I've just been writing other things. Specifically, papers with titles like Surgical Extraction of an Upper 4th Premolar in a Dog or Endodontic Therapy of a Fractured Maxillary Canine Tooth in a Dog. Riveting stuff. I am required to write four journal-quality papers on some of my cases for the Fellowship in Veterinary Dentistry that I am pursuing. They were due on April 15 for pre-approval. Can I just say, writing these things so far away from school was painful. I'm far from school in years and distance, and these things needed references! Anyway, I worked on them for months and months. They needed medical records, photographs and Xrays attatched, and had to be submitted on 5 different CDs in separate folders. I got it done.
I hope they are good enough. Four veterinary dentists will review them, and they need to get a 80% to pass. My mentor (the dentist now in residence at Texas A&M vet school) said he did not pass the first time he submitted. Fingers crossed! Then, I can submit a large packet of my case logs, CE hours, equipment, library, etc etc, in July. If that passes, then I can sit for an exam!
Loads has been happening around here - Anna had a birthday, both kids had a great informal piano recital, Anna did her fourth Royal Academy of Ballet graded exam, Anthony put in a fabulous summer garden, and we've been pre-approved to adopt a dog from the Golden Retriever Rescue group.
To be continued...
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You have been busy. Good Luck on the acceptance of your submittal.
Good Luck! Hope all of that hard work pays off. Btw, if YOU had not been pre-approved by a rescue group no one else need apply. ha
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