The Average Day

The average weekday of a first year vet student is pretty consistent. We have 4 hours of lecture in the morning, which is usually overwhelming but somehow simultaneously, mindbendingly boring.  Sometimes it is that the subject matter is not interesting, but more often than not it is the way it's taught.  

Then there is an hour for lunch where sometimes I study or go to the lab, but just as often I just sit and eat (or like today I blog). Then in the afternoon, we may have one more lectures and then a lab - usually anatomy, but occasionally something else like histology.  Then we eat dinner and study until bed with occasional bouts gym time thrown in there.

My best days are the ones where I come in prepared for the same old thing and I am blown away or excited by a really cool lecture.  I feel this way pretty much any time they talk about anything clinical. For example, I thought all the endocrinology lectures were awesome – they were talking about real diseases that I will helpfully one day diagnose.

Today, we had a lecture on doing physical exams on small animals.  While the lecture didn’t tell me anything novel it reminded me that soon I will get to do physical exams.  I cannot wait to learn all finer points of a physical exam.  I can’t wait to get down in the lab and practice. I can’t wait to go into the clinic this summer and really be able to get good information by touching, feeling, smelling, and listening to an animal.

I think we might be finally getting to at least a little of the good stuff…  J  I have a virology test tomorrow morning, so I should sign off and study.  Wish me luck!