practical exams

Re: practical exams

Phrin Vernon RVN — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:59:58 GMT

Vet Instrumentation will send FOC catalogues, and best of all 2 instrument posters to SVN's (and VN's and vets lol!)

My posters are still on the wall in the living room lol!!I I need to find something to fill the space!

Just give them a call - all free, and next day delivery too!

http://www.vetinst.com/

Re: practical exams

Sophie — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:57:58 GMT

Suture materials are also included, I remember them being mentioned to us at college.

Nice...!

Re: practical exams

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:26:13 GMT

Talking about ortho stuff run through different types of plates and screws!

retractors too: self retaining and hand held ones

Re: practical exams

Jenzel — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:24:27 GMT

All I can say is make sure they know the difference between pins and wires. That completely confused me and made me panic!

Re: practical exams

Phrin Vernon RVN — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:14:22 GMT

I did the practicals last June, and I got the general instruments task, rather than the ortho one. If I remember correctly I got

Gelpies

Spencer Wells forceps

Mosquito forceps (the difference in artery forceps was very obvious!!)

Mayo Scissors

Metzenbaum Scissors

Allis Tissue forceps

Bachaus Towel Clip

And ummm.. something else that I can't remember!! Possibly Olsen Hagars or Mayo needle holders, or perhaps gelpis?

Also had to package and label a pair of Iris scissors

My tutor last year, and my fab colleagues had me and the other students identifying all kinds of instruments, and I remember being relieved when I walked into the exam, and saw that they were ones I was used to using daily, and that I knew! I found the vet instrumentation catalogue, and the arnolds catalogue fab! Both for reading, and also for flash cards, which was my main way of revising for instruments especially the ortho ones.

I hope that helps!!

PS - rather than set up a task at work, we got out just about all the instruments we could, laid them out, and quizzed each other! Worked really well, but we were lucky to be having a relatively quiet patch at the time, so we were able to do so.