It’s early April, the weather is warming, and in the animal world this means . . . it’s lambing time! For those of you who don’t know, lambing is the time of year when new lambs are born on farms. In the UK, this typically occurs in late March and …
Hello pals!My name is Vivian, a Canadian student that’s going onto my final year of study! We’ve recently finished our last theory exam for the farm animal and exotics modules, and now we’re on our spring break before starting Final Year Preparation. Like its name suggests, it’s to prepare us …
Hi everyone! For those who are new here, my name is Sarah and I am currently in my 4th year here at the Dick Vet. I am originally from Canada, but have now lived in Edinburgh for 3 years, and am loving it!This week is filled with exams for 4th …
Hi Everyone! It’s been a wild and busy few month for myself and my fellow 4th years at the Dick Vet, finishing up our exotics and farm animal online lectures/ practicals, studying for written and practical exams, and also trying to balance our lives outside of vet school! This week …
Hello everyone!For today’s post I’d like to share some tools that I use to be more organized in my studies and my daily life. Sticky notes – One of the ways I use sticky notes is to organize my notes into colour coordinated sections. – I also have sticky notes …
Hi everyone! I am Shirley and I am currently in third year. In this difficult time, I would love to share what I enjoy most from hybrid teaching and what activities keep me going during the pandemic through this blog. Hybrid teaching is a mixture of online lectures and tutorials …
Hi, my name is Amanda Podgurski. As this is my first blog, I would like to introduce myself a bit. I am a 4th year vet student (3rd year in the Graduate Entry Programme) from Pennsylvania. I lived in Pennsylvania most of my life, but I have also lived in …
Hello everyone,After one week of exam review and three exams, my first semester of my fourth year (3rd GEP year) is complete. Due to the changes brought about by the pandemic, this semester has been quite an adjustment. Hybrid learning was a new concept for us all. It feels like …
Today marks the end if this long and unusual semester, finishing off with an exam on diseases and husbandry of cattle. It has been a challenging semester, not only because of the extensive course material but also because of the new major life adjustments we’ve all had to make due …
When I started writing this blog post I had no idea what I was going to write, I’d had an assessment earlier that day and the last lecture of the semester and was feeling in need of a good nap. I decided that instead of trying to force it I’d …
