3/27/08

I am done with my threes!!!! I am having a hard time today and I think part of it is from boards. It wiped me out and I feel like I need two days just to sleep and let my brain come back. I did learn some things today. I learned more about the SIU 17/18 and I really like that instrument. Also I had a good improvement session with my ultrasonicing, I have never been really fond of the ultrasonic but I think I might like it more now.

Anesthesia Boards

In the anesthesia board, the examiners really do want you to pass and they are really nice. The written is hard but it is manageable. I think I studied too deeply into certain topics and the questions were more basic than I thought they would be. The injections were fine and I didn't shake as much as I usually do. I really didn't have anything go wrong while giving my injections just my needle fell out of the cap and the syringe on to the counter while I was trying to clean up but I must have handled it ok because I passed. How you handle the situations that come up is the important part and just ask the rest of my class, a lot can go wrong. :~)

3/20/08

Today was a good day for me. I got done with two quads of my class three exam patient and all of my class 2 exam patient. Also I had some new experiences and learned some new techniques. First I was reminded why I need to sharpen my instruments more often and that I can and sometimes should go back to my ultrasonic for really hard to get pieces of calculus. Today my second patient had very pronounced CEJs and that was a new experience the more pronounced they were the more calculus they and the harder it was to get off. I used almost every instrument in my perio cassette and after that was when Prof Alexander used my ultrasonic to help get it off.