Today, I start my day with plastics. Which I love. I love it because it’s an hour or so of straight sewing. Still almost 10 years later, it’s my favorite thing to do. I love putting skin back together. The rhythm and flow of it. It’s relaxing and rewarding at the same time.
Do you want to look like you know what you’re doing when you sew?
Only put your fingers in the holes of the needle driver when you are loading or unloading the suture. When you throw the stitch, your fingers should be completely out of the holes. Ok, you can leave your thumb in there if you have to. With your fingers in the holes, your wrist can’t turn enough to throw most stitches. You wind up using your whole arm and shoulders when really sewing should be about little movements with your wrists. Not big whole-body movements.
It’s like watching your mom play video games. She uses her whole body rather than just her thumbs.
Anyway, before you can get a cool job like mine where you gets to sew people’s skin back together and wear pajamas to work (my nephews think I’m so cool), you have to pass your PANCE. Or to keep that cool job, you have to pass your PANRE.
Tons of students are doing this the hard way. They’re trying to study and take tests using the tools they used in undergrad, and then they’re wondering why it isn’t working.
Let me show you some new tools. That’s essentially what the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars program is all about. I know you think you’ve heard it all before, but if you aren’t getting the results you’d like then maybe it’s time to give something else a try.
Brian Wallace
