Harriet Tully

24 hour hospital providing first opinion services and accident and emergency care.

• Gained exposure to a wide variety of cases, broadening my clinical knowledge.
• Acquired experience in caring for inpatients requiring more complex care.
• Improved surgical and clinical skills in dog castrations, bitch spays, suture technique, dentals, catheter placement, blood sampling, ultrasound, bandaging.

Busy small animal surgery serving four branch practices.

• Performed minor surgeries such as cat castrates and mass removals independently. Assisted in more complex surgeries (gastronomy, tibial plateau levelling osteotomy, exploratory laparotomy)
• Improved diagnostic imaging skills such as echocardiography, radiographic positioning and interpretation.
• Practised performing independent consultations including vaccination and health checks, flea and worming advice and post-operative checks.
• Performed lab skills such as slide preparation and analysis, blood work, urinalysis, haematology and biochemistry interpretation

Equine clinic providing first and second opinion services alongside referral work. Part of a mixed equine and small animal group across three branches.

• Involvement in case discussions gaining confidence to input ideas towards diagnosis and treatment plans.
• Performed clinical skills such as blood sampling, vaccination and clinical examination.
• Assisted with inpatient care and procedures, radiography, nasogastric intubation, dentals, artificial insemination.

Independent farm and small animal mixed practice.

• Data collection, improved critical thinking through using data analysis to identify problems on-farm and providing appropriate protocols for treatment and management.
• Gained appreciation for transferring theoretical knowledge and applying it to practice while adapting treatment to the circumstances of the patient and client.
• Performed pregnancy diagnosis, castration, blood sampling.