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Externships | Senior
Rotations | S.O.A.P.s
Externships
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Externships are 3 weeks
that you may spend at a veterinary clinic or veterinary
hospital other than the KSU-VMTH during your senior year, that
will count towards your required 42 senior credits.
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You are allowed to take
one externship that will count as a 3 week rotation during
your senior year, which must be approved by the head of
Clinical Sciences, Dr. Bonnie Rush. However, you do get 6
weeks off your senior year, so if there is more than one
externship that you would like to participate in, you may do
so during those 6 weeks that you have off, it will just not be
on your transcript, and you will not have to pay tuition for
those credit hours.
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There is a book in the
dean’s office that contains a list of externships that past
seniors have taken, consisting of what the externship was, and
what the student felt they gained from that externship, if it
was a valuable one or not. This book must remain in the dean’s
office, but you may go and and look at it at any time.
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KSU-CVM does not provide
any funds towards externships, and neither does SCAVMA. If you
choose to do an externship, you are responsible for travel and
lodging costs.
Senior Rotations
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You will be signing up
for your senior rotations shortly after the beginning of your
junior year. There is one 6-week and nine 3-week required
core rotations that you are required to participate in. You
will have four 3-week elective rotations that you must take,
but you get to choose what electives you decide to take. You
will also get 6 weeks off (two 3-week rotations). Your senior
year rotations begin in May, the week after finals.
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You will get the chance
to pick when you want up to three of your rotations, whether
it is a core rotation, or your 6 weeks off. Once you choose
these three rotations, you are not allowed to switch them, so
choose carefully. The other rotations will be assigned
randomly, and you will have the opportunity to switch spots
with other students. Each week you spend in a core or
elective rotation counts as one credit, with a total of 46
weeks/credits required.
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Core senior rotations
that are required:
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Equine – 6 weeks
(consists of 2 weeks of medicine, 2 weeks of surgery, and 2
weeks of field service)
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Agricultural Animals (In
House) – 3 weeks
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Agricultural Animals
(Field Service) – 3 weeks
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Small Animal Medicine –
3 weeks
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Pet Health Clinics – 3
weeks
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Small Animal Surgery
(Orthopedic) – 3 weeks
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Small Animal Surgery
(Soft Tissue) – 3 weeks
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Anesthesiology – 3 weeks
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Radiology – 3 weeks
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Diagnostic Medicine – 3
weeks
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Electives that are
offered: (All electives are 3 weeks, although you can take
some electives more than once, and you must sign up for 3
electives unless you substitute one of those electives with 3
credits from mini-electives.)
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Clinical Externship
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Advanced Agricultural
Practices
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Advanced Anesthesia
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Advanced Equine Medicine
and Surgery
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Advanced Small Animal
Medicine
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Advanced Small Animal
Surgery (Soft Tissue or Orthopedic)
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Cardiology
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Clinical Equine
Theriogenology
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Companion Animal (common
known as Common Practice over in the clinics)
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Dermatology
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Exotic Animal and
Wildlife Medicine
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Oncology
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Opthamology
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There are also a variety
of mini-electives and special electives that are offered,
which are 1-2 credit classes that are offered in either early
mornings or evenings. These are primarily large animal
oriented. Certain rotations will not allow you to take a
mini-elective while on that rotation, so you must schedule
carefully if you are interested in taking a mini-elective. If
you do take mini-elective or special electives, they count
towards your required 46 credits, so if you were to take at
least 3 credits worth of mini-electives, you could
theoretically get an additional 3 weeks off for a total of 9
weeks off your senior year.
S.O.A.P.s
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For Junior Surgery
class, there seems to be some confusion as to how to do SOAPs.
The following is an abbreviated, simplified description of how
to write up a SOAP.
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To begin with, state the
history of the animal, and why it has been presented to you
(i.e. elective OHE). Next, list and number the reasons and/or
problems that you note about the animal, and SOAP each
individual problem.
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First, list the problem.
Example, #1 – Pruritis. Under each problem, list your SOAP.
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S – stands for
subjective. After S list your observations about the animal.
For example, BAR (bright alert responsive), friendly,
energetic, scratching quite a bit.
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O – stands for
objective. After O list facts about the animal. For example,
the TPR (temperature, pulse, respirations), small patches of
alopecia, fleas present. It is also acceptable to list S & O
together, with observations and facts listed together after S
& O:.
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A – stands for
assessment. After A list differentials for what could be
causing the problem, and your reasons as to why or why not
they are likely, and descriptions of the assessments. For
example, Flea Allergy Dermatitis, Skin allergy, Addison’s
Disease, Cushing’s Disease, Earmites, Mange. Most likely is
flea allergy dermatitis because of the concurrent presence of
fleas. Flea Allergy Dermatitis is an allergic dermatologic
reaction as a result of the flea saliva injected into the
skin.
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P – stands for plan.
After P list what you plan to do to treat the problem, or if
you don’t plan to treat the problem at all. For example, will
treat animal with Frontline. If problem persists longer than
one week after treatment, will recheck and reevaluate for
other possible causes of pruritis.
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Once you have
successfully treated a problem, or if you don’t plan to treat
it, note it, and then don’t list the problem again unless it
reoccurs. Each problem has the same number each time.
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Example of the most
common junior surgery problem:
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