So, I've been in the **dreaded** term 4 for a few weeks. Here's how it's going: pretty good. I've decided to do my own thing... kinda. I'll explain. I'm feeling pretty lucky that I freaking majored in microbiology in undergrad. Why? Because the first few weeks of micro has been a TOTAL review. We just started learning about viruses. I took an entire virology class in undergrad. Needless to say, I haven't been studying micro hardly at all this term so far. What have I been doing, you ask? I have been getting ahead in pathology... REALLY ahead. I've kinda been doing my own thing. I've been learning not only the upcoming week's material, but I have been getting really ahead... like learning the next 2 or 3 weeks material. I've never done this for any class. I kind of put myself on my own schedule. If all goes to plan, I'll have like 2 weeks to review all of pathology for our first exam. I guess I'll know if this works after I get my grade on the first test. I mean, it's going pretty well so far... I don't know... I guess we'll see.
As far as our other class, communications and physical diagnosis: I like it... A LOT. I'll explain in a subsequent post, but it's pretty cool. I feel like after this class, I'll probably feel a lot closer to being a "real" doctor. The class is hands-on doctoring stuff. We have to dress up and wear fancy shirts/pants every day... and we have "patients" who are basically REALLY good actors who are paid to pretend to have a particular disease. And when I say REALLY good actors... wow... I mean REALLY REALLY REALLY good. These people don't mess around. It's neat.
Anywho... back to studying pathology. By the way:
www.pathoma.com = game-changer
It's awesome.
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