Senior Schedule

Ahhh, well we had our senior scheduling meet today. To sum it up... stressful. A lot of rules to learn and requirements to satisfy, but the end result was we got our tentative schedules. I don't really know if this is a good or bad schedule, so I didn't switch anything. But here's where it stands right now:



Rotation 1: 5/11-5/31: Lab services (VMRCVM)
Rotation 2: 6/1 - 6/21: Production Management Medicine (VMRCVM)
Rotation 3: 6/22-7/12: Ophthalmology (VMRCVM)
Rotation 4: 7/13 - 8/2 : Small Animal Med (VMRCVM)
Rotation 5: 8/3 - 8/23 : Radiology (VMRCVM)
Rotation 6: 8/24- 9/13: Anesthesia (VMRCVM)
Rotation 7: 9/14- 10/4: Small Animal Surgery (VMRCVM)
Rotation 8: 10/5-10/25: Community Practice (VMRCVM)
Rotation 9: 10/26- 11/15: Large Animal Clinical Services (VMRCVM)
Rotation 10: 11/16-12/6 : Speciality Med (Cardio or Neuro) (VMRCVM)
Rotation 11: 12/7 - 1/3 : Speciality Med (Cardio or Neuro) (VMRCVM)
Rotation 12: 1/4- 1/24: Elective Block (TBD)
Rotation 13: 1/25-2/15: Elective Block (TBD)
Rotation 14: 2/16 - 3/7 : Elective Block (TBD)
Rotation 15: 3/8 - 3/28: Small Animal Surgery 2 (VMRCVM)
Rotation 16: 3/29-4/18: Small Animal Medicine (VMRCVM)
Rotation 17: 4/19-5/9: Elective Block (TBD)



Overall, I'm fairly content with it... happy to have a SAM block at the beginning before boards (Nov/Dec) and one at the end before launching into an internship or private practice. Any VMRCVM alum have any ideas?



Now I also need to decide on my elective blocks. One is dedicated to public/corporate- which might translate into a shelter medicine block for me. The other three are electives, one of which may be used as vacation. The other two I'm considering different speciality practices, since we get little formal exposure to Oncology (it's not offered as a speciality here) and to also see where I might like to apply for internships. Aye aye aye, so much to think about!



In other news...
This weekend went well- the game was fun, although the play itself was rather boring. C. and F. came with us- their first Hokie game ever!! So that was neat... taking them over on the BT, teaching them football cheers and traditions, and just enjoying the overall Hokie football atmosphere. T.S. Hanna held off to the East, so we had beautiful weather (althought a little warm at times). A. Some of our other classmates showed up later to sit with us, although most of our seating group was MIA (I'm thinking a wee bit too much Novartis tailgating before hand, haha).

And with that, time for bed. We have two big exams next week (Surgery and GI 1) that I really should get started on... eventually. :)