Morris Veterinary Clinic Internship

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Morris Veterinary Clinic Internship

• Kristy Stevelt, Veterinary Assistant Summer 2004
  
• Lancaster, Ohio

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Basic Information

• OSU Advisor Amber D. Moffett
• MVC Supervisor John C. Hartig, D.V.M.
• Address
• Morris Veterinary Clinic
• 1610 Sheridan Drive
• Lancaster, Ohio 43130

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Welcome to Morris Vet Clinic!
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About MVC

• Morris Vet Clinic is a four veterinarian
  practice. It was started in 1964 by Dr. Paul K.
  Morris.
• In 1972, Dr. Fred Scott joined Dr. Morris in his
  practice. Throughout the years, Dr. Robert
  Guinan, Dr. John Hartig, and Dr. Teresa Hartig
  have also joined Morris Veterinary Clinic, and
  Dr. Morris has retired. Bringing them to their
  present number of four.

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The Clinic

• Morris Veterinary Clinic just moved to a brand
  new, state of the art facility a year ago.
• MVC is a small animal clinic.
• They provide every sort of service, from pet
  supply sales to surgery.

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The Pharmacy
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X-Ray, Sonogram, and Dark Room
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Surgery Room
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Daily Activities

• Morning
• Restrain animals for anesthesia
• Run Pre-1s
• Observe and assist surgeries
• Record suture patterns, types of suture used,
  anesthesia doses, and monitor pulse and breathing
• Clean surgical packs and surgery/dentistry areas

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Daily Activities

• Afternoon
• General cleaning
• Greet clients, weigh pets, place them in exam
  rooms and enter basic information into the exam
  room computers
• Fill prescriptions
• Observe Doctors in exam rooms, restrain animals
  for blood draws, etc.
• Walk dogs, clean kennels, feed, and water

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Surgery

• Most of the morning at MVC is designated to doing
  surgeries. They do routine surgeries such as
  spays, neuters, declaws, and dentistry, as well
  as more involved surgeries.
• Dr. Guinian in particular does most of the
  orthopedic surgeries done at the clinic.
• Some examples are
• Bone pins
• ACL repairs
• Bone plating

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Dr. Guinan scrubbing in to an ACL repair
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Cleaning the torn ACL out of the inside of the
joint
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Drilling the new hole for the replacement ACL to
go through
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More cleaning up the knee
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Dr. Scott doing a canine dental
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Dr. Teresa performing a spay
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The uterine horns and ovaries of a dog, laid out
during the spay
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Dr. Teresa and Jen docking Doberman puppy tails
and removing their dewclaws
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Dr. John performing a cystotomy
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The bladder stone, I bet that dog will feel a lot
better with that out!
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A drain placed in an abscess on the side of a
boxer
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My Experience

• If you cant tellI love surgery! MVC was a great
  place for me to work and be exposed to many
  procedures and multiple techniques for performing
  those procedures.
• I learned so much about surgery, such as types of
  sutures, suture patterns, types of anesthesia,
  intubation, instrument names, and the importance
  of making sure each and every animal is fully
  recovered and well monitored throughout and after
  surgery.

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My Experience

• Filling prescriptions enabled me to start
  becoming familiar with different prescriptions
  and their uses.
• The doctors were very helpful and instructive,
  always trying to let me know what they were doing
  and why.
• I learned to run the X-Ray developer and observed
  sonograming, a new experience for me!

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My Experience

• This was the first multi-vet practice Ive worked
  in
• Allowed me to experience the pros and cons of a
  large staff
• Demonstrated the importance of good and reliable
  employees and also the necessity of a good
  manager
• Taught me character traits that I would look for
  and/or avoid in people that I might be
  considering to hire someday, and also traits that
  I want to improve or eliminate in myself

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In Conclusion

• Summer ended and so did my internship. I truly
  miss the doctors and staff from Morris Vet
  Clinic, I loved working with them and in their
  incredible facility. Overall I feel I could not
  have had a better internship. It was a very
  instructive, educational, and enjoyable
  experience for me. I would highly recommend their
  veterinary services to anyone.