State 4 of 6: Diseases of Small Animals
The last 7 weeks have been ... insane. I started my last year with diseases of pigs, which was a very relaxed way to begin - one might say too relaxing. Going from a very slow study schedule, only having 50 questions to learn, to having 166 was a bit intense. The schedule for the smalls rotation was much busier too - we had 11 days in the clinic, including a night shift (which thankfully for me was very chill), and you could sort of study but it was the first time we'd seen each other for a few weeks so we did spend a lot of time chatting. I've had the privilege of seeing quite a lot of surgery at my previous job and at my clinical placements, so when the opportunity arose to assist in surgeries, I let my colleagues with less experience take part. The surgery suite at the small animal clinic is actually fantastic, they refurbished fairly recently, and it's incredibly high tech. The only bit I disliked about the clinic was how the animals are treated - not badly necessaril