Well I’m back for the final term of the year, a term associated with pretty much work and only work. The Easter break was really a non-event as far as a holiday is concerned, as it was work experience and revision throughout, though I did manage to spare some time for a couple of crazy nights out in Derby (including one night where we got kicked out of spoons for attaching a soap dispenser to a wall in the bar, but that’s another story).

Though having to work in the Easter holiday for no pay is quite frustrating it was pretty cool to have a look at the job I’m going to be doing and get a break away from constant theory learning. My work experience was at Scarsdale large animal hospital in Derby. Thankfully the hospital was excellent and all the staff were very friendly, as I’m going to be going back there many times over the next 2years. Bristol operates work experience by issuing students each with a foster practice where they’ll spend their holidays (a vet student has to have completed 26weeks of adequate work experience before the RCVS will issue a degree). Throughout the rest of Easter it was Pathology revision for the MCQ exam, worth 20%, last Monday. The exam went fairly well I think, I didn’t have to put too many don’t knows so should be ok (questions are true or false and are negatively marked). I was a bit stressed about this exam as I spent the Saturday before it at my Grandparent’s golden wedding anniversary and drove back from it on the Sunday. They live in Suffolk so it was a fair drive from Bristol; thankfully I had Hayley with me to narrate pathology to me all the way. The party on the Sat was really good. My Gran had made an amazing effort with food and marquees + it was really cool to see all the family I havn’t seen for a while. Also my uncle got pretty wasted as my auntie had left early (most amusing about this was how appalled my Gran was at her sons new found coarse language).
Back to uni on Monday was cool (once the exam was over). Always good to meet up with everyone again, which we did as a big night out to evolution. Quite a standard night out I think, nothing really comical happened, though we did meet some one who may fill in as our 7th housemate for next year.

Over the next week there’s not a lot on lectures and work wise. I should probably start revising fairly soon, though I didn’t start before now last year and I had more exams. This year exams will be on Microbiology, Basic Clinical Science and Pharmacolgy. Will fill in more about exams nearer the time. The main work thing we have on is a poster for pharmacology coming up soonish. We have to make this poster in our own time and present it to a member of the pharmacology department. The topic of the poster is the same as our chosen DSE essay i.e. Two contrasting methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis in dogs.
As far as work goes over this week the main thing we’ve done was a communications day on Tuesday. For this we were placed in groups of 5/6 and had to give consultations to actors. The point of the day was to improve communications skills by acting out consultations in front of a group and then analysing them. Though a fair amount of veterinary knowledge was needed to be able to carry out the consultations.

Social stuff over this week is pretty good; I’m off out tonight to the pub to meet up with a load of vets + the potential house mate Kate that I mentioned above. The big social thing on is the battle of the fridges on Saturday, this is where every vet fridge team gets together to play each at other at their various sports to see who is champion over all (each vet team is named after a fridge e.g. football is Nice Fridge, Netball is Nasty Fridge). Hopefully footballers will keep hold of the fridge trophy for another year! Especially after our great 4-2 victory yesterday.

Right now it’s time to stop typing as I need to “Freshen Up”, as a club toilet fragrance technicians would say, before attending the pub.