Getting Better in Clinic

Well, it's the middle of week four. Monday's clinic we did intra-oral assessment, and I had a lot of fun doing it. I was able to assess two of my fellow pod-mates. I read through the PE but I was not sure what some of the landmarks were. After going over it as a pod I somewhat felt like I knew what they were. One of them that I was really struggling with was the tonsillar pillars. I had no clue what these were, where they were, or what they looked like. Luckily I have a great lab partner(Alyse) who was an ideal patient. I could see her tonsillar pillars, her tonsils, her oropharynx, and uvula so clearly and now I know exaclty what and where they are.
On tuesday I went to the 2nd year clinic and I was able to observe Kristin Balls. We kind of got off to a rough start because her patient didn't show; luckily there was a couple walk-ins that needed cleanings so I was able to watch and learn. It was a great experience and I would like to go back several times becasue I learned so much. I finally got to see how all the PEs we've been learning go together and the order of things. I am really (for once) that we had this as one of our assignments, because what better way to learn than watching how it is to be done.
So Wednesday, today, in clinic we went over fulcruming with our dominant hand with an instrument. At first it was a little tricky but as I pracitced on the typodonts and on each other I think I was getting the hang of it. It also made me realize I need to practice my operator positioning some more, I got thrown off a bit. Overall it was a good time in clinic today.