The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
What feels like forever ago when I first started my diary I was counting up each day another day on my journey to becoming a vet. Now however I am counting down – that is either scary that I will Continue reading 400 days to graduation…
Today is the end of the semester, it is scary how fast it has come, and more scary that in a little over a month I will start my state exams. As off today my education from university in exotic Continue reading The end of the semester…
I spend hours upon hours reading, studying, visualising and learning from what seems like an endless stream of knowledge. Some of it is stuff I know I will never use but must learn (such as slaughter inspection), then there is Continue reading Inside the dogs open chest…
Death is one of those bad words, that we try to avoid talking about, that we ignore and hope we never have to face. Yesterday I read a blog post called “The dirty secret about CPR in this Hospital (That Continue reading Death, the good, bad and ugly…
I am pretty gutted writting this, yet it also feels like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. As I feared at Christmas with my workload parasitology proved too much and I failed to pass it in time Continue reading Officially failing the year…
Sponsored by Royal Canin, MILA International, IMS Euro and supported by the BSAVA Well as I said in my last diary post, I have been busy working on organising a conference here for students at the university. This took place Continue reading My conference – Emergency and Critical Care Weekend 2014 (Day 558)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Hair Remover This morning I sat my Microbiology Special Bacteriology exam which was the final exam that I had to complete to finish my first year and be allowed to progress onto my Continue reading My last exam, and the official end of year 1 of vet school abroad!
Todays Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars This morning I started my journey back to Kosice, I was hoping to arrive if possible in time for my physiology lecture however that did not happen. So with an early start Continue reading Coming back to Slovakia (Day 211)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Best Pet Hair Remover I’ve had a request on twitter for an anatomy past paper so someone could see what a vet school anatomy was like here at UVM Kosice. The weekly credit tests Continue reading What is an vet school anatomy test like, the Kidneys, and riding (Day 185)
Today has been very long however I am now relaxed and ready for the next 4 days full of studying and revising. This morning started by applying for my Residency permit which is required if you are staying in Slovakia Continue reading Trams, Police, the Equestrian Center and the Opera… (Day 51)