Thanksgiving is a great American holiday (I imagine that Canadian Thanksgiving is awesome too, but it was back in October and I'm sorry that I missed it). Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate family, friends, food and football. As we discussed in our previous blog about Holiday Dangers, it can also be a difficult time for pets when people either accidentally or on purpose feed their pets inappropriate foods.
Congratulations on the start on the 2015 Nov/Dec NAVLE window!!!
My guess is that you aren’t feeling so much jubilation but more trepidation at this moment. Despite the stress and worry that test season brings, this is an exciting time for you and your colleagues. The Veterinary Licensing Exam! You are going to be practicing veterinarians in a few short months. A lifetime of dreaming is about to come true and there are just 7 1/2 hours of staring at a computer screen separating you from your career goal. You have spent months preparing and you can do it. You can totally pass this test!
Ketamine has been in the news recently as there is international interest to change the availability of this commonly used drug. Currently, ketamine is a Schedule III drug in the United States under the Controlled Substance Act. It is not internationally restricted.
The World Health Organization plans to meet and discuss ketamine along with over 100 other drugs during a meeting in November. The AVMA has submitted statements to the FDA in hopes that ketamine will continue to be available for use in veterinary medicine worldwide while continuing to make sure that this medication is not abused or misused.
Topics: NAVLE
Toxicology was one of my favorite classes in veterinary school. I know it sounds crazy, because toxicities are awful and it is really sad when your patients ingest substances that they shouldn’t. So many of the cases are incredibly tragic like the lily ingestion that waited 3 days to come in. While others, like the dog who ate 3 pans of brownies, end happily with an evening of chocolate scented vomit.
It was late November. After waking up, having a bite to eat, and trying to cram the last few facts about pig diarrhea into my brain before my NAVLE, I headed out to the most important test of my life.
The tests are given at Prometric testing centers, which are rooms with rows of computer cubicles. I made sure I had everything I needed: wallet, keys, a set of notes for last minute cramming, and a set of directions to the testing center, and I was on my way.
I don’t know if it was the stress of the morning, my usual lack of sleep as a senior vet student, or my usual poor sense of direction, but as I made it to three-fourths of the way there, I could not find the next street on my set of directions.
Topics: NAVLE, Learning The Hard Way