After an agonizing afternoon of thinking I failed because I read my score as a percent rather then the total number of points I gained....i realized my mistake at about 2am that next morning while i was in a 'must get an A on my next exam' study session. I put myself through hell for nothing, but hey...now i know what it feels like to fail an exam, even though I actually did just fine. Dont get be wrong, I probably should/could have done waaay better but passing and getting minimally above the average is good for me for right now :) This whole med school thing is pretty damn tough i SWEAR! annnnd, that grade was only for the written portion, our lab practical hasnt been graded yet (insert nervous laughter here)
So monday group A dissected until 11am and then we only had one lecture from 1 to 2 so i found it to be the perfect 'at home study day' :) it was nice to spend time with alissa and kristin and give kk a big hug before she took of to switzerland to play volleyball like the champ she is. today (Tuesday), i came in to lab and took out our cadaver's lungs...just another tuesday in my life.
oh, did i mention that she has fake acrylic nails? Yeah, and they are painted bright pink. How the hell am I supposed to put it out of my mind that she is a actual person when I can see her nails like that? Also, while observing/learning about the lungs and thoracic cavity, we discovered many tumors all over her. They are calcified tumors which means they were actually boney tissue growing on her diaphragm and thoracic wall. Also, her lungs were so congested from heart failure...this poor lady suffered so much before she passed, its hard to learn about the pathology without thinking about that side of the science.
On a lighter note, my birthday is tomorrow. number 24 I think…
p.s. i hate my kitten at the moment because he is not my friend anymore and is a pretty wild beast, im thinking of letting him explore the great outdoors....just to see if he can come back alive or at least in one piece. just kidding.....not really....
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Class of 2013- 1, Gross Anatomy- 0 (debatable i guess...)
ITS OVER!!! The first exam of my medical school career is over :) And yes, it was very hard but i got through it! The best part was the the last couple days leading up to the exam we received a ridiculous amount of new material to learn (that was going to be on the exam) and it was the hardest information to learn yet. There are 19 muscles in the forearm ALONE, and don't get me starting on your hand...lets just say the human body is incredible but god does it suck having to memorize all of it!
The test was in two parts, Friday morning we all had assigned seats in the lecutre hall and had a written exam that was 50 questions. Also, during the exam there was a powerpoint being flashed (15 slides, 2 min per slide) and we had to identify landmarks on bones and some MRIs, CT scans and X rays. We were given from 9:30 to 12 to take it. Then in the afternoon the class was split into groups of 25 people and all of us had a certain time to take our lab practical. This was intense! Me and 24 other people went at 1:30 and our cadevers had been 'pinned' with structures to identify. We were given 1 minute per question with a timer and very strict order to walk around the room. To clarify, it wasnt just our own cadevers it was everyones so memorizing one is not efficient, plus, everyone has anamolies (2 nerves of something instead of one or no palmaris longus muscle, etc).
I know I mentioned my cadaver before but I have learned more details about her since the beginning. She died at 60, like i said earlier, from kidney cancer and she has a tattoo of someone's name on her butt (sorry for the technical term). Also, she has a pacemaker!! I am very excited because this week we are studying the heart so i am excited to see how the pacemaker was put in and where it is going. Also, last week we had to dissect the breasts and another groups cadaver had breast implants, that was cool too!
Back to the exam, I was done at 2 and from there my classmates and I had planned to all meet at Characters bar which is about 25 feet from the anatomy lab right off campus. It was a great afternoon even though many of us were drinking away our worries about the test!
Yesterday was another day of celebration at a friends house. It was a 'black tie event' and everyone was dressed up and looking classy. It was a LOT of fun. Now im just gonna sit because tomorrow is another day of anatomy which means a lot of info coming at me!
Oh, and another thing this week was another patient encounter day! I leanred how to take a patient history and practiced on one of our actors. I was given 20 minutes and had to fill out a paper as we spoke. Then, we had 10 minutes to get feedback from the actor. Mine told me I did excellent and that I was going to be a great doctor :) It was a good day!
The test was in two parts, Friday morning we all had assigned seats in the lecutre hall and had a written exam that was 50 questions. Also, during the exam there was a powerpoint being flashed (15 slides, 2 min per slide) and we had to identify landmarks on bones and some MRIs, CT scans and X rays. We were given from 9:30 to 12 to take it. Then in the afternoon the class was split into groups of 25 people and all of us had a certain time to take our lab practical. This was intense! Me and 24 other people went at 1:30 and our cadevers had been 'pinned' with structures to identify. We were given 1 minute per question with a timer and very strict order to walk around the room. To clarify, it wasnt just our own cadevers it was everyones so memorizing one is not efficient, plus, everyone has anamolies (2 nerves of something instead of one or no palmaris longus muscle, etc).
I know I mentioned my cadaver before but I have learned more details about her since the beginning. She died at 60, like i said earlier, from kidney cancer and she has a tattoo of someone's name on her butt (sorry for the technical term). Also, she has a pacemaker!! I am very excited because this week we are studying the heart so i am excited to see how the pacemaker was put in and where it is going. Also, last week we had to dissect the breasts and another groups cadaver had breast implants, that was cool too!
Back to the exam, I was done at 2 and from there my classmates and I had planned to all meet at Characters bar which is about 25 feet from the anatomy lab right off campus. It was a great afternoon even though many of us were drinking away our worries about the test!
Yesterday was another day of celebration at a friends house. It was a 'black tie event' and everyone was dressed up and looking classy. It was a LOT of fun. Now im just gonna sit because tomorrow is another day of anatomy which means a lot of info coming at me!
Oh, and another thing this week was another patient encounter day! I leanred how to take a patient history and practiced on one of our actors. I was given 20 minutes and had to fill out a paper as we spoke. Then, we had 10 minutes to get feedback from the actor. Mine told me I did excellent and that I was going to be a great doctor :) It was a good day!
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