KAT64 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just had the interview yesterday and waiting to hear. Curios as to which edition of Martini's A and P book do they use? Fundamentals of A&P 10th edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishnozzlehead81 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yep, 10th edition. It's pretty pricy too =/ just bought mine for about 225. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAT64 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I was told by staff that June 29th was the start day for the summer session. I asked a few people with Medex because it will affect a potential summer job I wanted to do before starting, for extra $, if I get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktcan10 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 It should be right around the end of June, as various people have mentioned. The graduate apartments are quite nice, and they usually also open up some dorms for the people who are coming from other sites, etc. All of those options are pretty close to where you are going, which is the Health Sciences Building right on Pacific and 15th Avenue (OK, one block over, but you get the picture). Many of my friends in the Seattle class stayed on in the Commodore Duchess apartments, which are one bedroom apartments with a small kitchen. EMSGuy is right, take our advice seriously and wear walking shoes on the first day. And don't bring heavy books in your backpack. You will be doing A LOT of walking. There is a suitable online version of the A&P book, too, if that's your style, but I would not recommend going all digital in future quarters if you're a book learner, as the pathology book and the adult medicine book are quite challenging in online version. Do take everyone's advice and try not to study too much before you get in. It's a crazy whirlwind of a program, especially summer session. You're going to need your wits about you when you start out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishnozzlehead81 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 To parrot KAT64, the start date is indeed June 29th =) ordered my books and gonna go shopping forequipment soon. a few of us are thinking of doing a meet and greet before the start, did anyone else do this, or maybe want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAT64 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I got a call yesterday and am in the Anchorage group:) Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishnozzlehead81 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Congrats Kim! See you in Seattle, we should all do a meet and greet before the madness starts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsen Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hey congrats Kim, I got the call too! @irishnozzlehead81, I'd be up for getting together with anyone that cares too. I'm at the Tacoma campus as well and my wife and I hope to be moving out there by April but that'll probably be more dependent upon her finding a PA job..... any ideas of where she should look would be much appreciated. She has an interest in cardiology. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilMedicPA Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Congrats Matt! Did they call you on Friday? Have you heard if anyone else got the call for Tacoma? I sure hope they have more calls to make..... :) April~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAT64 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'm up for a meet and greet but I'm in Anchorage until summer session... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsen Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks April, yes they did. The only other one I know of is Kim so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephG Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Congrats Kim and Matt! How exciting :) I'm interested in a meet & greet as well but I am also at the Anchorage site. I plan on arriving at the Seattle campus either the Friday or Saturday before the first day of class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktcan10 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Myself and the other first years will probably still be around seattle when you guys start, so perhaps we can all get together if that would be useful. I've been wanting to improve the connection / close the gap a little between the first and second year students and maybe this is a way to open some connections. Just an idea, let me know what you guys think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmitch300wby Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I was just talking with a PA who went through MEDEX about 5 years ago and he was saying that during the summer quarter there's a week of micro. He suggested that if I've never taken it to study up on it a little. I was wondering if there's a required book for micro in the summer quarter and if not, would reading "Microbiology for Dummies" be a bad idea? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishnozzlehead81 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Mitch, I still have a ton of micro stuff if you would like to check it out. Lemme know and I will send you my contact information. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoped Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I've takin micro before but I love the "dummies" books. I read them at work when I have time and always learn a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Speaking from experience I would definitely throw some genetics in there with micro folks... Learning genetics in one week and then testing on it is definitely challenging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephG Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for all the advice! Any tips regarding Biochem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I found the biochem stuff easier but I had recently taken two hardcore Chem courses. Biochem to me seemed like it was all about bonds, bonds, and more bonds. I think the biochem stuff is covered in the online portion if I remember right. My brain is fried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishnozzlehead81 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 does anyone know when we get an actual time line for the course? Also, if anyone has a bit of time, take a look at the medex class of 2016 Facebook page, there is a great deal on pance prep. I know it's a bit premature, but this will give you a forever subscription rather than a yearly, and right now it's half off, so about 24 bucks =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephG Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Thanks for sharing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAT64 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Not sure if anyone has ordered their equipement yet. Steeles.com beats Amazon on several items. I have a nice Welch Allen otoscope that I use in my office. I have used cheaper versions but notice a big difference. Steeles.com has some good deals on the oto/opthalmascopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilMedicPA Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Hey everyone! Have you all had to pay your deposits yet? I figure that deadline will be when they know whether they can offer any seats to those on the waitlist. If that deadline has passed, then I will be a little more sure about whether I still have a shot at making it in. I don't even know if they are going to update those of us on the waitlist with a "not this year letter"? <sigh> Not the most stress-free experience! April~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephG Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Hi April, the deposit deadline was Jan 23, but I imagine those that interviewed on Jan 22 and on the wait list will have a later deadline! Good luck! I know it's super stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akapp Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hi everyone, I just received this from Stephanie at MEDEX this morning: "Summer quarter is expected to start on June 29th, so you should begin to plan to be in Seattle at that time. Additional information about housing and A&P will be coming in a supplemental mailing that we are sending out this week. I would keep an eye out for it early next week." Hope this is helpful :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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