January Post - Point of view

In my mentorship I usually work in the back with the nurses and rarely get to see the owners of the animals who come into the hospital or see how my mentor talks to the owners. Don't get me wrong I love working in the back because everyday I go to my mentorship I learn something new and get to experience a lot, but I would really like to experience when my mentor talks to the owners about their pets and makes his diagnosis on the pets. One time I got to experience this by translating to the doctor what he was saying into Spanish to a owner who could understand Spanish better than English. This gave me an idea what he does when he sees his patients. I still wanted to see how it is like for a veterinarian to speak to an owner in more detail and I finally got my wish. Yesterday I took my pet pig to the Loma Linda Animal Hospital to get his boosters and I experienced a different point of view. My mentor was the one who was helping me and I explained to him that my pig kept scratching himself a lot so he told me about this skin disease that is common in pigs and gave me two vaccines to prevent it. He also gave my pig 2 booster shots. I learned a lot being in the point of view of an owner because I got to see how he talked to owners and his behavior when he talks to them. My mentor wants to provide the best care for animals and that is what a veterinarian should believe. Being a veterinarian is hard work from talking to owners to treating animals. I got to see both points of view at my mentorship.