Tag: exams
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Fluid therapy part 4: ongoing losses
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This month, we will look at the final part of a fluid therapy plan – accounting for ongoing losses. This can be challenging, but some general rules can be helpful. First, let’s recap the four parts of a fluid therapy plan: Perfusion deficit Hydration deficit Maintenance requirements Ongoing losses When considering ongoing losses, try to…
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Lessons learned from intercalating
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Although it may technically have finished in September with my final deadline, it didn’t feel complete or right to celebrate the end of my MSc intercalation until the final grades were released this month. With my shoulders a little lighter, I can now look back on the experience with a fondness similar to that which…
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Diarrhoea at midnight: the OOH conundrum
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The veterinary staffing crisis is hitting out-of-hours providers, which could potentially have a huge impact on the rest of the profession. Practices that outsource their out-of-hours care have been warned to have a contingency plan, while those struggling to staff their own in-house OOH services won’t have the option to outsource. There is no ideal…
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Top tips for studying effectively with video lecture recordings
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As the new academic year begins, veterinary schools across the UK are welcoming student vets on their journey to their chosen careers. While we all hope this year will be less eventful than last year, there’s little doubt that many large lectures will continue to be recorded or put online to minimise the spread of…
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Vets in crisis: the perfect storm
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Working in veterinary at the minute is hard… We thought it was tough last year, but there always seemed to be a light at the end of the tunnel (staff coming back from furlough, the vaccine rollout, etc). We hoped by now that 2020 would just seem like a bad dream. But no. If anything,…
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Playing the numbers game
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There are some times we just need to celebrate the passion in our profession. As a former lecturer, I’m aware of the work people put in to get the qualifications to enter a vet nursing course. So a recent Google alert wasn’t a surprise, but it is a beautiful story being shared with the public.…
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Raking it in?
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The assumption is often made that many people get into the veterinary industry for the money. In fact, it’s always been a widely held public view that vets are raking it in. This is, perhaps, due to a combination of the recognised difficulty of the job, seemingly extortionate vets’ bills and a propensity for Range…
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Impostor syndrome: a pandemic among vet students
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The nature of the vet course is inherently competitive, with the odds stacked against you from the very beginning. During our A-levels we are told that only 1 out of every 5 to 10 applicants make it to vet school, and that you’re lucky to get a single interview or offer (any more than that…
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Lymphocytes, part 1: Bridget Jones
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My job is full of beauty and wonder, but I must admit that, at first glance, lymphocytes aren’t much to look at. They come in all manner of varieties, but a standard-issue small lymphocyte is basically a tiny black dot with an almost indistinguishable small amount of cell juice (cytoplasm) around it. A small lymphocyte…
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Mixed new grads
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As a student, I remember sitting in the passenger seat of a farm vet’s car on the way to a cow caesarean, desperately trying to remember anything he might ask me about calvings. Instead, he quizzed me on the top 10 small animal emergencies. I think he was trying to reassure me that not many…