T6, Wk6, Days 360, 361, 362, Tue, Thur, Fri

We had off school Wednesday for field day. Midterms have started but, that really isn't a very good excuse for missing the last few days of blogging. I don't remember offhand all the exams we had last week, I know EENT was in there and we did two stations for our Comp Boards. I think Comp is short for Comprehensive. We have either 20 or 25 stations in comprehensive boards that all need to be passed before we can start our clinic rotation in Tri-7. This last Thursday we did History taking and a Cranial Nerve exam.

I didn't realize that the Comp Board test we were taking now were real, I thought it was practice so we wouldn't be so nervous when we took them at the beginning of Tri-7 but, about 10 minutes before heading to testing I learned we knock out 5 or 6 of the comp board stations during Tri-6 then complete the remaining comp board stations a the beginning of Tri-7. Should make for a fun break of studying! :)

There's quite a bit coming up for Week 7. Let's see ...I need to complete my portion of a presentation due Wednesday by tomorrow, Monday is our CCR written exam, Tuesday is Pediatrics, Thursday is our CCR Practical along with comp board testing covering Venipuncture and Breast exams then Thursday is our PT written examination. Just enough to make for a fun weekend of studying.

I went to the gym last night and have planned to go in the a.m. and p.m. over this weekend, nothing huge in terms of workouts and probably just light cardio for 1/2 hour or so but that should help me to maintain my sanity and offset all the sitting I'll be doing. My brain just seems to work better with a little activity thrown in the mix.

Oh yeah - I signed up for the Internal Health Specialist program which runs next year from March through September. It's a post graduate class that meets once a weekend each month for 16-20 hours a weekend. I think I can handle it since it's just one weekend a month. As a student it's much cheaper to take now then after I graduate. I don't really know what the program entails other than the obvious, that it deals with our internal health, so I'm thinking all those nifty organs in our thoracic region. The course is taught by Dr. Loomis and I know part of our Auditorium is named after Dr. Loomis. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it.

I'm also wanting to sign up for Dr. Montgomery's Advanced Basic Class which is also a weekend class so I'm hoping the two don't conflict.

Better get moving, lots to do! :)