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I confess to a curiosity about what my fellow PA students across the country are up to right now. I know a lot of you all have blogs and stuff, but I thought it would be fun to chat about the stuff we're learning.

 

I'm in the final stretch of the 3rd quarter, one week into the three-week pulmonary unit. Geriatrics and pediatrics continue to be interesting adjuncts. PE this week is the neuro exam, and we have a bulky, foul-smelling pharm test on Friday covering a lot of psych and endocrine drugs.

 

So... whatcha doin'? :)

I confess to a curiosity about what my fellow PA students across the country are up to right now. I know a lot of you all have blogs and stuff, but I thought it would be fun to chat about the stuff we're learning.

 

I'm in the final stretch of the 3rd quarter, one week into the three-week pulmonary unit. Geriatrics and pediatrics continue to be interesting adjuncts. PE this week is the neuro exam, and we have a bulky, foul-smelling pharm test on Friday covering a lot of psych and endocrine drugs.

 

So... whatcha doin'? :)

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Clinical rotation in rural family medicine, which means applying a bunch of diverse topics on whatever walks in the door. Hasn't entirely been URI's, DM II, and HTN management, either.

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Clinical rotation in rural family medicine, which means applying a bunch of diverse topics on whatever walks in the door. Hasn't entirely been URI's, DM II, and HTN management, either.

Last semester of didactic! Peds, emergency med, family practice medicine, clinical decision making, clinical pathophysiology, clinical skills 3 (suturing, iv, abg, Phleb, intubate, etc), and continuing masters thesis.

 

17 Weeks until rotations begin!

Last semester of didactic! Peds, emergency med, family practice medicine, clinical decision making, clinical pathophysiology, clinical skills 3 (suturing, iv, abg, Phleb, intubate, etc), and continuing masters thesis.

 

17 Weeks until rotations begin!

Pharm, physiology, clinical medicine, psychiatric principles, research, and immunology.

Currently learning:

Hypersensitivity reactions in immunology, way too many statistical things and writing a paper in research (gearing up for writing capstone project paper next quarter), eating disorders in psych, just finished a big test in Pharm (anti-anginals, arrhythmics, CHF drugs, anemia drugs, antithrombotics/-lytics, and CA drugs), onto female reproductive in physiology, and just finished male GU in clin med. It's never ending!

Pharm, physiology, clinical medicine, psychiatric principles, research, and immunology.

Currently learning:

Hypersensitivity reactions in immunology, way too many statistical things and writing a paper in research (gearing up for writing capstone project paper next quarter), eating disorders in psych, just finished a big test in Pharm (anti-anginals, arrhythmics, CHF drugs, anemia drugs, antithrombotics/-lytics, and CA drugs), onto female reproductive in physiology, and just finished male GU in clin med. It's never ending!

We had peds this afternoon. It was a 2.5 hour nephrology lecture... it seemed identical to the pediatric urology lecture we got two weeks ago in genmed. I suppose repetition is important, but I like the summary we got two weeks ago: everything causes kidney failure, and kidney failure causes everything.

We had peds this afternoon. It was a 2.5 hour nephrology lecture... it seemed identical to the pediatric urology lecture we got two weeks ago in genmed. I suppose repetition is important, but I like the summary we got two weeks ago: everything causes kidney failure, and kidney failure causes everything.

Just finishing a mini-semester on EKG interpretation and radiology... a 6 week intensive. We go back to normal didactic semesters on February 13th. That will include our regular medicine science and physical exam by system, plus genetics and pharmacology.

Hell week... we're finishing the quarter with fluids and electrolytes but have a cumulative pharm exam on Friday so no one is giving acid/base its due. End quarter exams are next week including our physical exam final: a head-to-toe PE on one of the actor patients. We received our preliminary clinical placements for our core rotations. Much excitement, and trading. I didn't see any tears, but our coordinator warned us there's no crying in PA school (in public, anyway).

Jealous of the finding out of the clinical placements....we don't find out until April, I believe (start them in June). I so am ready for the end of May...end of didactic year and break before clinicals!

 

We have a week and a half of finishing GI (in clin med, physiology, and Pharm) and then finals before quarter break...can't wait. We also all are doing our first male GU/DRE exams this week...so glad our first ones were on standardized patients and not "real" ones!

 

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What a great thread! I was curious too ;)

We're finishing Rheumatology, starting Endocrine (Clinical Medicine/Pharm/Diagnostic Labs& procedures--combined units), Surgery, Public Health/Diversity, & Patient Assessment (visit the hospital and take patient HPIs).

 

Greenmood, are you in an IL school?

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