AMARILLO, TX — Earlier this month, for the first time in program history, Texas Tech University’s School of Veterinary Medicine graduated a class of veterinary students. These 61 trailblazing pioneers began their journey together in August 2021 and have helped pave the way for future veterinary students ever since.
Some of these students even made a stop in Big Spring during medical rotations at the Big Spring Veterinary Diagnostic Hospital (BVDH), which is a Core Clinical Partner of Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (TTU SVM).
According to Dr. Alex Marshall, Veterinarian at BVDH, fourth year students were able to go to hospitals all across Texas and New Mexico.
“They come to us for a month at a time instead of going to a fourth year teaching hospital at Texas Tech, where you see a whole bunch of referral work and you don’t get to see the real nitty-gritty day-to-day things that you would do in practice like ours,” said Dr. Marshall.
In addition to TTU SVM students, BVDH has also had students rotate with them through West Texas A&M University Canyon campus and Louisiana State University (LSU).
Texas Tech University opened a School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, TX after recognizing the need for veterinarians in West Texas. Dr. Marshall told KBest News that there’s a nice case load working in rural areas.
“Because we are in West Texas, you get to see a lot of very interesting as well as unique things that you normally wouldn’t see if you were in a big city. That is also very attractive to these students,” he continued.
“Our whole goal when we train [students] is that they’re ready to practice quality medicine before they graduate. They’ve all reached that,” said Dr. Marshall. “With this model that we have, and the other hospitals as part of these core clinical teaching hospitals, our goal is to get them ready and they are more ready. They are exceptional.”
(Photos courtesy of Big Spring Veterinary Diagnostic Hospital)
Comments