Post ABSITE

So I came, I saw.....not so much conquered....but needless to say I am done with my big exam for the year. It's actually a very stressful process to go through. Being a physician means you get to take standardized exams like it's your freakin' job. I think however that many residents really think that it is more important to do well on a standardized exam then to actually be able to take care of patients (really take care of patients). I obviously am in the mindset of thinking that standardized exams are a way to keep standards....of how people do on standardized exams...not to actually measure how good you are with patients in a clinical situation. So for me....who always passes tests but never is stellar on these national exams....it's rather stressful.

I already mentioned that I didn't really feel very prepared for the test due to exhaustion and other physical demands of pregnancy. But truthfully if I had more time to study I don't think i would have done any better on the test. The stuff that was on the exam that I didn't know, I wouldn't have even known to study. Unfortunate but true. So I'm past it.....until of course my scores come back when I'll be in a panic again. But for now, i just have to get back into the swing of things again and actually accomplish all the things I have been putting off for the duration while I was studying for that stupid test.....time to fold three months of laundry and finally do some dishes :)