January 29, 2008

My goal for today was to find a class 3 or 4 pt. or a mock board pt. I did find a mock board pt. today! Hooray! That was cutting it a little close, since mock boards are next week. I did the OD on 2 pt.'s this morning. My afternoon pt. canceled, but luckily someone called in and wanted to come in. She was a class 5, and I got her all finished. Today was productive, but busy! I didn't even get any lunch! I am starving. My goal for next week is to have no more than 2 calculus errors.

January 22, 2008

My goal this past week was to look for a mock board pt. I thought today was surely going to be the day I found one. I finished my patient from last week who was just a class 5 this morning. This afternoon I was supposed to see a hispanic lady, but she said she had no money so I could see her brother. As I went over his health history with him, he said he had never been to the dentist. I knew for sure this was the patient I had been looking for. I took x-rays and I was disappointed to see no radiographic calculus. After doing the OD, I was very, very disappointed to find out he was only a 1B! I haven't seen any Class 3 or 4 patients this semester. My goal for next week is to find a class 3 or 4 patient, or a mock board patient.

January 15, 2008

Well, it's good to be back. I got sick last week, so I had to miss clinic the first week of school! My patient this morning was a little frustrating. I only got through the OD, because his health history was a mile long, and then I had to wait for a physician's consult to come back. This afternoon was a lot better. I had my father-in-law come in, and I used him as one of my Class 2 exam patients. My goal for next week is to work on finding a mock board pt.