So I must go to bed so I can wake up in time for my 8:00 Problem Based Case Based Learning (PCL) Class. This morning was 4 hours of lecture (8-12). The first two hours were straight with no break since he went over the first hour. Lots of neuro from last year but he assumed we knew it all even though we haven’t seen it for a year. Also got concerned that all of our notes were still in the box and none of us preread the lecture. Really? At least I told him that we didn’t know what “OS” meant (left eye – another example of clinicians not remembering we are in training and don’t remember what certain things mean) and he made an announcement.
I’m not quite sure what happened at the 1:00 pathology lecture – several people said they really enjoyed the lecture but it was way too fast for me (102 slides in 60 minutes). Some slides he flashed for all of about 12 seconds and I could not keep track of what he was saying – yes I know there is a notetaker service so I can look back and I have numerous textbooks at my disposal – however I simply can’t learn like that and that’s the bottom line. Had I know that is how med school instruction would be the majority of the time, I probably would have chosen not to attend. Yes, lecturers may gifted clinicians, but there is a difference between clinician and educator.
I cam home to watch half of 90210 (my brain was shut off and I needed to do something that did not involve thinking) and took a nap. Then I did laundry like a real person) I still have about 12 loads and only studied 4 out of today’s 5 lectures. Guess I’ll have to do the fifth tomorrow……
Tomorrow’s lecture:
8-10 PCL (not sure what we are covering tomorrow in the case based class)
10-12 class (two lectures)
1-4 Clinic (clinical apprenticeship).
So about the same length of day I had in the working world (will be twice as long next year) – except a) I’m not getting paid and b)I’m in school.
Tales from med school 