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Sometimes you get a piece of paper that seems so insignificant. Yet represents so much. I’ve got a few of these now. Sometimes they come with special ceremonies, though most of these I’ve skipped where possible. I am not keen on the fuss. And have never really seen the point. I remember back when I…
As I write this I’ve just finished my week of nights through the Christmas period. More importantly though my final module (of six) composing the learning for the CertAVP has been graded. Looking at it the small green tick on my case log, and the grade above 50% means that I have passed this module.…
Lockdown 2 This past week I have been on days. We entered lockdown again on Thursday. With lockdown we are still working as we have been, though the specialist departments have been separated into their own teams. This showed benefit yesterday as one of the teams has to now isolate as a team member tested…
Costs of vet visits This last Monday was a bank holiday. And somehow I ended up on duty. I often avoid writing about costs here as it is such a contentious issue. Running an emergency veterinary service is expensive. And we did not cover the costs of opening and staffing the building. Yet the consult…
It feels as though the week has flown by. End of Module 5 My fifth CertAVP module is nearly complete. I’ve passed all my case reports and the end of module exam. I’ve still got to submit my case log however I need a couple more (specific) cases to be able to complete this so…
As I sit and write this I am exhausted. This has been my hardest week of nights so far. In addition to our own normal workload, we picked up the workload of another OOH practice. Luckily this was only for four nights (out of seven) however it added another 10 practices to those we normally…
The second in my new weekly blog commitment this week, still not sure how this will work. It will be fun seeing what happens though. This last week should have been my week of days at my internship however because of covid-19 they are still not allowing interns into the building. This means I am…
This was my off week. I finished my run of nights on Monday morning so this week is mostly recovery and getting my sleep pattern normal. I’ve been struggling with this recently though, with it taking me several days to go back to normal. And even now my sleep is weird – somewhere between 6pm-2am.…