Spent all weekend studying for my exam in Pharmacology and it took the whole time to really get to really get everything down. Then we had to sit through Radiology class for 2 hours anticipating the test in Pharmacology (same teacher, same room). When the time came it was clear I over studied although I was among the last students to finish the test because I double-checked all my math. It paid off, though. I got a 98% on it.
Due to all the studying for Pharmacology I had no time to study Large Animals in case there was a quiz Tuesday. I studied as much as I could Monday night, but I was burned out. I went to class on Tuesday knowing I was unprepared, but I was lucky and there was no quiz.
Tuesday afternoon I started studying for a Small Animals exam that was scheduled for Friday. We had 2 or 3 students in our class that should have been Sophomores this year, but failed Small Animals. They and all the current Sophomores all warned us Freshmen that Dr Keller's tests were really hard. In fact the rumor was a bit more than that. They said they were unfairly hard: obscure, and too much work to do in the 50 minutes he'd give you to finish it. Even our Small Animals lab teacher and our Large Animal teacher told us that his tests were really difficult and that "about half of the students fail his first exam". -Yikes!
So, I studied my butt off on Tuesday, went to school on Wednesday and then came home to study some more. I was behind on my reading, but decided to leave that until Thursday since it looked mostly like review. But, on Thursday I found out that one chapter was really in-depth anatomy. So, I spent all day and night on Thursday trying to tackle that until I just had to drag myself to bed and admit defeat.
On Friday I had Kennels class before the test and spent the entire time studying rather than listening to the lecture. We got out early and all the students were stressing about the test while I sat and studied some more. Once the time came to actually take it, however, it turned out not to be all that bad. There were a couple obscure questions, and a section I had trouble with, but I couldn't call it unfair or too long for the 50 minutes given. I'm not sure if it was made easier this year due to all the dropouts last year, but if this trend continues (and I keep putting forth the effort to read and study) I don't see this class being as much of a problem as it seemed before the exam.
On Thursday in Large Animal lab we went out to a dairy farm and as Dr Stein was talking to us about the cows and their enclosure he noticed a calf coming out of a cow across the barn so he ran over, grabbed it's legs and helped pull it out, but I could tell as it was coming out that something seemed off. It wasn't moving. It turned out the cow was pregnant with triplets, which is very rare, and none of the calves survive because there isn't enough room for them. She had had the first 2 that morning, so this was the third one.
After that excitement we got to pet the cows, then we went inside to watch him do a mock surgery and then we got to examine a cow, get a sterile milk sample, do a rectal exam, and get blood from their tails.
In Small Animal lab we did IM and/or subcutaneous injections and we got our injection chart which I really haven't looked over yet with all the exam stuff going on.
This weekend I'll be studying for a Radiology exam on Monday. Next week is Large Animals, then I really hope there's a break because I'm afraid my brain's going to give up or fill up way before this semester's over at this rate!
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