The Kitty Doctor

Last Wednesday, we had our first set of OSCE's. OSCE stands for Objective Structured Clinical Exam. The course leader created five stations for us to rotate through, and at each station we were presented with a task we had learned during the semester. OSCE's are evaluated on a pass/fail basis - a passing grade is required in order to pass this first course, The Normal Animal. This year's stations included equine restraint/physical exam, canine restraint/physical exam, canine medical injections, bovine restraint, and Kohler illumination.  Then on Friday, we took our final lecture exam (the fourth exam so far) and our final lab exam (the second lab exam so far). With that, we officially finished our first course of vet school and are 1/16th of the way to earning our degrees!  It is so exhilarating to have accomplished this milestone alongside my classmates. We have learned so much these past eight weeks, including the behavior, cellular physiology, anatomy, embryology,

Five weeks down! Tomorrow marks the start of week six. These past few weeks have been long yet at the same time flown by. I've spent much more time in class and more time studying than I did in undergrad, but I've also been having so much fun. Here are some highlights from the past few weeks: I took two lecture exams (aced them!) and a lab exam. We have one lecture exam every other Monday, which has been manageable. So far my studying strategy has been working well. When I come home at the end of the day, I'll take some time to decompress before turning my attention back to school. After dinner, I'll spend a few hours reviewing the material I had learned that day. Finally I'll catch up on social media and either a few YouTube videos or possibly an episode of a TV show, look at my schedule for the next day to see if there's anything that needs to be prepared, then go to sleep! On weekdays I'm usually asleep by 11 PM, which is great and totally necessary wh