Seeing You in September

First day of the BERs.
Time flies.
And the rest will zip by.

First day of school.
Last year of this (ANP/GNP) program.
May I be immune from senioritis.

PE, cont'd

Wouldn't you know it? My teacher brought up the Stanford 25 (previous post) in class because Dr. Verghese was profiled in in the NY Times. I was ahead of the curve.

Physician Revives a Dying Art: The Physical
By DENISE GRADY
Published: October 11, 2010
At Stanford, Dr. Abraham Verghese is on a mission to bring back something he considers a lost art: the physical exam.

I volunteered that I had read this two weeks ago and brought up the limitations chimed in by other MDs in BMJ. She seemed put off by that. I agreed with her though that RNs beat PA's and MD's when it comes to "touch"-ing a patient. Because we're a touchy profession.

Grades

First day of school for this term.
Already 6 chapters behind.
Cue the circus music ... and the juggling begins.

Coincidentally, from The NY Times:

The Choice: A Tougher ‘A’ at Princeton Has Students on Edge
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Published: February 1, 2010
Some 'Type-A' students on an Ivy League campus worry that the job market may punish them for grades lower than at other institutions.

I can vouch for my school (non-Ivy)-
That those who come to expect an easy A
Are sorely mistaken.
A few classmates from another private university, nonmatriculated,
Took Physics during the summer in my school -
Because they thought our Physics would be easier than their school's Physics.
Also it would increase their GPA at the other university - if they earn that A.
An underestimation on their part. (Not to mention that laws in Physics do not differ from school to school.)
And this was a prerequisite class for med school!

I am Type A.
Grades matter to me.
Up to a point.
An easy A is a waste of time if I learned not a whit.

Cranial Nerves

Those pesky cranial nerves again. To remember them ...

In Class, per our instructor: "On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops."

How I remembered them in Anatomy and Physiology and has served me well since: "On Occasion Our Trusty Truck Acts Funny A Good Vehicle AnyHow."

How I will remember them from now on: "Oh Oh Oh Tubby Teens And Fat Virgins Give Very Shitty Head."