Week #3 -Getting in the swing of things

We got most of our dogs and cats in on Tuesday, so we were able to find the dog or cat we were assigned to and gush about how awesome they are. The downside, though, was that kennel duty started this week. That meant a 4am wake up for me on Wednesday (to get there by 6am) this week and until the end of the semester when the animals are all adopted out (hopefully). I also have kennel duty tomorrow (Saturday) as we all rotate weekends as well (the schedules were posted the first week so we know in advance which days we work).

In Small Animals we went over how to do physical exams and got to practice on one of the animals. We also practiced restraint techniques.

In Large Animals we finished up our blood draws and did subcutaneous shots on the sheep.

In Radiology we did our first xray of our protective equipment to check for any cracks or holes in the lead that'd cause them to fail. That went well enough.

My 3-ring binder thing is working much better than the notebook and folder plan that I started with. The pace of handouts is steady and plentiful, so it should be interesting.

Another change in plans was with my flashcards. In the past I've used a program called StudyDroid on my phone where I entered the information in the StudyDroid website and then I could study them on my phone, but the pace is hard to keep up with and every class is cumulative. We've already had quizes that included things from past quizes, so having individual flashcards on my phone or on notecards is a little overwhelming. Instead, I'm using a regular word processor to write out questions on one document and the answers on another and studying from that. Every day after school I do my questions and answers for the next day's class and study them all night and all morning the next day. So far I've done well on each quiz with this method, and I figure I'll have all those questions to give myself a practice exam when our first exams come up (2 weeks from now).