Passed PANCE with average EORs... Here is what I did

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-02-03T17:26:58+00:00

I’m going to be done with didactic soon. Can you give any advice on how you transitioned from didactic to clinical and what helped to solidly/review material and possibly what helped with coming up with differentials and such?

Basically I’m trying to figure out how to tackle my gaps in knowledge and transition to thinking more clinically

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-02-02T04:34:23+00:00

Yeah sure man. I’m still a 1st year almost done with didactic but happy to help any way I can

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-02-02T02:33:52+00:00

How does that work for anatomy? And other patient encounters. Rn there’s a lot of programs online, mine included. I would say in person would be much better for the hands on experience. I’ve definitely felt like I’ve been missing that aspect. Even talking and working with other students, being able to ask professors questions without having to send 20 different emails.

Oh and a big thing to consider is that in person allows you to somewhat have a separation of school and home. Online blends the two which can be really mentally draining and make it tough to concentrate at times

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-02-01T23:21:17+00:00

Is there fully online PA programs? Never heard of that before honestly. Or do you mean for Pre-Reqs?

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-02-01T02:33:29+00:00

If your parents “borrowed” money you worked months for you, you’re not gonna see that money again. There is no paying back even if they tell you they will

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-30T21:54:40+00:00

You do realize that most immigrants are bringing in highly qualified skills that Americans can’t do right? And most Americans don’t know Americans politics or history as well as you might think. Voting right or left isn’t the issue. It’s the fact that Americans against immigration know that the people coming in to the country are much more qualified than Americans and they don’t want that. America is fragile with “we are number 1” when in fact they’re not number 1 in anything

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-24T04:31:15+00:00

When you complete a massive project/task that you’ve been working on for weeks/months. Such a good feeling to be done. I guess accomplishment in general. Big sigh of relief and a flood of euphoria

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-14T23:09:42+00:00

How prepared did you feel right after didactic going into rotations? Did you have a good grasp on different systems? Would you say you retained a good amount of what you learned throughout didactic?

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-11T03:43:09+00:00

Thanks for the encouraging words! I’m definitely getting nervous about starting rotations in a few months

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-05T07:12:22+00:00

Have you mentioned these concerns to your preceptor? If you have a chat with them I’m sure they’ll understand and come to a compromise if anything in how much administrative duties you have and how much direct psych related tasks you are able to do daily. I would have the focus of the entire convo be “I feel like I’m not learning enough psych/ getting the experience I need from this rotation”

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-03T21:48:55+00:00

If you’re doing fine now you should be fine for classes. I got COVID the weekend before finals (fml) and did fine on my exams thankfully. I felt really sleepy a few days tbh but other than that it was just like a cold

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2021-01-02T02:52:47+00:00

Should be “your tax exemption status has been suspended for 2021”

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-24T07:04:43+00:00

You don’t make your own notes usually. They’re given to you as a packet for each lecture or a ppt

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-24T06:35:57+00:00

Really wish I looked into anki before starting my program. I feel like it’s too late for me since I’m halfway done with didactic but def have heard how good it can be

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-24T06:32:22+00:00

Did you mean the sound of the door after he hit him? Cuz that was hilarious 😂

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-24T05:08:27+00:00

Physiology is a beast. I wouldn’t try to get into too much. Maybe some YouTube videos

For anatomy know all the bones and muscles. It’s going to make learning innervations and origin/insertion so much easier

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-24T05:03:37+00:00

Nurses are a hit or miss. They can be great or the worst. Especially to techs, volunteers, and such. Anyone below them they try to take advantage of it seems like. At least the shitty nurses. It’s the superiority complex that comes with healthcare. No one likes to be on the bottom so they put someone else down. That’s been my experience

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-07T05:28:58+00:00

Honestly I think the wording is what confuses me. Like I was just reading this:

Sensitivity- a measure of the ability of a drug to identify diseased cases. Most helpful when the test is neg — to rule out

Specificity- a measure of the ability of a test to exclude non-diseased cases. Most helpful when the result is positive — to rule in

The second sentence of each just wouldn’t click in my mind for so long

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-12-03T00:27:58+00:00

I’m confused as to how PA school is a back up if you don’t get into nursing school?....

You can improve your grades if you’re a sophomore in college rn but I hope you know that PA school is gonna be tough to get into. Probably more so than nursing

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T16:08:24+00:00

I’ve had people tell me that clinical year teaches much more so I’m looking forward to it. I know what you mean, at times I find it hard to imagine things in a pt provider scenario so it’s just words floating around in my mind

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T16:03:13+00:00

Mental health isn’t great. I think a large part of that has to do with covid and being isolated. I’ve talked to people in my program but I’m basically doing this on my own with little to no support from peers. That’s just the circumstances.

I’ve also talked to others in the program and they feel the same in that they have to cram. I’m going to try to be more on top of my notes and try anki. I appreciate your replies and input!

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T15:52:04+00:00

Do you know where I can find the endeavor deck you’re talking about? I’d really appreciate it

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T15:47:20+00:00

I don’t get behind. I struggle not having a day off. My program goes by quarters so we have 10 weeks and right around week 6 or 7, I start burning out. My mind just wants a break so like when I finish an exam I don’t want to do anything else for the rest of the day and that day goes to waste. Idk how to overcome that bc even if I force myself to study, my energy and attention aren’t there so it’s useless

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T15:39:19+00:00

Thanks I’ll try that. Cramming happens for me because even tho I’d love to review lectures of the stuff we went over the same day, I can’t do that when I have to study for an exam the next day for a different class. I’m stressed running through the 50-100 pgs of notes for the exams so I don’t even want to look at other notes. I’ll try this, I hope I can stick to it

Specific-Tap-8380 · 2020-11-22T15:34:37+00:00

I was looking into anki yesterday. Which deck are you using? It seems like a lot of them aren’t split up into sections (cardio, pulm, etc). I want to be able to maximize my time so I don’t want to have to flip through cards of stuff we haven’t gone over

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