Sarah Hamilton
Contact details
- email shamilton@rvc.ac.uk
- mobile 079896620944
About me
I am about to enter the third year BVetMed at RVC, :D! I am from north london originally, but my family is now based in aylesbury, Bucks. I will be sharing a house in Potter's Bar next year, with three friends I've been living with the past year, plus two snakes, a scorpion, 20 odd scorpion babies and a hamster, oh and hopefully some chickens. In my spare time I like to play the guitar and have recently taken up scuba diving, which I'm really enjoying and I'm hoping to go diving with seals later this year.
What I hope to get out of this project
A better understanding of the alimentary tract and getting to know the other people involved in the project.
My best learning experience in the past
I would have to say that my best learning experience has been going to university. I don't think I could have learned so much in such a short amount of time in any other way. I've learned to live on my own - meeting friends, managing money, cooking and scuba diving! I'm sure that the experiences and choices I've made I would have been unable to make had I not gone to uni.
Curriculum area that interests me
Animal husbandry, ruminant and horse digestion, reproduction physiology.
Topics that are difficult
Drugs - names, receptors, side effects.
Three weeks into the wikivet project (or thereabouts)
Sections I've been working on
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
- Pancreas
- Peritoneal cavity
- Sensory pathways of the Nervous System
- Motor pathways of the Nervous System
What I feel I've gained so far from being involved in the project
- The ability to collate information from different sources and put it into an accessible format.
- I feel more knowledgeable in the areas I have been working on.
- Working in a professional context.
Problems or issues that I've had or can forsee
- The server being turned off, and not being able to work!
- A shortage of images.
My suggestions for improving the way the project works for the future
- Outline a format, and have everyone agree early on in the project.
- Name every page correctly, e.g. anatomy & physiology
What involvement (if any!) I would like to have with the project in the future
- I would be very happy to work on the project in the future. I would be interested in writing up more pages.