The school term is coming to an end. There is roughly three more weeks of the term and everyone is busy revising and practising for the end of term assessments. The practice clinics are always filled up with students and it is sometimes hard to find a cubical to practice in unless you come early. In the first year we are expected to correct anyone’s vision by using retinoscopy to determine what power of the lenses would allow someone to see clearly again. After we successfully get the patient to see clearly we have to use our ophthalmoscopes to examine the external features of the eye and then examine the optic disk inside the eye. We also have to draw the optic disk and the major blood vessels we see. It sounds like a lot of stuff to do in 45 minutes but once you begin to practice on a consistent basis it is actually not so bad. I am sure I said this before but practicing clinical skills techniques in the optometry program is important. Practicing allows you to make mistakes which you can correct before the real assessment. Practicing also allows the instructors to give you feedback and positive criticism. Also when you practice you begin to feel more confident with what you are doing and will be less nervous on the day of the assessment.
The final three weeks of the term contain about 4 assessments and 1 coursework. I don’t mind the assessments because they help me study for the final exams which are in May. Once the term is done I will be flying back to Toronto for Easter. The university has given us roughly 3 -4 weeks off before the exams in May. I personally am looking forward to going home again and seeing some familiar faces.
London is very fast paced. You are constantly on the go. It causes time to go by fast and you lose track of the days. It feels like I just started the second term 4 weeks ago buts its been now maybe 10 weeks. Staying busy also helped the term go by quickly. You don’t feel it because you are just focused on the work you have to complete and the work that is coming. With all the work I have coming up in the next 3 weeks I think the final few weeks of first year will go by without me noticing.
In the last post I talked about how the weather was amazing and how it was above 10 degrees. A few days later I was walking in a hail storm. So I have elected to not comment on the weather this time around. Ill post a small clip I took of that hail storm.
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