hillsdown":21v6he84 said:
After dealing with SmallAnimal vets with Niks latest injury while our real vet is away ,I have come to the conclusion that all they learn in vet school is how to spay ,neuter and give needles ..
I think they major in business and minor in medicine as they sure as h@ll know how to mark up costs 1000% .. :bang:
I guess it's time to confess that I did a brief stint of veterinary practice years ago. I think comments like the above were much of the reason I left and did other things. People pretty much want everything for nothing, and then don't understand how things can go wrong. Any respect you thought you deserved quickly went out the window.
Some of my memories: Doing C-section with the cow tied to a fence by the light of the pickup headlights, dipping arms in disinfectant solution in freezing weather. Driving an hour to see a horse with cut on leg, only to chase it around for a half hour trying to catch it. I often had to remind myself that I had a big degree somewhere.
Vet school is alot of book work crammed in, and at least I left without much practical - was a shock to get out there and realize I didn't know what I was doing. In human medicine, you do another few years of residency to get experience and assimilate what you'd learned, but nobody wants to pay for that with animals.
I recall a final exam for one class, I had a stack of binders full of typed notes a foot tall. With 5 other classes, didn't have time to flip through it, let alone study it.
Of course, to those who haven't gone to veterinary school, it all seems so simple, and they can't figure out why there is something a veterinarian wouldn't know, or how they could make a mistake. Which is why I've been reluctant to admit my background.