Week 2 Day 2

Well it's Tuesday evening already, I can hardly believe it!  Today started out with practicing the hand ties we learned yesterday at the end of the day.  They are kind of difficult but I'm getting there.  Then, it was on to suturing.  We need to know five different suture patterns for our assessment on Friday.  After this, we headed to the place where the dogs are kept for us to practice physical exams on.  We focused on the head, neck, and chest today for exams.  After lunch, it was time to learn how to use the tools to dehorn animals (on models, not real animals), learn how to block nerves for dehorning, and learn (or for the four of us students that had the farm rotation last year, review) how to cast cows.  At 2pm it was off to a discussion on non-verbal communication with clients and then back to the Clinical Skills Learning Center to practice suturing.  While this rotation is not as exciting as the farm rotation last week, I am learning a lot of skills that are essential for being a veterinarian.  There are only 7 students in my surgical skills rotation compared to the 17 students in my farm animal rotation last week which is nice!