As so many different people are supporting me I feel it is only right to share my results and progress in a single place, for each year I will post my results and then any practical milestones underneath. The grading system here is different to that in the UK and so the grades are as follow:
Slovak UVM Kosice Exam Grades
- E – 51%-60%
- D – 61%-70%
- C – 71%-80%
- B – 81%-90%
- A – 91%-100%
Results Currently for Year 4 (5.Bsc)
STATE EXAMS
- Exotics, Poultry, and Game – PASSED
Normal Exams:
- Veterinary Opthalmology – C
- General Reproduction and Obstetics – B
- Veterinary Legislation and Forensic Veterinary medicine – C
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine – B
- Protection of the Environment – C
- Hygiene and food technology III : MEAT – C
Credits:
- Diseases of Ruminants
- Diseases of Horses
- Protection of the Environment and Public health
- Diseases of free living animals
Results Currently for Year 3
- Pathological Physiology – B
- Andrology and Artificial Insemination – B
- Inspection and Control of Food Production – C
- Veterinary Stomatology (Dentistry) – C
- Veterinary Diagnostic Ultrasound – CREDIT
- Veterinary Neurology – CREDIT
- Epizootology – E
- Pathological Anatomy – B
- Parasitology – E
Results Currently for Year 2 (4.Bsc)
- Breeding and Diseases of Reptiles – A
- Diseases of Small Mammals – A
- Toxicology – B
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics – B
- Radiology and Imaging Diagnostics – A
- Food Hygiene (Poultry, Fish, Eggs) – A
- Nutrition – C
- General Surgery & Anaesthesia – E
- Clinical Diagnostics – C
- Pharmacology – E
- Anatomy II – D
Results End of Year 1 (3.Bsc)
- Anatomy 1 – C
- Physiology – B
- Latin Terminology – D
- Histology & Embryology – D
- Veterinary Genetics – D
- Diseases of Bee’s and Fish – A
- Animal Hygiene & Welfare – B
- Hygiene and Food Technology: Milk – A
- Slovak Language – A
- Statistics & Computing Techniques – B
- Microbiology – D (composed of multiple parts)
- General Microbiology – A
- Practical Microbiology – B
- Virology – E
- Immunology – E
- Special Bacteriology – D
In addition I completed credits in Anatomy 2, Nutrition & Dietetics, Horse Riding, and Physical Education.
Practical Progress
So during my time at vet school I have completed the following either as solo procedures or assistant surgeon
- Horse Rectal Exam for a Colic
- Horse Caecum Needle Decompression
- Puppy Clinical Exam and Vaccination
- Surgical Wound Debridement on Equine
- Guinea Pig Dental
- Equine Anaesthesia Monitoring
- CPR Crash Protocol for Dog
- IV Fluid Calculation and Administration
- Drug Administration (IV/SC/IM) in various species Equine, Dog, Cat, Monkey, Rabbit, Turtle
- Radiology & Ultrasound of different species
- Entropy/Ectropy surgery on a kitten
- Bone Marrow Collection from Pelvis in Cow
- Equine, Bird, Dog, Small Mammal Necropsy
- Laboratory Tests – Equine/Cat/Dog/Birds
- Equine Euthanasia
- External Fracture Fixation on Rabbit
- Intubation and Anaesthesia with IPPV in birds
- Endoscopy of air sacs in birds
- Tumour removal in rat
- Assisted in colic surgery (ileal-caecal side to side anastomosis)
- Rabbit Dental
- Closure of lizard tail amputation
- Surgeon in rabbit encapsulated abcess removal
- Surgeon in rabbit skin resection
- Monitoring and inducing anaesthesia in Small Animals
- IV Cannulation and Blood Draws (small animal and equine)
- Assistant in equine castration surgery
- Anaesthesia of Bison, Camel
- Ultrasound for pregnancy of Orangutan
- Endoscopic foreign body (fish hook) removal from crop of duckling
- Enterotomy/Gastrotomy
- Enterectomy/Spleenectomy
- Various tumour removals (skin + abdominal cavity)
- Rhinoscopy/Gastroscopy/Bronchoscopy
- Mandibulectomy/Maxillectomy
- OVH/Castration
- Pyometra
- Various fracture repairs with plate + intramedullary pin
- Plate removal
- Anal sacculectomy
- Hemilaminectomy
- Nephrecotomy Cat
- Esophageal Foreign Body
- Traumatic thoracotomy repair
- Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy
- Pelvic fractures
- Elbow Arthrodiesis
- Metacarpal pins – “wolverine” surgery
- Fore limb amputation
- External ring support for tracheal collapse
- Ferret Enterotomy