Neurology/Neurosurgery Service Summer Clinic Experience

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This summer, I participated in ONE summer clinic. I was very selective on which summer clinic I wanted to do mostly because I really wanted to focus on working at my job as a technician in the Equine ICU and also get in some R&R over my well needed summer break.

I selected the Neurology/Neurosurgery rotation for my summer clinic. My experience in this service went above and beyond my expectations before I started. I learned so much and got to work next to some really amazing residents, faculty, colleagues and technicians. 

Summer clinics are offered at UCD every summer to give veterinary students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the teaching hospital.  It's really a glimpse into what you will experience during your entire fourth year of veterinary school.

This “summer clinic” experience really throws you into survival mode simulation of your fourth year of veterinary school. Students are given patient responsibilities such as nursing care, and maintaining medical records. There is never a time when students are unsupervised, as they are guided by knowledgeable residents, faculty, and extraordinary veterinarians. The goal of the clinic is to follow patients all the way through a diagnostic work-up and immerse yourself in helping that animal return home to be more comfortable and live a better quality of life. 

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