Pulmonary!

I'm chipping away at the pulmonary system, including the antibiotics. So far I've been reading in my A&P book (which is the most time consuming part), my Fitzgerald workbook, the review book by Fitzgerald and then Leik book and finally looking at practice questions from Hollier & Wirfs. In the review class they recommended looking at a good A&P book and my preceptor advised reading an A&P book cover to cover. I am finding that this whole process is taking a while, at least longer than I originally thought it would. But, I am feeling that this is the best way to study that I have found so far.

Early on in my final semester, we had graduates from the previous class come and talk about their experiences after graduating. One of the grads said that she strictly stuck to studying her Fitzgerald workbook and not looking at other references. That's definitely one way of focusing studying and needless to say she passed. Right now I don't feel extremely pressured for time. I expect that will change once I have a test date and once I start working full-time.

I also want to be thorough. I feel that the time spent reviewing A&P is worthwhile because 1. it's a big part of the boards and 2. I want to know normal and abnormal A&P cold and this will only serve me, and my patients for the good. If I do get crunched for time, this is something I can skim but most likely won't eliminate. Also, I feel that most of this is a review. And, I am targeting the more difficult sections first, so, once I come closer to test time the bulk of the work will be out of the way. Or so I hope.

Next section will be cardio.