Third Year Milestones
Hi everyone! It’s been such a long time since I’ve posted and some major third year milestones have happened since then. Fall semester as a third year is going really well. It’s much different than both first and second year because although we have class, most of our time is focused on clinic. We’re also currently doing Vision Screenings at local elementary schools and it’s been a lot of fun! Working with kids has been a new experience for my class and I because we really haven’t yet before this point. We usually see around 100 students in a morning so it can be a little bit hectic but it’s a small introduction in how to do certain parts of an exam on children before we do our Binocular Vision and Pediatrics rotation in the fourth year.
Speaking of rotations, right now my classmates and I are waiting to find out where our extern rotation assignments will be the next year. It was the hot topic of conversation for quite a few weeks while we we’re trying to rank all of our options. We submitted them recently and now all we can do is wait! We will hopefully find out right before Thanksgiving time. I’m so excited to find out where I’ll be going and anxious to make all my arrangements for the next year. Hearing from current fourth years and recent graduates who’ve went to certain sites, I am certain that all of our sites are going to be excellent places to gain invaluable experience. I’ll keep you updated on my placements soon.
Recently, my classmates and I have registered for our NBEO Boards Part I exam in March. Yikes! I haven’t started studying or anything yet because it is still pretty far in the future. Many people have given me advice to wait until January to begin studying. I’m thinking about getting all my notes organized over Winter break and possibly starting then, but we’ll see! I’ll be sure to let you know what works and what doesn’t when I reach that point.
From an outside of school stand point; third year definitely leaves you with more free time! I’ve had the ability to take more weekend trips and attend events on both the weekends and weekdays. For now, the stress level of school is much lower than it’s been in the past! It’s a nice feeling to have a little bit of a break until boards studying starts. Well, that’s it for my current update– I’ll post again