just around the corner

Phewee! Your veterinary student coordinators have been working extra hard this week! We are gathering what we think are some really awesome specimens for us to bring your way this summer (starting July 9th in Croswell)! We first visited Dr. Patterson at the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (a really cool place to visit!), where he let the HPSS borrow a few excellent examples of veterinary pathology. Having just finished our pathology courses, we recognized a lot of the specimens from pathology lab (and from our tests) and can't wait to teach you all about them!

Dr. Patterson and Ryan with a model of the equine airways and a horse cyclops.

After DCPAH, we made our way over to the College of Veterinary Medicine, which felt a little strange at first since we are technically on our last summer break. We quickly remembered where everything was though (which wasn't difficult, considering we've spent the last two years there) and bumped into a few of our favorite professors who were more than happy to help with the HPSS!

Now we don't want to spoil the fun, but we will tell you that some of your old favorites are back from last year, as well as a lot of brand new models and surprises! I hope you've all brushed up on your parasitology and especially anatomy this past year . . . because we've certainly come up with a few fun challenges for any future veterinarians out there!

Christina looking very strong carrying a box of anatomy models headed to the HPSS!


Ryan having fun with one of our largest new additions!

Lastly, we wanted to introduce all of you to our new Flickr page where we will be posting all of the photographs we take on our adventures with the HPSS. On the right hand side of this blog, there is a link to the HPSS Flickr site where you can view every photograph we take this summer (even the ones we take on bad hair days . . . that don't make it to the blog)!

We have many more places to visit in the next few weeks (including radiology!) where we will continue to gather the best of the best veterinary demonstrations for the HPSS fans out there! Let us know if you have any requests, and we will keep you posted as usual!