So we're done…for a bit anyway!
So yesterday we took our 4th-year test, after 3 weeks of lectures, and it was great…OK, not really. It really stunk - they took most of the questions from the lectures themselves, not from the notes, so we will find out in a few weeks if Noah will be re-taking it! Just kidding (hopefully!). We have to wait a few weeks because someone in our class just had a baby Wednesday, and they won't release our scores until she takes it, which apparently will happen whenever she feels like it…How knowing our scores will help her on the test, I'm not sure, but for whatever reason, it's a big security concern with our ever-vigilant Clinical Ed department…
Along with the test, we were given a survey about OCM III/IV from the aforesaid Clinical Ed. dept….Below are some pictures of us giving them our constructive criticism… I suggested that topics such as "Advanced Head and Neck Dissection" perhaps are relevant to say….the ONE student who is going into ENT in our class, but that our time might be better spent discussing things that are a) going to be on Boards or b) that more than one of us are ever going to need to know. I am sure they will take my comments to heart, and make a sincere effort to improve the courses for next year….Okay, of course they won't, but it felt good to vent!
After the test I spent some quality time at the pool and reading a non-medical book, and then we went out to dinner with Chuck & Melissa (and baby Lucas!) because they're moving back to Vegas today. I took a bunch of pictures which are below:
Today (sad to say), I started studying for Boards, even though I don't know when I can take them now. Most people are smart enough to schedule one easy month so they can study for Boards a bit, but I didn't think to do that. So I have a totally hard schedule until about February, and sometime in the middle of the mess of applications, interviews, normal rotation work, etc., I now have to study for Boards!!! Oh well….what can you do…
More later…..
Katie and Allison filling out their sure-to-be-discarded surveys
Eric gleefully filling out his survey
A bunch of us standing around, debating answers after the test
(the normal routine!)
Chuck & Melissa and baby Lucas
Golda holding Lucas, who doesn't seem to mind being passed around like free candy!
Me holding Lucas, who as I found out has a great Moro reflex! (that's the quite-entertaining startle reflex, for non-medical people)
posted by Noah @ 5:26 PM
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I can't believe that we have to wait for Shelly to take the test before we know if we passed...oh wait, I CAN believe that Clin ed would do something as dumb as that! Gosh I hate them!
So I heard that the test was actually last year's test, which could be true since a lot of the topics on it had nothing to do with what our speakers talked about this year. I wouldn't put it past clin ed to be lazy and not write a new test. I'm just glad that this is the last big one we have to do for the school. We are so close to being able to blow this joint!! :o)
I hope that your boards studying goes great! I'm sure you're going to ace it (didn't you kill on USMLE I?). Lisa said that step 2 is so much easier and she only studied 2 weeks for it and did a lot better than she did on step 1. You'll do great Noah!
Hope that your rotations go well and that you impress everyone you come across- I'm sure you will!! Keep writing on the blog if you have time- I missed you this past year, so it'll be nice to see what you're up to!
Hey Nicole,
I can't believe it was the SAME test!! One of the CE people said that they would be "up all night" the night before, working on putting the test together...Yeah right!!! Why did I ever believe they'd actually work that hard? :-) I am so glad I actually got this blog thing started - I totally loved reading yours last year. Did you see I linked your guys' to it? My family liked reading your stories about Maryvale Hospital and Brent's cardiologist, so I thought they'd like that! :-)
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