Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Things I Learned in PT School

Now that I've started working, I'm beginning to forget a lot of what I learned in school. And it's only been 3 months!!! So, I decided to make a list of some of the most important facts that i never want to forget:

1. Clappilaries - those "extra" blood vessels in your body designed to cheer the real ones on

2. Palpitations - The only part of the Kinesiology lab practicals that Anna was afraid of

3. Musculotaneous Nerve - Supplies some muscle in the arm, of which I don't know...

4. The Saphenous vein - starts in the lower extremity, travels up under the inguinal ligament, winding around the intestines before piercing through the diaphragm (at least that's the course it took in our cadaver)

5. Watch out! The Anatomy cadavers might grope you during a lab practical if you're not paying attention (Isn't that right , Kristen?)

6. NEVER participate in the "Lightning Round" of an Anatomy Lab Practical...

7. There is a proper technique to falling without getting hurt.

8. I Did NOT learn about the biomechanics in the spine and am still confused about it!!!

9. I developed ADD from Dr. Voight's lectures because of the thousands of animations on one slide! And I now have permanent nystagmus in my right eye.

10. Don't let Dr. Halle sit in on your last run-through of your research presentation the night before the BIG PRESENTATION because he'll inform you that your stats are all wrong! (Even though he told us to do it that way...)

Class of '06: feel free to add on what you learned to this list.

5 comments:

JSM said...

#6 is definately my favourite...
But I would also add that I learned:
Dr. Woodard makes a great trifle, but you may never figure out how she worked the analogy into the class discussion
What we took away from late July classes - Sudoku
Leave class early if you want to use the microwave to make your lunch on Tuesdays
Sonic runs ALWAYS improve late night study times in the building
You will be served your food in record time if you go directly to the restaurant from the cadaver lab
The first thing you contract is your anal sphincter
And lastly:
Not to expect sympathy while choking on a grape nerd in the middle of Neuro class!!

Lerra said...

Happy belated birthday!!! :-)

Anonymous said...

I wasn't even in your class but that was still funny to me. I wish I had written down some of the funny stuff from our years in PT school. What was the term Lana made up that I actually put on one of my exams...Sheesh, my mind is a pasta strainer...

AnnaJane said...

Dinah, I must say again...You are sooo funny.

Here are some others:
If you choose to chew gum, cheerios or un-wrap a candy bar Anna will hear from across the room and give you the evil eye.

- If you need to talk to Dr. KRob and he is giving a test to the 1st yrs you will not get in to see him if you don't have a number.

- Yes...classroom #1 does smell like butt...and has bugs crawling up the wall and making a next in the dry erase board marker holder.

- DO NOT place electrodes on your neck and DO NOT switch the TENS unit from modulated to burst mode without turning down the intensity...FEAR THE BURST!

-You only think that you will lose some pounds by walking to anatomy lab...instead you will gain b/c you will stop in at Baskins Robbins on the way back.

-So I still do not know what the ANS is?

- What we took away from Physiology: If you breath through a reed while submerged in a stream the indians can't find you...or something?

- You can and will get road burns on your hands from Dr. Darr's lab with the scooters.

- Just ignore Lucy when she says your not smart enough to get in to Belmont.

- NO Dr. vought and Dr. KRob will never admit to telling you the wrong way to do a spinal mob..Is it above or below?

LeslieTummel said...

you guys are hysterical! :) made me laugh for good memories! :) miss you muchos...and happy belated birthday...sorry i'm a slacker.