J306 Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 Hey team it has been a while since I've posted on here, but I've been checking the forums weekly. I passed my final semester of ACP school with flying colours and managed to get the highest mark on the 200 question comprehensive exam at the end scoring 93%! For the summer break, I decided to volunteer to teach first aid at a summer wilderness camp I've been involved with for the past 4 years and then I travelled to Thailand with a couple good friends on a shoestring budget and made it back in time for my Labour and Delivery shifts at the hospital. Delivering babies was definitely a fun way to get back into the groove of things after a month and a half break! I was able to do some reading while I was gone, but nowhere near the amount I needed or wanted to in order to maintain my knowledge base that I had worked so hard to build while in school. I start my first shift of my final ambulance practicum tomorrow morning, and I have to admit that I'm a bit nervous after taking such a long time off. I am also in the process of starting a strict study schedule for my upcoming licencing exam in November. I plan to do about 2-3 hours a day at home, and to review my study notes in between calls at work. One of my most important resources though will be the City. When I first started here and school I was pleased to find such a supportive group of people with input from all over the world. The place where I'll be doing my practicum has recently had a new owner and my last experience was a good one because of the calls and learning, but the work environment was quite negative and the morale fairly low. I want to start sharing the calls and the things I've learned from them throughout this final 8 tours. I want to get to the point where I feel confident behind each and every one of my treatment plans and when asked about them I can calmly and confidently defend my position. I look forward to becoming an active citizen again in the city. 1
Kaisu Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Good to see you and congrats on the excellent ACP result. You worked hard and your patients will benefit. Fresh out of school I was cast to the wilds of Western Arizona to sink or swim. I don't know what I would have done without the wonderful people on this site. They would pat me on the back or kick me in the ass as I earned it. There was nowhere else I could turn to for good clinical advise (and terrible personal - jk). I look forward to your postings.
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