abdomen
We had our clinical skills practical on the abdomen last week and were given a total of 18 minutes to complete it. I somehow finished in 7 and left the room in a state of absolute paranoia and thought I’d forgotten an extremely vital chunk of the exam, despite checking the list multiple times before, during and afterward. I hope it was okay? :x I’d like to think she would have stopped me if I’d truly forgotten an entire section. (I did fine. I guess I just talked really quickly. Or I’m super efficient?!)
They made a big deal out of doing a “closing,” which basically consists of asking if the (standardized) patient had any questions s/he wanted to ask, and that we were going to go talk to the attending about our findings and would be right back. I was under the impression that we were supposed to do that since day one.
In other news, it’s my brother’s birthday today! :]! I doubt he comes here often (if ever), but on the offchance that you do happen to venture here, happy birthday, good sir!
Posted on March 11, 2013, in Day by Day and tagged excerpts of life, ff stick figure cartoons, med school life. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
fairyburger 
Happy birthday to your bro! And it sounds like you are doing great in your exams! Xo
Clinical skills is going relatively well since I really like talking with patients and such; I’m chugging along for the others since I’m not the best test taker, heheh. Thank you though! :]!