On November 12, 2015 from 8:30am-12:30pm and November 25, 2015 from 8:30am-12:30pm I shadowed Dr. Heidi C. Jahn (DVM) at the North Shore Animal Hospital. On November 12, I did my personal interview with Dr. Jahn. Dr. Jahn is one of many veterinarians at the North Shore Animal Hospital located at 4630 Douglas Avenue. Anyone can reach Dr. Jahn at her (262)-639-7000 which is her work phone number.
Dr. Jahn is a professional in veterinary medicine. She wanted to be a veterinarian ever since she was eight years old. At that age she wanted to be able to treat all animals. Once she got to high school, she focused on math, biology, and chemistry classes the most. To prepare her for college, she took many college prep classes and advanced math and …show more content…
Jahn the most about being a veterinarian would be that it was harder than she expected because of all the possibilities of problems that there were. Dr. Jahn is specialized in treating dogs, cats, and a variety of small animals. She chose to specialize in this group of animals because as she got older she realized that she could not treat every animal. Dogs are the easiest animal for her to treat because they are easy to handle and everyone naturally knows a lot about dogs. Iguanas and hedgehogs are the most difficult animal for her to treat because it is hard to find veins in iguanas because they have scaly skin, they do not hold still, and they are not brought in very often. Hedgehogs always curl up in a ball and it is difficult to examine them that …show more content…
Jahn, Kim, and Dr. Whitney these past two days. I learned what I should do in order to become a veterinarian like what classes I should focus on. Dr. Jahn gave me a lot of advice with school work and what I should be prepared for in the future. I was very excited to shadow a Dr. Jahn because I really want to be one when I grow up. I was really excited when I was told that I would be able to examine surgeries. They gave me a mask, special glasses, and a bouffant to wear while the surgery was going on. Overall, I had an amazing time shadowing a veterinarian and now I know more about veterinarians and what I need to do to become
Dr. Jahn is a professional in veterinary medicine. She wanted to be a veterinarian ever since she was eight years old. At that age she wanted to be able to treat all animals. Once she got to high school, she focused on math, biology, and chemistry classes the most. To prepare her for college, she took many college prep classes and advanced math and …show more content…
Jahn the most about being a veterinarian would be that it was harder than she expected because of all the possibilities of problems that there were. Dr. Jahn is specialized in treating dogs, cats, and a variety of small animals. She chose to specialize in this group of animals because as she got older she realized that she could not treat every animal. Dogs are the easiest animal for her to treat because they are easy to handle and everyone naturally knows a lot about dogs. Iguanas and hedgehogs are the most difficult animal for her to treat because it is hard to find veins in iguanas because they have scaly skin, they do not hold still, and they are not brought in very often. Hedgehogs always curl up in a ball and it is difficult to examine them that …show more content…
Jahn, Kim, and Dr. Whitney these past two days. I learned what I should do in order to become a veterinarian like what classes I should focus on. Dr. Jahn gave me a lot of advice with school work and what I should be prepared for in the future. I was very excited to shadow a Dr. Jahn because I really want to be one when I grow up. I was really excited when I was told that I would be able to examine surgeries. They gave me a mask, special glasses, and a bouffant to wear while the surgery was going on. Overall, I had an amazing time shadowing a veterinarian and now I know more about veterinarians and what I need to do to become