1st Semester Home Stretch!

We survived the last week and the two presentations we had to give. Luckily we were also able to move our pharmacology short answer exam to the same day as our pharamcology final which helps us out a lot. Here is what we have in store for this week. 

Monday - Anatomy Lab & Final Exam - Focused on the second half of the semester including the anatomy of the thorax, abdomen, reproductive organs and all the nerves and arteries that supply them. 

Wednesday - Professional Studies Exam - Goes into the PA history including what is a PA, the first program in North America, US & Canada and principles of the profession.

Friday (LAST DAY!!) - Pharmacology Short Answer & Final Exam - The final exam focuses on lipid lowering drugs, antimicrobials, antifungals and antivirals. The short answer is from our tutorials as mentioned previously :) 

Wish me luck :)

 

Second Last Week!!!

Last week is over and everything went well enough :P The OSCE was actually really fun and I took it as a good sign to how much I will love working as a PA. Now this is what we have to look forward to for Week 2 of the 3 week craze. 

Tuesday: Anatomy Presentation - Each of us was given a topic that we have learned over the semester. My topic is the mediastinum. We get 10 min to talk about our topic then a 2 min question period. *sigh - I always get nervous about presentations

Wednesday:  Physiology Test #3 - Yes another physiology test! This will be on pulmonary physiology. This includes respiratory mechanics, gas transport, respiratory control, gas exchange, pulmonary disorders and ventilation and pulmonary circulation. 

Thursday:  Professional Studies Presentation - I chose to present the physician assistant role in public awareness of physician assistants in Canada. I must admit I'm having a tough time focusing my presentation. I'm planning to hopefully incorporate my blog somehow. :)

Friday: Pharmacology Short Answer Test  - In our Pharmacology course we had 5 tutorials which had case studies from the different topics of drugs we covered in class. This briefly includes pharmacokinetics, autonomic nervous system, hypertension, heart failure, anti-coagulation, lipid-lowering and antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal drugs. At this point I'm not to sure how to study for this one. 

Well, I guess I should study now :P