Exploring

Today my goal was to get caught up on my PE's. I needed to pass off the mirror and also extra oral exam. We learned about exploring too. This instrument is a lot sharper than the probe so we were a little nervous. It was hard to follow along when Prof. Costley was demonstrating it to us but once we learned on our pods it was a little easier. Kirsten did it on me first and made me bleed! She really didn't hurt me but I was bleeding. When I did it to her I made her bleed too. I noticed that in order to get the maxillary molars it is easier to have the patient close down a little. I was also able to pass off my 2 PE's with Kim. My goal for Wednesday is to get ahead on the PE's. I figure it would be a good idea to pass as many off as I can while we have 3 TA's and also 3 instructors. It would be better than waiting until they are due on a Monday when we are short TA's and not being able to pass them off and probably get docked points for it. Now I'm off to Radiology!