So, last night I proved to myself that I can, indeed, remain awake into the wee hours of the morning… around 2:30am to be exact. AJ and I (and Jill, Maren, Andrea, and Tori) gathered at Matthew and Richard’s last night for an E-bay Christmas party – complete with a "white elephant" exchange of gifts procured off of E-bay, including such gems as a documentary about Mullets and the People Who Wear Them, a baby-blue flower covered VW Bus telephone, and a remote-control dancing doll.<\/p>\n
We all snacked, watched the mullet movie, and played Trivial Pursuit – The 90’s Edition well into the night, and when AJ and I finally got home (~1am) we finished watching "Raising Helen", took in a bit of Saturday Night Live (with host Luke Wilson) and finally drifted off around 2:30am. So, yes, I can stay up late… and yes, I enjoy staying up late – but let me sleep in til at least 11 the next day! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I’ve spent the past four weeks in my Neurology rotation at Cardinal Glennon. I’m kind of sad that it’s over because it’s the end of my time at Cardinal Glennon. The rest of my third year will be spent primarily with adults, and at other hospitals. But then fourth year arrives and I can do as much Peds as I want. Neuro was fun, and quite interesting… and I’m still definitely interested in exploring a career in Peds Neuro. But I’m also interested in General Peds – so I guess I’ll just focus on getting into a residency and then figure out where to go from there.<\/p>\n
I had my Neuro Shelf exam on Friday. Why is it called a Shelf exam anyway? I still have yet to find a good answer for that. The only suggestion I have heard is that the exams used to be kept on a shelf, so that’s what they called them. That sounds kind of silly, but I guess it could be true. I even tried to Google this to find the answer, but no real luck. Oh well. Anyway, the exam went well, I think. I finished quite early again, so I guess the bane of the time-sucking Shelf exam started and ended with surgery. And really, I still finished that one in time, just much closer to the end-point than usual, which made me anxious. But Neuro was much better. I still have no clue as to how I did, but judging from my past 2 shelf scores, I probably at least passed it.<\/p>\n
Jill and Maren and I had a nice "vent about the rotation" session at the gathering last night. I got to hear how horrible the Family Medicine Shelf is and how the recommended texts don’t preare you at all, and they got to hear about how great Peds Neuro is and how much fun they’re going to have. It doesn’t sound much like a fair exchange to me… but at least I have a little bit better of an idea of what to expect as far as the exam is concerned. I’ve been on Google all morning trying to find advice for the Family Medicine rotation\/Shelf exam and pretty much coming up empty. Although it does seem that if I study from the Internal Medicine guides, I’ll be in okay shape. I guess I’ll just do my best and let the cards fall where they may.<\/p>\n
Today AJ and I are going to head out to Barnes and Noble (One with a Starbucks! That’s a rarity in these parts!) and browse and study and basically set up shop for a few hours in a new location. He’s been putting in a lot of study hours lately since his next round of law school finals is coming up. I really feel for him – the whole semester scrunched down into a single exam – and then to have to do it five times over within two weeks. Sometimes I think I have a more demanding schedule than him (school-wise anyway), but when he gets into finals time, his takes the cake. At least we get a mini-vacation, since we’re heading back to Seattle for Thanksgiving next week. I’m looking forward to that, and maybe I’ll get a chance to reflect on my one day of family medicine I will have had by that point. We’ll see…. until next time….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, last night I proved to myself that I can, indeed, remain awake into the wee hours of the morning… around 2:30am to be exact. AJ and I (and Jill, Maren, Andrea, and Tori) gathered at Matthew and Richard’s last … Continue reading