sehou2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Dear all, I'm a new mom and will start PA program next June. Since I'm taking care of the baby at home now and have my parents' help till Dec, I have a little extra time. If I want to study some PA courses in advance (in case I don't have a lot of time to study with a 9 months old crawling everywhere next year), where should I start? Should I review some pre PA courses like biochem, anatomy, or should I find some PA textbooks to read, or even PANCE guidelines, maybe? Any suggestions will be appreciated! Wish all have a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted September 30, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2014 microbiology and pharmacology were pretty tough... if you do not have a strong medical background a good terminology book would help otherwise enjoy the time, you will not have any of that in school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Febrifuge Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yeah, I think it's going to be tough to predict what, in 10 months' time, you will wish you did more of. I vote for sleep, personally, as a PA and a dad. (And congrats, new mom!) You'll have no choice but to study with the 9-month-old crawling around, sorry, so doing some now won't really reduce your load later. It might make you feel more comfortable and capable when you're starting your program, so a little bit of biochem or A&P would not go amiss. But don't drive yourself crazy with it now. It'll be drinking from a firehose no matter what. Learn about your baby and how his/her personality works. Maybe practice making the baby wait (I'm talking like 10 seconds at a time) to prepare him/her for those moments when he/she will want mommy's attention right now but you can't give it until the end of the page you're on. That could be an investment that pays off. I think you're going to be making up a lot of songs about anatomy and pharmacology, and there will be bedtime stories that start "once upon a time, there was a 47-yr-old diabetic woman with sinus congestion and cough for 2 weeks..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sehou2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thank you for the suggestions! I love the bedtime story idea lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialMedicine Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 get some for dummies books in mico, medical term, A and P. start building foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sehou2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittryn Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Dear all, I'm a new mom and will start PA program next June. Since I'm taking care of the baby at home now and have my parents' help till Dec, I have a little extra time. If I want to study some PA courses in advance (in case I don't have a lot of time to study with a 9 months old crawling everywhere next year), where should I start? Should I review some pre PA courses like biochem, anatomy, or should I find some PA textbooks to read, or even PANCE guidelines, maybe? Any suggestions will be appreciated! Wish all have a good day! get a babysitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 My first vote is just spend time with your new baby. IMO studying biochem or micro wouldn't be that useful of a time investment. You will do A&P but you already took these courses and I think just take then as new once school starts. If you have to study then maybe all muscles plus insertion action origin etc but even then is say just spend time now with your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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