From Ortho to ENT

Today we had an ENT lecture, and Dr. P (the ENT prof) gave us what was possibly the easiest quiz ever. I read some BRS Subspecialty Surgery (compliments of JB, who gave me some of his old review books) to prepare for the quiz, and it did help, but what really helped was Dr. P walking around the room looking at our answers while we wrote. To Jedd, he said, "You're thinking too hard" regarding a question about the most common cause of hearing loss in kids. He said nothing when he saw my quiz, but said, "Good" when he saw Elizabeth's quiz (and we later found we had the same answers). Aside from ENT info, he also taught us a few life lessons about maintaining a private practice (i.e. be careful of the contracts you sign) and how to avoid getting sued. After lecture I introduced myself to him and told him I'd be working with him next week. He told me that there are no surgeries scheduled for Monday so I can show up on Tuesday. WOOHOO! Three-day weekend!

The peds and obgyn people were taking their shelf today, so I saw several familiar faces. One surprising face was John M, one of the Corpus people; he came up here to see Lori and friends. Later I also ran into Aaron B outside the library and asked him how he was doing. He said he was taking 6 months off b/c he was burnt out after the boards; looks like he'll be graduating with the class of 2010. Still, I'm glad to see he's doing well.