My mockboard patient was barely qualified and didn't have very deep pockets at all, I thought it'd be super easy with her. She told me she had to leave by 3:00 even though clinic didn't end until 4:00. My scaling time was supposed to end at 3:00 but I knew that wouldn't work so after being more diligent than I have ever been with one of my patients, I turned her over to the examiners at 2:15. I was feeling pretty confidents since I was really quite careful exploring and probing and scaling. It took me 1hr and 15 minutes to scale two quads of an easy class II! I was feeling pretty confident but got nervous when the instructors were taking a lot of time checking her. Of course, she comes back and that which I had feared became true: I FAILED! I missed a ton of spots and apparently even two of my probe depths were off!!! I seriously don't get it, I took more time than I usually do with my patient's whole mouths just to do two quads and I still failed? I'm sure I deserved it it's just pretty humbling for me and it puts even more pressure on me for the later mockboards and WREB in March. For now, all I can say is: Thank Goodness I'm Done Until MONDAY!!! (I love fall break!) OH well, life goes on...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Don't think about it too much. I think the majority of my class failed. You will do fine!
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