Showing posts with label Urogenital system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urogenital system. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 August 2012

When the days all look the same...

It's hard to tell what day it currently is... They've all started to merge together, with each one being exactly the same! For the past few days I've been trying to study for tests that I have coming up on Wednesday and Friday. We finished classes on Tuesday and have been "lucky" enough to have this time to just study. And it doesn't help that the weather has been miserable all weekend. Lots of rain and a terrible wind has been blowing. So I haven't been outside in a while either... Arrgh!

So initially, my plan of action was to draw up a timetable and try to cover a little bit of everything everyday so that I can get through most of it. But its been going slower than anticipated and I've fallen behind. But I don't feel stressed out insanely, yet. Its different to before. I am nervous and worried that I won't finish in time, but I guess I just have to keep on doing what I can. I can only hope that it goes a lot better than last year. I want to do well for a change and not just scrape through.

And now I guess I best just keep on, keeping on...

Monday, 2 July 2012

And so it begins...

Today we started with the Urogenital system. It consists of 4 sections.

The first part is the Pre-clinical work which is made up of the anatomy and histology of the kidneys and both the male and female genital and reproductive organs. It also includes the physiology (normal functioning) of the kidneys - urine production and water and electrolyte balance. The second part is Nephrology - a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney. The third part is Urology - the study of diseases that are concerned with the urinary tract and more specifically diseases that affect men only. And last is Gynaecology - the study of diseases that affect women only.

This is going to be a really long 7 weeks filled with assessments and a load of work. I'm really anxious about it, and I just pray that I can keep up this time around and do well. "Positive Outcomes Only"