Saturday, June 30, 2007

End of term

Well, I've finally finished 3rd year. I now have a weekend break before starting my EMS (Extramural studies) on Monday. The last few weeks have been ok although I have been continually struggling to stay awake in lectures! We have had some practicals in the small animal hospital learning to test reflexes and examine eyes. These have been very interesting and helpful.
Although I wish I had a bit more of a break now, I am looking forward to my work experience. At least it's a change of scenery. I am starting off at an equine practice near Chelmsford in Essex. I then have 4 weeks small animal practice and 2 weeks farm in Somerset.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Will it ever end?

Only 3 weeks away from the end of term! Everyone's feeling very tired and wishing we could have some kind of holiday but that'll have to wait until September. We've just finished our Locomotor System module which I found very difficult and not overly interesting. Tomorrow we start Neurology. I really need to revise which nerves go where but I don't think I've got enough time. Hopefully I'll pick it up again fairly quickly. We have a couple of practicals which sound really interesting - learning to examine eyes on real dogs and going into the small animal hospital to see current neurology cases. Hopefully it will be enjoyable.
The second years are having exams this week. At least I haven't got any of them to worry about. I passed my horse handling resit so haven't got any more outstanding results.