What I Really Learned in Med School

I would just like to preface this blog post by reporting that we experienced an EARTHQUAKE this weekend. It was rated a 5.2, 53km east of Anguilla. I felt my house shaking while I was sitting on my bed and I just started running because I didn't know what was going on. It wasn't until afterwards when the reports came out that we knew for sure it was an earthquake. I had never experienced anything like that in my life. I thought it was a landslide at first because there had been one near my house recently BUT it wasn't and we are all good here in my shaky concrete house. Craig's parents Alex and Liz and his sister Martha are all here for a visit so it was an experience for all of us.  In other news... I am officially moving onto 5th semester!  We have been celebrating by exploring Saba, drinking wine, playing cards, and doing hikes and scuba. We even did an easter egg hunt this morning. We did the Sandy Cruz hike after our exams. It was the last hike on my Sab...

We had the opportunity to act as standardized patients for the 5th semester's CSA's during this block which was fun and a good way to learn for ours. The students had to interview and examine us and make their diagnoses. We were either single moms with peptic ulcers or stock brokers with heart attacks. It was interesting to listen to the thought processes of the students as they were going through each step of the process. We just wrote block 4 exams but there is not a whole lot to report there. Some were better than others as it usually goes. It is such a balancing act. I finally did better on pharm than path but it was at the expense of the path mark that I was so happy with. After our exams, we went to eat some local wahoo fish and chips at Seawitch which was delicious. Then we headed down to the "Piano House" for some drinks. It may have been our last party there as they are moving out after this semester. Lots of great times there. We attempted a "surp...