Sure, I can answer a few questions!

No, the title doesn't make much sense, but I have an excuse. Today was an important milestone in my medical school career: the first exam. After studying for roughly 38 of the weekend's 65 hours (and spending 5 hours watching the League of Legends championships), my brain resembles some slightly overcooked oatmeal. On a more exciting note, though, I got to interview my first standardized patient today! But more on that later.

I thought it would be a good idea to wake up an hour early this morning to ensure that I got to school before the exam began. It was probably a good idea since three or four drivers thought it would be a good idea to get into a few fender benders on the highway. Thinking ahead triumphs again! The test itself wasn't that bad. I felt like I knew a decent amount of the 140 questions on the exam and, while I'm sure I'm not going to stand up and take a bow as the only 100% in the class, I can cross my fingers and hope for a solid B.

After the exam, we were given an hour break before we dove into the next lecture (welcome to medical school ladies and gentlemen). The ICM lecture today introduced us to, as our professor put it, the most important diagnostic tool in any doctor's arsenal: taking the social history. We went over how to take a history and how to ask more personal and embarrassing questions.

I'm not going to be able to talk much about the standardized patient that I had the privilege of interviewing. The medical field frowns on confidentiality breaches, even for fake patients. I can, say though, that it was a blast, and getting to show up in a that white coat and a stethoscope definitely makes you stand up a bit straighter.

Med school is probably one of the toughest things I've done so far, and it's not over yet! Tomorrow, I have a quiz on last week's Problem Based Learning (PBL) lectures. My oatmeal brain got to rest for a few hours, but I need to use it again. It's almost as good as new, I promise.