I am writing this blog to capture school moments and am not using it to go into personal things going on im my life. with that said, i had a very hard week and will be glad when Thanksgiving rolls around and my entire family will be under one roof- hoping that Sydney will be here too :/
Now that anatomy is over life is a little bit more convenient. We used to have an anatomy quiz at the beginning of each lecture. During MCBM (the molecular and cellular basis of medicine) we will not be having quizes so i dont have to be at school everyday for lecture. But, before you start shaking your head thinking i am a slacker...let me tell you about my new wonderful best friend Apreso. This is from their website:
Apreso Classroom is an affordable automated lecture capture and Web publishing system that produces online versions of the classroom experience for on-demand student review.
Apreso Classroom can be scheduled to start and stop automatically, removing the need for professors to learn to operate the system or change the way they teach. It automatically captures and synchronizes the professor's voice with visual aids being projected in the classroom, and posts an interactive, indexed Web-based version of the lecture to university websites or course management system.
Basically, i can sit at home in my pajamas with a fresh cup of coffee and my animals around my feet and watch/listen to my lectures. It is a very convenient way to learn (and save gas money). Also, i have found that it is more effective to learn this way because i can start/stop the lecture and even run it at a higher speed. It is very time effective and i can look up anything i dont understand right there or can skip over stuff that i do. Also, its nice to be able to take breaks during the lecture. In class, i have approximately a 20-30min window of peak learning ability. After that it is bye bye concentration and hello facebook, gchat, ebay, etc etc So, instead of wasting my time in lecutre...i am using it more efficiently at home. The downside is that i wont be at school as often so i will be missing lots of fun times with my classmates but we have a long 4 years together so i am sure i will see them at many other times!
This week starts another long one as i have lots of lectures lined up. Biochemistry, developmental histology, physiology, cytology....the list goes on. Also, on Tuesday afternoon I am making up my patient encounter which i missed a couple weeks ago due to my near death illness (for dramatic effect). I will be giving a physical exam and am pretty damn nervous about it so a friend and I will be practicing on each other tomorrow after school. It is not a FULL physical if you know what i mean...that will come during 2nd year. But, it does include all the basics like eyes, ears, heart and breath sounds, reflexes, blah blah and I have to get their full history either before or during and we are given 30 minutes. Sounds like a long time but its not!
Wednesday I will be dropping off Dad at the airport and will be home alone for 3 1/2 weeks. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Yeah, its gonna be a raging study party at my house next weekend sine we have our first MCBM exam Monday. Caffeine buzzes have replaced alcohol buzzes. i am out of control
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