Malaysia Veterinary Forum (Archive)

S.A.Tan · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

hello, i'm a vet student in upm. i realised that there is no students' round for small animal, so at here i'd like to suggest to admin to create a students' round of small animal.so that every student can have the benifit of it. so what would you think about this idea??i hope you agree??

ghost06 · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 80

Hey! I fully agree!!!

Hope more people will participate in the discussions though..... :wink:

tonny · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 32

i agree also!
S.A TAN,
for ur information, every friday morning, there will be small animal round in DSV, if u have no class during that time, u are welcome to join the round.

S.A.Tan · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

thanks for informing me.. actually i know it too hee.hee..so can we start to write something in here???it is ok??? i mean if the admin is not going to help us do a link {like the DRcsh private side}, it is ok???actually i'm scare to write here, cos i can see many guns were firing at here before{ not this topic, i mean other}. n beside that , some doc also give me advices about where should actually i post a topic. so i'm just scare and confuse... aiyo.. so all my vet friends, where r u??? give support leh???

Dr Dunker · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 464 Location: Puchong,Selangor

Yo admin, i think the students have a point here. Anyone think it is a good idea to have a open student round that any one can have access to? I dont think it is a hot idea but thats up to the admin of the forum. I am game eather way.

S.A.Tan · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

thanks doc , your support is needed. thanks

curryz · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 30 Location: KL

I think the main reason why large animal rounds was created here was cos we have very little LA practice over at upm. but creating one for small animal would be great too:) can get exposed to the current situation outside. I'm all for it! :D

admin · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 214 Location: vet.com.my

Thanks for the suggestion S.A. Tan.

The idea is great but right now we still can't find a dedicated forum moderator (like Dr csh) to moderate the Student's Round (Small Animal). The person must also willingly to share his/her expertise with the students.

It isn't an easy task, it is a labour of love. Therefore we need a dedicated person to spend some time to "take care" of his/her SA forum.

As for the "IT skill", no problem, we will guide the forum moderator from A to Z on moderating the forum. It is easy, no programming or what-so-ever high-tech skill is needed to moderate a forum.

Since the discussion in the Student's Small Animal Round/Forum will be related to actual patient cases, types of drug and doses, sensitive information about the owners/pets, and very technical discussion; the forum will only accessible to the vet students.

If you know anyone is interested to educated or share his/her experience with the vet students in small animal medicine, please contact us at vet.com.my@gmail.com.

Regards,

Admin

Dr Dunker · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 464 Location: Puchong,Selangor

Or maybe the students should be allowed to enter the vet rounds forum.

S.A.Tan · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

i think i know your problem, and i know it is hard to find the right people to do the right thing. i've lots of people that have this kind of knowledge but i'm not sure they have time for such thing. in fact, the real world, they have their own destiny; their family , their bussiness and...........

but i'll try to find a Mr. right for this job!!! jia you!!!!

Dr csh · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 425

Quote: I think the main reason why large animal rounds was created here was cos we have very little LA practice over at upm. but creating one for small animal would be great too:) can get exposed to the current situation outside. I'm all for it!

I'm sorry to say, that is not the reason why I created the rounds. I created the rounds to help students go through the motions of handling cases and the thought process that goes through the mind of a clinician at every step. Perhaps I was just slow but I didn't develop clinical sense at all until probably sometime in my 4th year of vet school. I was heart broken when my dog of 13 years died when I was in my 3rd year and I didn't even have the first clue of how to work up the case. I've seen different vet education systems and I think exposure to clinical thinking early in the vet education gives student time to practice and gives students better idea of what knowledge is important to retain while going through classes. I run the forum because I want to contribute something back to the vet industry in Malaysia. I'm not really a great clinician but I think I still have something to offer.

The actual knowledge is really straight from the books or my personal experience and opinions but you should not concentrate on the facts. You should concentrate on the thought process. For the most part, I left out certain areas such as financial concerns, equipment limitations, etc. but that is really different from case to case. I believe critical clinical thinking trancends the division of small and large animal medicine.

If you want to discuss things like drug choices, perhaps granting access to the vet rounds is a better option. It is not a very active section right now anyway and perhaps students can boost the usage. Just my two cents.

Dr. TanDY · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject:

Just got this idea. How about Dr Heng? Is he a good candidate? Anyone is good with him and can somehow persuade him??

tonny · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 32

actually i have thought ask dr heng as well but he is super busy man!... another person i come to mind is Dr Gurmit... now she is in USA, but i m not sure she has time or not? is anybody close with her? or still keeping contact with her?

Dr Dunker · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 464 Location: Puchong,Selangor

Modereators need to be able to log in every single day and monitor the events of their portions. Not a easy job. Most vets are alredy swamped with their full time jobs. THe vet rounds have a handfull of postings since i joined in june...a dead zone if you will.

curryz · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 30 Location: KL

Quote: I'm sorry to say, that is not the reason why I created the rounds. I created the rounds to help students go through the motions of handling cases and the thought process that goes through the mind of a clinician at every step.

ok, I see now. I must have been mistaken. nevertheless, goes to show that from one purpose it can help ppl in so many other ways. tq very much drcsh!