I didn't realize my dog moonlighted as a service dog. Haha, he looks identical to my golden.Dude, just ask.
I didn't realize my dog moonlighted as a service dog. Haha, he looks identical to my golden.Dude, just ask.
I am about 90 percent sure this person goes to my school in the southeast and lives in coed housing.
All the pets and kisses to Jesse
I have seen the dog once. Not sure of the student
This is so awesome to hear! My lab has been working on establishing the evidence base for psychiatric service dogs for children and adults and working on how to implement their use into schools. Love reading accounts like this!
PTSD has more backing, but we are trying to establish the same for anxiety and depression.
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I am about 90 percent sure this person goes to my school in the southeast and lives in coed housing.
Critically important questionAre you able to confirm that the dog is a good boy ?
Thank you
I did not bring Jesse to my interviews. In retrospect, I should have. I was concerned about having a service animal in the medical field, being judged, etc. I even promised myself that I wouldn't use him 24/7 once I started medical school. Surprise, surprise, I realized how much I needed him a few weeks into school. After about a month I got up the courage to talk to the school about it. Thankfully, they were really supportive.
( I knew a psychiatrist who had a therapy dog and kept it in the room during a counsellling session )
for himself/herself or for the patient?
The dog may have been a marketing trick. She kept it as a ' therapy dog ' , I think though it was her pet dog and she may liked to keep it with her during a session and then found patients liked it too. Psychiatry is kind of different though from other medical specialities in that you have more time with an individual patient.
The hospital has some guidelines regarding
Sounds about right, though was she claiming it was a treatment device for her patients or a treatment device for her?
Hi all,
I'm opening up this AMA thread to encourage other med students/prospective students to advocate for themselves re: disabilities. I'm the first med student at my school to employ the use of a service animal and I want to share my experience. So please, ask away!
On the other hand, I'm willing to bet there are plenty of doctors who get home, go straight to bed with their shoes on and still never get c. diff.
Dude, just ask.
The hospital has some guidelines regarding where a service animal can and cannot go. The guidelines are based off the ADA's recommendations for the use of service animals. Most, if not all, of the recommendations are based off research regarding allergies & patient safety. Generally, there is a low risk of allergic response when a dog is in the hospital. There has been a recent study by the CDC showing that if a dog can be "gowned" he/she can go into the OR and not increase the risk of infection for the patient (BUT I think my dog would hate me if I did that to him…I’m also not sure the medical field is ready for a service animal to be in the OR just yet..)
I just met with the clerkship director for surgery; this is what we came up with regarding where he cannot go:
- OR
- SICU
- med storage rooms
- immunocompromised patient's room
- pt is uncomfortable with having a dog in the room
There will be a crate set up by the nurses' station for the times he cannot be with me. The first four on the list are already identified in hospital policy.
Technically, he is allowed in the ICU, med storage rooms and immunocompromised patient rooms if I (or any other visitor) do not need any type of barrier protection upon entering the room. I’m happy to have him wait outside, though – this is the first “staff” (if I’m considered staff)/service animal team the hospital has encountered. Therefore, I want people to be comfortable as we begin the process of “normalizing” this type of team in the hospital setting.