Dxi II Midterm is tomorrow - current plan involves going to bed about 30 minutes after posting this blog, waking up around 9 p.m. then chugging the soda and/or coffee to keep at it until game time tomorrow. I might actually make it to Uncle Bill's at 2 or 3 a.m. to polish up some studying there then get to school by 5 a.m. (and hoping I can find an open door!)Next Monday we have to pick at least one specialized class for next trimester. We pick at least one extra class for credit and can add a 2nd class for no-credit (pass or fail option). The teacher recommended just picking one but I can't really see letting an opportunity for extra learning slip by so I'm sure I'll be signing up for two.
We have a slot in our Tri-7 schedule for one extra class and there are four classes we can choose from to fill that slot - Gonstead, Tompson, Activator and Kinesiology. I may go with the Activator for that weekday class.
Additionally, we have 6 other classes which are only available on the weekend. They all run for 9 hours on Saturdays and 6 hours on Sundays and are held for three weekends each. I know I'd like to take Advanced Basic with Dr. Montgomery and a lot of that simply has to do with the fact that it's Dr. Montgomery. Other classes include SOT, COX, Graston, Upper Cervical and ART.
Graston and ART are proprietary methods. I like the idea of SOT .... I think Advanced Basic is only a one semester class so I might take that during a different trimester. I've already signed up for the Internal Health Specialist (IHS) post graduate program and the first day of IHS conflicts with the last day of Advanced Basic. Dr. Montgomery already told me he'd work something out with me but I really wouldn't want to miss one of his classes.
It's all interesting stuff. If I take two per semester then I'll be able to get in 6 total extra classes by the time I graduate. Some of those classes have consecutive classes. SOT has a beginning and intermediate course and possibly a third depending on student interest (need at least 6 to hold the class)
Arthritides, Arthritides, Arthritides. I'd really like to do well on this midterm. I got a B+ on the Dxi I midterm and would like to do as well on tomorrow's exam. I think I've got good potential for a B type grade. I'll need more study to help solidify that B range grade and, if the study is superlative and I learn just the right things then maybe an A is possible ...tough to say. This class and Phys Dx are the ones that knock people back so even the B would be quite respectable.
For the record, it's not that any student couldn't get an A in any one class - the thing is, we've got 13 classes and each require time.
....looking ahead ....next tri is 12 classes and 34 hours. with an extra specialized technique I'll be back at 13 classes and 37 hours (up from 33 this trimester) as well as the IHS program starting in March ........
March... I'm thinking we may have Part II National Boards in March ....
I think I'm going to go to bed now.
oh - Today's pic - there are a lot of interesting radiographic pics to choose from but the one I picked is probably the easiest to talk about. It's osteitis condensans illii or OCI. It occurs in females who have had multiple full term pregnancies. That's all we really have to know about it (especially if it shows up as a multiple choice question) It's bilateral and symmetric in its presentation and usually presents with triangular sclerosis at the SI joint. The toughest thing is probably just knowing that multiparous means multi-pregnancies.
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