My exams are 3 weeks from now. I don't remember if I ever told you how it works in my program. Our classes are done in phases, each phase about a system. We do one phase at a time. And then... we do the three exams of the semester in the same week, plus a day for the clinical abilities that are named ECOS. The first medical phase is a little different, being about pediatrics and geriatrics, but the two others phases I have this semester is neurology and psychiatry. I did with the first phase in January, then neurology until the second week of March and we are currently working through psychiatry. So you can imagine that the stuff we saw in January is pretty far in my head.
Did I ever said that study medicine is difficult? Well, it is not difficult per se. My husband is an engineer and I think his stuff is much more complex. I was never very good with calculus, so when I see what he can do, I am always impressed... That is difficult. Medicine? The concepts are not hard to understand. The issue is more with the amount of concepts to learn in a limited time... There is a phenomenally large amount of information we have to remember, process and be able to use to analyze clinical signs and get to a diagnosis.
So, to be ready for the exams, I started reviewing my first phase during Spring Break. I didn't do as much as I hoped, so I was starting to get anxious... I don't feel ready at all, and I still have to go through the second phase, which is much more complex... Since last weekend, I was getting more and more anxious (actually, we studied anxiety disorder during that weekend as well, so I better understand the feeling).
But tonight, I see a change in the wind. I finally got to neurology, and it is quicker and easier than I thought... well, maybe (and I say maybe), I can survive this. Maybe, I am smart enough to remember all that stuff.
I still have a lot to study before being ready for my exams... but I am a strong, determinate woman, I CAN DO THIS!
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