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A Vet Story

Stories, tales and general rambling of a Vet Student at the Royal Veterinary College, London who took the long route to get there.
Alison. 22. RVC 3rd Year, ex G+T.

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11:07
Sunday 28 July 2013
7 months later...

Rotations. How can I describe them? Manic?

So far I've done:

PMVPH: two weeks in Wales looking at population medicine. I remember a lot
of cows and a lot of cold days.
Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital: loved this, made me feel a real vet and I got to do my first proper surgeries and visited DogsTrust and RSPCA.
Pathology: post mortems of the animals that come through the pathology service at the RVC.
Equine Medicine: caring for in patients in the RVC Equine Hospital
Equine Out of Hours: similar to medicine but on the dreaded night shift 6pm-8am dealing with emergencies as well as general care
Equine Ambulatory: an optional rotation I picked for tracking. Two weeks with the equine first opinion practice on the road around Hertfordshire.
Bristol Abattoir: 3 days at Bristol University vet school abattoir which was surprisingly fun. Also got an afternoon out to Weston-Super-Mare.
Anaesthesia: working with the QMH anaesthesia team, preparing protocols for anaesthesia, induction and monitoring during anaesthetics. Hard work but quite rewarding.

And that's it so far. I start EMS at the PDSA in Bradford tomorrow for two weeks then I'm on my first research block for four weeks. And then back to the QMH for small animal medicine in September!


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