Perfect Learning:)

Yesterday in clinic I had no problem with vitals except for blood pressure. I understand the procedure and I know how to take someone's blood pressure, but I have the hardest time hearing the patient's heartbeat over the creaking and popping of my fingers with even the slightest movements of the patient breathing. No matter how still I try to hold my hand, it still creaks.
Today class was great. I don't know how the rest of you feel but I love Head and Neck Anatomy. It's so interesting to me and I've never really had a problem with memorizing body parts, especially when they're already so familiar and I can actually see how important it would be to know all of the parts that we are learning. I also love the random facts that we're learning, but of course, I am a total nerd. When it comes to anatomy and physiology whether it concerns people or not I can't learn enough! Also, the quiz in Dental Hygiene today wasn't as hard as I had feared it would be. There was so much information in module 6 that I felt there was no way I could actually learn it all. Apparently we all knew those terms and concepts a lot better than I expected we would (as I found out when Costley had us work together to determine the answers). Yep, we're pretty awesome and I love the group quizzes because sometimes it's really hard to get all the information down perfectly in your mind but in your group it's likely that someone has what you are missing and even though you didn't generate the answer from your own mind, that's still a great way to learn. I always remember the questions that I get wrong because they stand out better to me and if I didn't get it, odds are I didn't understand the concept so having someone explain it to me in a different way helps a lot. Plus, it's easier to ask questions in small groups than it is to ask the professor in front of the entire class.
Basically, my favorite thing right now is to step back and see all that we've learned and how far we've come already. It doesn't even seem like we've figured everything out yet and sometimes I still get confused but just in these 2 1/2 weeks we've made some real progress and I'm proud of us first years! (The second years are awesome too of course!)