It has been a little while since I've been able to post, but the work, true to form, is piling up. I have only been in school for 2 full weeks (tomorrow begins the 3rd), and exam time is already looming. There is so much content to be tested on, but unlike any academic endeavors any of us have experienced before, we actually have to remember what we learn...how else would we even know where to begin if one of our patients came in with "winged scapula" to deduct that this patient could have paralysis of the Dorsal scapula nerve, which supplies the Rhomboid muscles, allowing them to help hold the scapula flat against the thorax? (You can tell that I was just trying to review the material as I typed). The nice thing, though, is that everything is very intuitive, and all of the structures are grouped regionally, so rather than learning the ENTIRE muscular system at once, or the ENTIRE nervous system at once, we learn only the structures of the region we are studying. That being said, this way of tackling Anatomy is also very difficult, and requires a great deal of skill when it comes to synthesizing the material, because we are dealing with all of the bony landmarks, muscles, joints, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, and lymphatic drainage of the upper extremity.
It is sometimes hard to remember that I also have 3 other classes that require attention, too, because Anatomy really takes up most of my time. But, PA school is all about balance, and how to keep several things going at once. I thought I was good at multi-tasking before this, but this is the biggest challenge to that thought ever.
At this moment in time, a lot of us, including myself, occasionally have to remind ourselves why we're here: to eventually become the great PAs we envisioned ourselves being, and attempt to make our way in the world.
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
And it begins piling up...
It has been a little while since I've been able to post, but the work, true to form, is piling up. I have only been in school for 2 full weeks (tomorrow begins the 3rd), and exam time is already looming. There is so much content to be tested on, but unlike any academic endeavors any of us have experienced before, we actually have to remember what we learn...how else would we even know where to begin if one of our patients came in with "winged scapula" to deduct that this patient could have paralysis of the Dorsal scapula nerve, which supplies the Rhomboid muscles, allowing them to help hold the scapula flat against the thorax? (You can tell that I was just trying to review the material as I typed). The nice thing, though, is that everything is very intuitive, and all of the structures are grouped regionally, so rather than learning the ENTIRE muscular system at once, or the ENTIRE nervous system at once, we learn only the structures of the region we are studying. That being said, this way of tackling Anatomy is also very difficult, and requires a great deal of skill when it comes to synthesizing the material, because we are dealing with all of the bony landmarks, muscles, joints, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, and lymphatic drainage of the upper extremity.
It is sometimes hard to remember that I also have 3 other classes that require attention, too, because Anatomy really takes up most of my time. But, PA school is all about balance, and how to keep several things going at once. I thought I was good at multi-tasking before this, but this is the biggest challenge to that thought ever.
At this moment in time, a lot of us, including myself, occasionally have to remind ourselves why we're here: to eventually become the great PAs we envisioned ourselves being, and attempt to make our way in the world.
It is sometimes hard to remember that I also have 3 other classes that require attention, too, because Anatomy really takes up most of my time. But, PA school is all about balance, and how to keep several things going at once. I thought I was good at multi-tasking before this, but this is the biggest challenge to that thought ever.
At this moment in time, a lot of us, including myself, occasionally have to remind ourselves why we're here: to eventually become the great PAs we envisioned ourselves being, and attempt to make our way in the world.
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Glad you're doing well, Katie.
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