Final Session: Self Evaluation of my academic year (2009)

The self evaluations always have a grade of difficulty, because we must be critic and maybe try to be the most objective possible, which is really difficult! But I like the challenges and only I will try to do the best… If we believe what do an academic year good, many of ours could think that approve all your subjects. I think the same, but also there are another things that do of your year good, for example if you make a balance and compare with the others years of the career and if this is better, your evaluation will be positive or if you did always that you proposed you have to be satisfied too.

Personally the evaluation of my academic year is positive, in both terms I approve my entire subjects and obviously in some of them with major difficulty. For example in the first term Pathology was more difficult than others, but really I liked this area and I studied with interest. On the other hand, in the second term Microbiology was difficult; not for the matter, but rather the amount of classes was really bigger and I must confess that give me a little bit of fear! Also I had another subjects easier for me or the electives that give you new perspectives and can open your mind to any other realities.

Part of the balance is comparing this year at the University with the others, and fortunately I believe that this year has been the best in this three years studying Veterinary. Although is a little confused have subjects of second and third year at same time, not for the themes, but rather for the risk of have evaluations the same day, that is really complicated! However is a good idea try to advance with the subjects and the rest only depends on you.

But in a self evaluation, I cannot forget the things to improve and the main points, could be try to organized in a best form my time to can study with all the time that I needed and also give me more free time to practice any sports, which would be best for my healthy.

In summary, this year really was good and I can realized the notorious “training” that you can acquire with the experience that give you the another years at the University and obviously if I continuous working in one of my major goal, be a good professional, I will complete one the proposal most important of my life. Also, like a moral I can say: the challenge always is complete the goals that you proposed and you must to give the 100% of you, because is demonstrated that with attitude, effort and perseverance everything is possible, which is applicable for any area of the life!

CHALLENGES IN YOUR DISCIPLINE

The challenges are present in any career, they allow us grow in the learning of our discipline. If we want to be good professionals is really important take new dares and can passed it, always thinking in the welfare of our animals… our patients.

About and important challenge, the Technology; this must be at our service, we have to be capacitated to used the advances, always care for the patients and its welfare. If we think about the old profession of Veterinary Medicine -many years ago- the elements of technology was really poor, where the life of patients was clearly in more dangerous than this days. For example, we have to know how to use the new digital or electric devices (like Magnetic Resonance or Devices of Digital Radiography) and only this is possible with an appropriate capacitation.

If we think about Social Matters; clearly the work of a Veterinary involve an important social role, we have the mission of help to be the coexistence of animals with the people more pleasant, we must understand with pet´s owner and we able to have a fluid and honest interaction with them, never forgotten the most important: the welfare of our patient.

And obviously we cannot let of mention, the Education challenges; like Veterinarian we have a debt with the society, we have to be active part diffuse the importance of take care and respect our domestic and wild animals, we have to teach the necessity of a responsible holding of pets or about the sterilization. A veterinarian, like an authorized voice, ought to promote all the non human being life, including the nature, teach to preserve our flora and fauna; always being a model to follow.

Therefore, this topics are only some challenges that we have to approach in our life like Veterinary, but only will be possible if we always are disposed to receive and look for constantly vocational training, if we are open to receive opinions of colleagues with more experience and also if we are agree to help the people teaching the love and respect for our dear animals.

IMPROVING YOUR FACULTY FACILITIES

If I have to talk about facilities in my faculty, the first impression would be that the infrastructure is more antique or classical than modern and evidently since its foundation, 71 years ago, the changes have not been so evident. But If we contemplate the greatness of our outdoors spaces, is possible enjoy the time there.

First I am going to talk about the points to improve; I think would be great have more welcoming areas to stay: for example to study comfortable in winter, have a casino more pleasant and with better attention, remodel the most antique places likes some bathrooms or dispose of an internet faster… and about an important part of the faculty: “Mundo Granja” maybe a place like this -with a lot of animals in a natural space- only we can find in our university, but improve its infrastructure or corrals would be great for the comfort of our animals, that help us to will be good professionals.

But not only I am going to say the bad points, also this last time many things have improvement , like the air conditioning in the rooms (where we can be warm in winter or fresh in summer), the new computers in library and in the computer rooms, the new equestrian branch or the enhanced clinic “El Roble”.

For these reasons and many others, in my humble opinion, clearly is possible improve the faculty and be a better place, because almost is our “second house” for the time that we spend there.