Tuesday, October 16, 2012

First Mock-Board!!! Ahhh...glad it is over!!!

Ok so today was SOO stressful!  My patient was so nice, I was glad to work on him.  It made it difficult because he only spoke spanish, but I was able to get by, I had Lizzy's husband be a translator for me and I am so grateful that he was there to help.The flow of mock boards was stressful and I always felt like I was missing a step and I felt like nothing was making sense to me because I was so nervous.  It went well, but it seemed like it just flew by.  Two hours goes by WAY faster than I wanted it to.  Before I knew it it was almost time to get my patient out of the chair.  I am so glad that we do mock boards to help me get the flow of things and then I will be more prepared for boards. It is crazy how you feel like you got everything but still manage to have missed some spots.  I only missed two spots so i was glad about that, but always room for improvement. I still passed that is all that matters.  Half way through the appointment and relaxed and went over what I had done with my explorer really light to help find anything I missed and I sometimes I noticed I would tense up and when i relaxed i was able to have better tactile. 

You would think that scaling one quad in two hours would be less stressful, it is crazy how fast the time flies by.  After I as done scaling I allowed myself 20 minutes to probe and do recession and I think it was enough time to not feel rushed to get him out the door to be checked.  After today I felt a ton of stress was lifted off me.  What a relief to have it over with..... only 2 more to go and then the REAL DEAL!!

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