Review, Review, Review

Oh yes, it is that time when we scramble to find a place for lots and lots of knowledge in our big juicy brains.  Or, you could call it, sharpening the pencil or fine-tuning the Ferrari.  Whatever you decide to go with just know there are some hurtin-noggins ready to spill the goods on a Scantron sheet tomorrow morning.  

The beauty of it all is that we are storing this stuff up for use later.  I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about this very subject.  Right now is probably the toughest portion of our chiropractic education because we are not applying much of anything.  We are just building our base for more complex things later this year.  By July, I should be opening books on pathology and clinical oriented topics.  We start soft tissue therapy in July too.  I can't wait for that!  

The first year is a make or break, pay your dues because everyone else has scenario.  Nothing would give me more gratification than to be in the clinic by the end of the year, but I must wait for until summer of 2010 after I take Boards.  That seems like a lot of time right now, but I know it will cruise by in the blink of an eye.  I hope that from here on out things start becoming more my flavor so that I don't lose interest.  It would be sad to make it to next spring and decide to leave.   This is the main reason I am putting some solid time into figuring things out so I can catch it early if I want to jump ship.  Currently, I am on board for the long haul.  I do have a lot to say about this profession though, but all of it (I have decided) is constructive criticism.  When I see something that bugs me, I have to let it out or I stew on it and eventually find myself having too many IPA's.  

I want to start a WSCC forum on Facebook to discuss things a little deeper with my fellow classmates.  From the looks of it, many people have similar issues as I and what better time than now to find solutions to these problems.  Nobody else seems to do anything about.  Most just sit around bitching and feed on each other's bitchiness.  It is time to make some change happen or at least open a dialogue.

To end, I am pretty excited to finish this section of the curriculum and I can't wait to begin the next phase.

Let the games begin!

Cheers,

Nate