Tag: studying

OMT: pelvis

This is one of the regions I was assigned to assess for my midterm practical last year. I got off to a wonderful start by handing my grading sheet to my preceptor and smashing my elbow into the corner of the table as I turned to face my patient. We had a good laugh over …

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mispronunciation

F: So the van den Bergh–VDB!–reaction is when you expose bilirubin to…diazotized sulfanilic acid. M: …diazosulfo-what? F: Diazotized sulfanilic acid. And that gives you the conjugated bilirubin. M: Okay, cool. Diazotized sulfanilic acid. Conjugated. F: Then you add accelerant and that gives you the total bilirubin in 30-60 minutes. M: Okay. F: And if …

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OMT: sacrum

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one, but the day(s) that I know OPP/OMT best tend to be the night before/morning of my practical. We had our midterm practical yesterday, so I figured…what better time to write up my notes on it (while it’s still fresh in my mind and I still remember it!!!) …

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test days

We took a really horrible neuro exam the other day that left most of us in depression.

I had dinner with Monika at When Pigs Fly (probably one of my favorite restaurants here :D ). We quizzed each other in neuro and managed to learn everything we needed to about …

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oral pathology

I’m not sure I ever want to kiss anyone again after going through the oral pathology lecture. If someone had been watching me reading through it, they’d probably see me progressively pushing my notes away with a really horrified expression as I turned each page. :[ It was bad.

For the record, you can tell …

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