VIN Rounds

Are you missing out on clinical rotations because of COVID-19? The VIN Student Team has you covered with Tuesday Topic Rounds.  During the month of April, join the VIN Student Team for 30 minute, case-based sessions every Tuesday at 12pm ET. Everyone and all levels of experience are welcome. There will be time for Q&A and discussion following. The next session is Cholestatic Conundrums: Extrahepatic  on April 26, 2022 at 12 ET.

In this rounds you will learn how to: 

• Determine if the liver is not the issue
• Identify causes of extrahepatic cholestasis
• Manage extrahepatic cholestasis

TO JOIN THE SESSION, LOG INTO THE VIN STUDENT CENTER AND CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is here to help you as a vet student – especially during this worldwide pandemic. Membership is always free as a student!

Student Experiences

Summer Research Training Program

Submitted by Rachael Lahar, University of Illinois

The day I started working in a lab, I entered another world. A vast area of veterinary medicine that I was unfamiliar with. When I was accepted for the Summer Research Training Program, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I just applied because I was interested in research and wanted to learn more. 

From the very first day, loads of information was presented to me. The week before I started in the lab, the other veterinary students and I had an orientation with presentations and speakers on various topics from scientific writing to lab animal medicine and more. 

When the day came for me to start in the lab, I couldn’t deny the nerves I felt churning in my stomach. On arrival, I was swept up in the project I would be working on for the next two months with Cryptosporidium parvum. The procedures, the various terminology, and the equipment in the lab felt like a whole new language and culture. 

Day by day, with the help of my mentor and the Ph.D. student I was working under, I acclimated. Quickly the lab became like a second home. If I never would have applied for this opportunity, I never would have been introduced to this other side of veterinary medicine. These last two months have been a wonderful whirlwind; I only wish I had more time to work in the lab. Then again who knows where my future may lead.

Foot in Mouth Disease

Submitted by Janelle Thomas, Washington State University

Cutest Pet

"Go Bucks!"- Submitted by Sarah Mull, The Ohio State University

Creative Corner

Bandage Art

Submitted by Laci Taylor, Cornell University