A few weeks have passed and I am now fully consumed by medical school. We had our first test on Monday, which meant I spent much of last week and the weekend studying. Our first course is Gross Anatomy, Imaging, and Embryology. In our first block, we covered the back and upper limb in anatomy. So, for our test we had fifty tags on the thirty cadavers in our lab and we had eighty seconds per tag to figure out what body part (muscle, bone, tendon, nerve, artery, etc) it was and write it down. Then we had about two hours to complete a 100 question multiple choice test. I felt quite prepared for the test, but it was still pretty difficult. It is such an adjustment to leave college where I was at the top of my class, and to now be taking tests with people who were also at the top of their classes.
In addition to classes, I have taken on a new responsibility at school... I am now Class President! I know, I know.... I probably don't have the time or energy, but you know me, I love to do this stuff!
Also, yesterday was my second day in clinic! I spend one afternoon a week with a plastic surgeon (Dr. Wheatley) at Shriner's hospital. Last week I saw many cleft palate cases, and today was a burn clinic. All pretty intense stuff! Especially when you consider that the patients are all children, most of them are from out of town, and many of them don't speak English.
To wrap things up... I'm really enjoying myself. I'm making a lot of new friends, but still missing the free time to be with all of my old friends and family. I'm pretty sure, however, that as I get more used to the schedule and challenges, I'll get more comfortable with taking evenings off for 'fun stuff' too!
Lastly, I just (less than 2 minutes ago!) checked online and got my test scores. I got a 95% on the written exam and a 96% on the lab exam... both of these are high enough to earn me a grade of 'Honors'.
Have a fabulous end of your week!!!
PS
Grey's Anatomy starts next week.... and our TV isn't connected yet!!!
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