecting your final concentration (which can be a big problem. But if you're worried about that, how are you not worried about rounding error?!) I mean, basically, the more times you enter numbers into your calculator, the more wrong your answer is. That's the whole point of dimensional analysis! (Besides that it's an easy way to track units.)
Just... incredibly frustrating!
And then, we did a clicker question where she gave us all metric values... and wanted the answer in ounces. When we asked for the conversion factor from mL to oz, she refused to give it. Really? I mean, in practice we can google that if the pharmacy really insists on oz. And really, who does that?! Medicine happens in metric, folks. (Besides, if I want to convert units like that, google is an excellent tool. Go ahead, enter "209 mL in ounces" into google... It will tell you "209 mL = 7.06713074 US fluid ounces." Thanks, Google, old pal!)
We had to do some pretty basic drug calculations before class this morning. (Things like if you have 50% dexamethasone solution and you want to make 450 mL of 2.5% dexamethasone solution, how many mL of stock solution would you have to add to your saline?) In class, we went over the answers to the questions. First, it took 45 minutes to do 3 simple problems, which was bad enough.
Second, it was just so... haphazard. She just rambled along on the board writing down numbers WITHOUT units. In engineering, that's a HUGE no-no. If you're going to make an error in your calculations (or find it easily once you do), it's often because you flubbed the units somewhere. You either didn't do the conversion factor right (multiplied by pounds/kilograms rather than dividing by kilograms/pounds or something) or you are using the wrong units somewhere (liters instead of milliliters or something) for example.
Even worse to my sensibilities, she kept calculating out intermediate quantities, which is introducing a completely unecessary level of rounding error into your problem. And while that's often not a big deal, it can make anywhere between a couple tenths to a couple orders of magnitude difference! And with some drugs, even a couple tenths of a gram/millilter/whatever can be devastating. Then she was going on and on about how sometimes you need to back correct for volume added affecting your final concentration (which can be a big problem. But if you're worried about that, how are you not worried about rounding error?!) I mean, basically, the more times you enter numbers into your calculator, the more wrong your answer is. That's the whole point of dimensional analysis! (Besides that it's an easy way to track units.)
Just... incredibly frustrating!
And then, we did a clicker question where she gave us all metric values... and wanted the answer in ounces. When we asked for the conversion factor from mL to oz, she refused to give it. Really? I mean, in practice we can google that if the pharmacy really insists on oz. And really, who does that?! Medicine happens in metric, folks. (Besides, if I want to convert units like that, google is an excellent tool. Go ahead, enter "209 mL in ounces" into google... It will tell you "209 mL = 7.06713074 US fluid ounces." Thanks, Google, old pal!)
Monday, August 24, 2009
And so it begins...
The first day went really well, over all.
The classes, so far, seem like they'll be fine. A lot of out-of-class learning, though. The pharmacology professor even told us she doesn't plan to just teach us the information... we're going to spend the class time learning to apply information to new situations. Or something like that. I'm a little skeptical.
Parasitology should be ineresting in that I'm really interested in parasites. Pathology should be fun because it's a bunch of crazy, gross stuff. Pharmacology/Toxicology I'm not exicted about (though, Toxicology should be better because I like the professor, who was my faculty mentor)... it seems like a lot of busy work. Tomorrow, we'll have our first round of Nutrition, which could go either way.
The classes, so far, seem like they'll be fine. A lot of out-of-class learning, though. The pharmacology professor even told us she doesn't plan to just teach us the information... we're going to spend the class time learning to apply information to new situations. Or something like that. I'm a little skeptical.
Parasitology should be ineresting in that I'm really interested in parasites. Pathology should be fun because it's a bunch of crazy, gross stuff. Pharmacology/Toxicology I'm not exicted about (though, Toxicology should be better because I like the professor, who was my faculty mentor)... it seems like a lot of busy work. Tomorrow, we'll have our first round of Nutrition, which could go either way.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Anatomy Goats
My anatomy goat is a girl.
And she's pregnant...
... with twins. (At least we don't cut the uterus open until next week...)
:(
And, the new professor told us that they try to make sure that all goats used in anatomy lab are pregnant. That makes me really sad! So, rather than just 1 life per group that has a female goat, we're taking 2 or 3. That seems wasteful to me.
And she's pregnant...
... with twins. (At least we don't cut the uterus open until next week...)
:(
And, the new professor told us that they try to make sure that all goats used in anatomy lab are pregnant. That makes me really sad! So, rather than just 1 life per group that has a female goat, we're taking 2 or 3. That seems wasteful to me.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Neurology
Neurology can be really interesting. And it's nice when it feels like it finally really clicks!
And everything seems to be coming together now. And the quizzes are going better than the first few went.
Sorry this isn't long! I have a lot to do!
And everything seems to be coming together now. And the quizzes are going better than the first few went.
Sorry this isn't long! I have a lot to do!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Student-Faculty Liason
Tomorrow are class officer elections... I'm running for Student-Faculty Liason. I think it sounds like an interesting position, and I wasn't totally thrilled with its handling last semester.
Here's the speech Leslie and I wrote up. I won't recite it word for word (I can't do that) but hopefully get the gist across:
Hey everyone, in case you don't know me I'm Kim. I know that the SFL job is difficult, and demands a lot of patience and tact. I think it also requires the ability to work with the professors and administration without being disrespectful, or too easily discouraged. Despite all that, and even having seen everything Bryan and Kati have dealt with this semester, I really want this position.
I think it's essential for the SFL to address problems using the proper channels and without being dismissive of students' concerns. Perhaps most importantly, I think that following up on issues once they've been presented to a professor or administrator and keeping the class informed of progress being made on those issues cannot be ignored.
Yesterday I dropped by Dr. Rogers' office to pick up a Rice hat (which is a long story), and she asked me about the concerns we presented to her a few weeks ago and where our class is coming from. Dr. Rogers assured me that she and the curriculum committee are equally concerned about the situation, and are working towards a solution.
I hope you'll vote for me, but even if you don't, feel free to come talk to me about any issues later. Thanks!
Here's the speech Leslie and I wrote up. I won't recite it word for word (I can't do that) but hopefully get the gist across:
Hey everyone, in case you don't know me I'm Kim. I know that the SFL job is difficult, and demands a lot of patience and tact. I think it also requires the ability to work with the professors and administration without being disrespectful, or too easily discouraged. Despite all that, and even having seen everything Bryan and Kati have dealt with this semester, I really want this position.
I think it's essential for the SFL to address problems using the proper channels and without being dismissive of students' concerns. Perhaps most importantly, I think that following up on issues once they've been presented to a professor or administrator and keeping the class informed of progress being made on those issues cannot be ignored.
Yesterday I dropped by Dr. Rogers' office to pick up a Rice hat (which is a long story), and she asked me about the concerns we presented to her a few weeks ago and where our class is coming from. Dr. Rogers assured me that she and the curriculum committee are equally concerned about the situation, and are working towards a solution.
I hope you'll vote for me, but even if you don't, feel free to come talk to me about any issues later. Thanks!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Cow feet are even weirder than horse feet
They really are! The blood supply and nerves to the feet of ruminants are insane.
There are names like "proper axial digital nerve II." Really, do we need that many names? Apparently, yes, but like, really? Calm down anatomists.
There are names like "proper axial digital nerve II." Really, do we need that many names? Apparently, yes, but like, really? Calm down anatomists.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Study, study, study
It's amazing how much time I spend studying.
It just hits me sometimes. I spent so long studying today!
I got up at 8:30, studied 'til 10, went to the grocery store, ate lunch, studied with a classmate from noon to 2:45, hosted my study group from 3 to about 5, made dinner, studied more, took a break to read a chapter of a fun book, and then studied some more!
What a boring day... but, hopefully it will pay off and I will ace the phys test Tuesday.
It just hits me sometimes. I spent so long studying today!
I got up at 8:30, studied 'til 10, went to the grocery store, ate lunch, studied with a classmate from noon to 2:45, hosted my study group from 3 to about 5, made dinner, studied more, took a break to read a chapter of a fun book, and then studied some more!
What a boring day... but, hopefully it will pay off and I will ace the phys test Tuesday.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Renal Physiology
The kidneys are complicated and strange!
So much back and forth and fine regulation. And things that just don't seem to make a lot of sense, intuitively. Why bother to filter things out if you're just going to suck them all back in?
Oh well...
Back to my books!
So much back and forth and fine regulation. And things that just don't seem to make a lot of sense, intuitively. Why bother to filter things out if you're just going to suck them all back in?
Oh well...
Back to my books!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Vet School v. Med School
I don't remember who said it to me, but I was talking to someone about vet school a few days ago and about how we do the same things they do in medical school, especially the first 2 years, but about 6-10 species instead of 1. The response was "yeah, but you go into less depth, right?"
My response was something along the lines of "... No. We do the same depth. And more, sometimes."
Because, really, we do. Granted, there are some things that we skip over because they're just not going to happen in the veterinary world (trying to correct an exencephaly, for example. That's when you brain protrudes through your skull at birth because things didn't go right in the womb. Granted, your GP doesn't know how to fix this either.) Though, the gap between human and animal medicine gets slimmer every day (A&M does at least 12 greater than $1000 MRIs a week. That's just unbelievable to me!)
But, really, we know everything about animals that your GP knows about how you work... plus more! Your GP isn't going to be putting you under general anasthesia him/herself. Your GP isn't going to cut you open and move your organs around (either in a spay/neuter, or a gastropexy, or an intestinal anastamoses. All of these are surgeries regular vets do pretty frequently.)
My response was something along the lines of "... No. We do the same depth. And more, sometimes."
Because, really, we do. Granted, there are some things that we skip over because they're just not going to happen in the veterinary world (trying to correct an exencephaly, for example. That's when you brain protrudes through your skull at birth because things didn't go right in the womb. Granted, your GP doesn't know how to fix this either.) Though, the gap between human and animal medicine gets slimmer every day (A&M does at least 12 greater than $1000 MRIs a week. That's just unbelievable to me!)
But, really, we know everything about animals that your GP knows about how you work... plus more! Your GP isn't going to be putting you under general anasthesia him/herself. Your GP isn't going to cut you open and move your organs around (either in a spay/neuter, or a gastropexy, or an intestinal anastamoses. All of these are surgeries regular vets do pretty frequently.)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Rumens!
Today, I stuck my arm in a cow, up to my shoulder! And not even in the super nasty part of the cow! Just the sort of nasty part of a cow.
In Physiology today, we did our rumen phys lab. So, we went over to the large animal clinic and played with the fistulated cow. She has a tunnel that goes from the outside world into the first part of her stomach. It's... really cool! We uncorked it, gloved up and stuck our arms in as far as possible. It feels really neat to touch the inside wall of the rumen. It's all wrinkly!
And I lucked out and she didn't squirt me with rumen fluid like she did Dayna!
In Physiology today, we did our rumen phys lab. So, we went over to the large animal clinic and played with the fistulated cow. She has a tunnel that goes from the outside world into the first part of her stomach. It's... really cool! We uncorked it, gloved up and stuck our arms in as far as possible. It feels really neat to touch the inside wall of the rumen. It's all wrinkly!
And I lucked out and she didn't squirt me with rumen fluid like she did Dayna!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Lab Animal Medicine!
I'm really excited!
I finally got elected for something not-by-default! I'm VP of the Lab Animal Medicine club, which as far as I can tell means I'm in charge of lining up speakers. This seems like an excellent networking opportunity for lining up summer internships next summer!
Also, largely, I'm thrilled to actually win a position. I didn't manage to get elected for anything at the beginning of the school year (granted, those elections were in the first like, 2 weeks of school, so they were pretty meaningless. "Well, I like her shirt best, so I'll vote for her.") And I got elected to the Student Chapter of the AVMA Executive Committee as Governmental Action Committee Chair because nobody ran against me.
I finally got elected for something not-by-default! I'm VP of the Lab Animal Medicine club, which as far as I can tell means I'm in charge of lining up speakers. This seems like an excellent networking opportunity for lining up summer internships next summer!
Also, largely, I'm thrilled to actually win a position. I didn't manage to get elected for anything at the beginning of the school year (granted, those elections were in the first like, 2 weeks of school, so they were pretty meaningless. "Well, I like her shirt best, so I'll vote for her.") And I got elected to the Student Chapter of the AVMA Executive Committee as Governmental Action Committee Chair because nobody ran against me.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Goats
Goats are strange... or at least, our anatomy goats are strange.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why the fat over their shoulders has approximately the texture of cottage cheese.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why the fat over their shoulders has approximately the texture of cottage cheese.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Schedule between now and the end of finals
4/6-4/12
-Palpation Exam (Tuesday)
-Microbiology Exam (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Lab Animal Med Elections (Wednesday) (I'm running for president or VP)
-SCAVMA EC Meeting (Thursday)
-Leslie's Bachelorette party (Friday- in Austin)
4/13-4/19
-Physiology Exam (Monday)
-Correlates exam (Tuesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-American Association of Feline Practitioners elections (Thursday)
-Public Health Individual Response due (Friday)
-Leslie's Bridal Shower (Friday night-Saturday morning- in Dallas)
-Mentee/Mentor Matching (Sunday)
4/20-4/26
-Microbiology Exam (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Neurological Exam
-Meet with Dr. Cohen's lab (Thursday)
-Open House! (Saturday)
4/27-5/1
-Public Health Group Project due (Tuesday)
-Microbiology Lab Final (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Meet with Dr. Cohen's lab (Thursday)
-Correlates Final?
5/2-5/7
-FINALS!!!!!!!!!
-Palpation Exam (Tuesday)
-Microbiology Exam (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Lab Animal Med Elections (Wednesday) (I'm running for president or VP)
-SCAVMA EC Meeting (Thursday)
-Leslie's Bachelorette party (Friday- in Austin)
4/13-4/19
-Physiology Exam (Monday)
-Correlates exam (Tuesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-American Association of Feline Practitioners elections (Thursday)
-Public Health Individual Response due (Friday)
-Leslie's Bridal Shower (Friday night-Saturday morning- in Dallas)
-Mentee/Mentor Matching (Sunday)
4/20-4/26
-Microbiology Exam (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Neurological Exam
-Meet with Dr. Cohen's lab (Thursday)
-Open House! (Saturday)
4/27-5/1
-Public Health Group Project due (Tuesday)
-Microbiology Lab Final (Wednesday)
-Neuro Quiz (Wed/Thursday)
-Meet with Dr. Cohen's lab (Thursday)
-Correlates Final?
5/2-5/7
-FINALS!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Horse Palpations
I did another practice round for my horse palpation exam today.
And we got help from Dr. Bratton-- who was a large animal practitioner, was an assistant in my small animal anatomy lab and is assisting in neuro this semester (he used to teach it).
As Stephanie said: "Learning horse palpation from Dr. Bratton is sort of like taking a religion class from God."
And it really is! He's awesome! And so helpful! And I cannot express how grateful I am that he'd give up some of his weekend to come help us!
And we got help from Dr. Bratton-- who was a large animal practitioner, was an assistant in my small animal anatomy lab and is assisting in neuro this semester (he used to teach it).
As Stephanie said: "Learning horse palpation from Dr. Bratton is sort of like taking a religion class from God."
And it really is! He's awesome! And so helpful! And I cannot express how grateful I am that he'd give up some of his weekend to come help us!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Small Animal Clinicians v. Large Animal Clinicians
The difference between small and large animal clinicians never ceases to amaze me. While I am in no way interested in large animal medicine, I like the doctors in the large animal hospital so much better!
They joke with each other, they joke with the students, they give more interesting tours. In general, they are just way less uptight. I really appreciate that. I think it will make the required large animal rotations 3rd and 4th year a lot more bearable. Even if I don't like/care about the information, at least they all try to make learning fun!
They joke with each other, they joke with the students, they give more interesting tours. In general, they are just way less uptight. I really appreciate that. I think it will make the required large animal rotations 3rd and 4th year a lot more bearable. Even if I don't like/care about the information, at least they all try to make learning fun!
Friday, April 3, 2009
White Coat Ceremony
Today is our White Coat Ceremony. When it was introduced to us, they said it's traditionally a marker of your transition from preclinical to clinical studies. While that sounds like a lovely idea, it seems a bit premature. Second year is completely classroom just like first year (though they apparently spend less time in lab, which will be nice.) Third year starts a combination of clinical and classroom. So, I think maybe the White Coat Ceremony would fit better between second and third years.
Oh well, it should be a nice ceremony and a nice white lab coat. (though I still wish I had a lab coat like the ones on Bones. They manage to have a shape, besides giant solid color rectangle.)
Oh well, it should be a nice ceremony and a nice white lab coat. (though I still wish I had a lab coat like the ones on Bones. They manage to have a shape, besides giant solid color rectangle.)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Foal Team False Alarm
I'm actually a little bummed about it!
My foal team was on call last night from midnight to 8AM. At about 10 I got a call saying a foal was coming in around 12:30 and they'd need us there to help. I was scheduled for the second half of the shift (4AM-8AM... we're split into an A group of 3 people and a B group of 3 people who rotate first and second half of shift on call), so I went to bed pretty much right away.
Then, I got a text at 2:45 that we didn't have to go in. B group got the blood work and radiographs done.. and the foal wasn't down, so they got sent home and we didn't have to go in.
I'm kind of sad. While I'm glad not to have had to leave my apartment at 3:45 AM, it would have been neat to play with a baby foal!
My foal team was on call last night from midnight to 8AM. At about 10 I got a call saying a foal was coming in around 12:30 and they'd need us there to help. I was scheduled for the second half of the shift (4AM-8AM... we're split into an A group of 3 people and a B group of 3 people who rotate first and second half of shift on call), so I went to bed pretty much right away.
Then, I got a text at 2:45 that we didn't have to go in. B group got the blood work and radiographs done.. and the foal wasn't down, so they got sent home and we didn't have to go in.
I'm kind of sad. While I'm glad not to have had to leave my apartment at 3:45 AM, it would have been neat to play with a baby foal!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Braaaaaains
Only in vet school (or, I suppose medical school) would you take a test in which there are a bunch of brains floating in little tubs of water.
There's something surreal about walking into a room full of buckets of brains.
(Nevermind that they were all cut up in totally bizarre ways, which, in fact, can make it very hard to identify structures you're used to seeing from other angles or in reference to structures that were lopped off on the test specimen.)
Oh well, now that the neuro exam is over it's time to catch up in Microbiology!
There's something surreal about walking into a room full of buckets of brains.
(Nevermind that they were all cut up in totally bizarre ways, which, in fact, can make it very hard to identify structures you're used to seeing from other angles or in reference to structures that were lopped off on the test specimen.)
Oh well, now that the neuro exam is over it's time to catch up in Microbiology!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Blog Every Day April
I heard about this idea on a message board. It's mostly aimed to help those of us who tend to think "I just blogged!" only to realize it's been 2 weeks.
So, I'm going to try to BEDA this blog! Wish me luck!
So, I'm going to try to BEDA this blog! Wish me luck!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Oops.
Sorry for the long absence. Vet school has been... time consuming.
And given that I try to keep the tone here relatively upbeat, there's been very little of interest to say about school, lately. It's been a rough semester. The best thing about it is that the end is quickly approaching.
And given that I try to keep the tone here relatively upbeat, there's been very little of interest to say about school, lately. It's been a rough semester. The best thing about it is that the end is quickly approaching.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Guts are gross (and other sundry Anatomy talk)
I know it sounds rather self explanatory, but really, I didn't have a good concept of how gross guts are before we opened the abdominal cavity of our anatomy horses last Tuesday and the cut them out and dug around in them on Wednesday.
The smell was overwhelming. Usually in lab, we get used to the smell by the end of lab. Not that time. Not even a little. It didn't help that some of the horses weren't as well preserved as others, so there were some rotting abdominal contents discovered. (At least ours were well preserved. Actually, they were quite nice.)
Overall, ours wasn't terrible. But all of the steps involving draining intestinal contents were not fun. Not fun at all. Someone had the bright idea to drain our horse's left ventral colon (a relatively early part of the large intestines) by cutting a slit in it, shooting water up it, and then upending it over the floor. It was... nasty... to say the least. It also managed to clog the drain twice, so he had to pull out the drain and dump the catch into the tissue collection bucket.
Then, today, we cut the horse in half. Literally. We took a hack saw to the back, right at the end of the rib cage. We're doing all the pelvic cavity dissection sort of head on. I am forced to wonder, however, how useful a view this is. There will never be any time in anybody's future career in which they will hack a horse in half to go about their procedure.
The smell was overwhelming. Usually in lab, we get used to the smell by the end of lab. Not that time. Not even a little. It didn't help that some of the horses weren't as well preserved as others, so there were some rotting abdominal contents discovered. (At least ours were well preserved. Actually, they were quite nice.)
Overall, ours wasn't terrible. But all of the steps involving draining intestinal contents were not fun. Not fun at all. Someone had the bright idea to drain our horse's left ventral colon (a relatively early part of the large intestines) by cutting a slit in it, shooting water up it, and then upending it over the floor. It was... nasty... to say the least. It also managed to clog the drain twice, so he had to pull out the drain and dump the catch into the tissue collection bucket.
Then, today, we cut the horse in half. Literally. We took a hack saw to the back, right at the end of the rib cage. We're doing all the pelvic cavity dissection sort of head on. I am forced to wonder, however, how useful a view this is. There will never be any time in anybody's future career in which they will hack a horse in half to go about their procedure.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Foal Team
My friend Caroline convinced me to sign up for Foal Team. It's essentially a class that counts towards credit 3rd year, but mostly it's for experience dealing with horses. We're on call at certain times to go in and help monitor baby foals that need ICU kind of supportive care. It sounds pretty interesting.
However, the coordinators randomly assigned groups and group leaders... and I'm stuck being one. It's a little bit of a raw deal, especially given that I don't really know anyone in my group. However, I now have it divided up so that out of each 8 hour shift we're assigned, each group member is only on call for 4 of those hours (however, the ICU people will only ever call me, and I have to call the rest of the people. Boo!)
So, I'm hoping it will be an interesting experience, but I'm a little worried! My first on call shift is this Friday, from 4-8PM. (The whole shift is 4PM-midnight.)
However, the coordinators randomly assigned groups and group leaders... and I'm stuck being one. It's a little bit of a raw deal, especially given that I don't really know anyone in my group. However, I now have it divided up so that out of each 8 hour shift we're assigned, each group member is only on call for 4 of those hours (however, the ICU people will only ever call me, and I have to call the rest of the people. Boo!)
So, I'm hoping it will be an interesting experience, but I'm a little worried! My first on call shift is this Friday, from 4-8PM. (The whole shift is 4PM-midnight.)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Vet School Jokes #4
To the tune of "It's a Small World"
It’s a life of classes; A life of fear.
It’s a life of textbooks, A life of beer.
Eight to five every day,
And for this we must pay.
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all,
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all.
It is our vet school.
There are just four years but it seems a ton,
And there’s lots of pets, some for everyone.
And although we may fret,
We will conquer this yet!
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all,
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all.
It is our vet school.
It’s a life of classes; A life of fear.
It’s a life of textbooks, A life of beer.
Eight to five every day,
And for this we must pay.
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all,
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all.
It is our vet school.
There are just four years but it seems a ton,
And there’s lots of pets, some for everyone.
And although we may fret,
We will conquer this yet!
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all,
It’s a vet school after all.
It’s a vet school after all.
It is our vet school.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Horses
I think this may become a common complaint over the course of this semester, but...
Horses are SO WEIRD.
There are so many things about their anatomy that seem like design flaws. And then, the horse people had to go and give everything weird names.
For an example of a design flaw, their eustacian tube (between the middle ear and the mouth... so, like if a kid has tubes in their ears, it's keeping this open) dilates out and makes this huge pouch along the back of their head. If they get an ear infection, this pouch tends to get infected and fill with pus... and can lead to significant nerve damage, because there are lots of important nerves there. And, nobody has any good reason for this pouch to exist.
As to weird names... They call what amounts to our wrist the knee. And they have fetlocks and pasterns and coffin joints.
Also, they basically walk on the tip of their middle finger.
Crazy beasts!
Horses are SO WEIRD.
There are so many things about their anatomy that seem like design flaws. And then, the horse people had to go and give everything weird names.
For an example of a design flaw, their eustacian tube (between the middle ear and the mouth... so, like if a kid has tubes in their ears, it's keeping this open) dilates out and makes this huge pouch along the back of their head. If they get an ear infection, this pouch tends to get infected and fill with pus... and can lead to significant nerve damage, because there are lots of important nerves there. And, nobody has any good reason for this pouch to exist.
As to weird names... They call what amounts to our wrist the knee. And they have fetlocks and pasterns and coffin joints.
Also, they basically walk on the tip of their middle finger.
Crazy beasts!
Monday, January 12, 2009
First Day of Second Semester!
This semester should be quite an experience. We spend a lot more time in class, therefore we have a lot less time during the day at school to study and a lot sadder schedule (we have physiology at 8AM every day... instead of having it every day but at different times so we had 9AM Monday starts and 10AM Friday starts.)
Overall, the classes seem like they won't be so bad. There's a lot of reproduction, which is not my favorite, but it should be ok. It's just 1 unit of physiology and 6 weeks of embryology.
Schedule:
Monday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 913 Microscopic Anatomy II
10 - 10:50 AM – VIBS 912 Gross Anatomy II
11 - 11:50 AM – VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
1 - 2:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
Tuesday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 912 Gross Anatomy II
12 - 2:50 PM -- VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
3 - 4:50 PM – VMID 913 Clinical Correlates II
Wednesday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
11 - 11:50 AM -- VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
1 - 2:50 PM – VTPB 911L Veterinary Microbiology Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
Thursday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 913 Microscopic Anatomy II
10 - 11:50 AM – VTPP 912L Physiology Lab
1 - 2:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
Friday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM – VIBS 926 Public Health
11 - 11:50 AM -- VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
Overall, the classes seem like they won't be so bad. There's a lot of reproduction, which is not my favorite, but it should be ok. It's just 1 unit of physiology and 6 weeks of embryology.
Schedule:
Monday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 913 Microscopic Anatomy II
10 - 10:50 AM – VIBS 912 Gross Anatomy II
11 - 11:50 AM – VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
1 - 2:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
Tuesday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 912 Gross Anatomy II
12 - 2:50 PM -- VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
3 - 4:50 PM – VMID 913 Clinical Correlates II
Wednesday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
11 - 11:50 AM -- VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
1 - 2:50 PM – VTPB 911L Veterinary Microbiology Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
Thursday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM -- VIBS 913 Microscopic Anatomy II
10 - 11:50 AM – VTPP 912L Physiology Lab
1 - 2:50 PM – VIBS 913L Microscopic Anatomy II Lab
3 – 4:50 PM – VIBS 912L Gross Anatomy II Lab
Friday
8 - 8:50 AM -- VTPP 912 Physiology II
9 - 9:50 AM – VIBS 926 Public Health
11 - 11:50 AM -- VTPB 911 Veterinary Microbiology
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