September 25, 2006

My goal for today was to practice holding my instrument correctly, especially the explorer. I am getting better at the modified pen grasp and having a light grip on the instrument, but I also still have some room for improvement. Today, we pracitced exploring again on the typodonts and then practiced on a person. I am feeling a little more comfortable with it, but I wish we had more time to practice. We also got our health history PE today, but I will have to turn it in tomorrow because I didn't finish it in clinic. My goal for next time is to keep a light grasp on the instrument and not make my patient bleed.