Last Day of Orientation
Monday, July 11, 2005
School started this morning with Dr. Yarborough telling us how great the school is. He shared some statistics about how many students applied, how many were interviewed, and how many were accepted. He also gave us some numbers on the demographics of our class.
He was followed by Dr. Peltier, the school psychiatrist. During his 30 minute lecture, he gave us a bunch of tips on how to succeed at Pacific--priortizing, organizing, and working hard.
After Dr. Peltier, it was time for our first class--OCP. OCP is Orientation to the Clinical Practice of Dentistry. They gave us the "Patient Health History" form and then we went through it with Dr. Jacobsen. For anybody that goes to Pacific, Dr. Jacobsen is something you have to experience to appreciate. He makes it a point to call on random people in the class and ask the answer to questions that no one knows the answers to. Today, his job was to introduce us to how to think like doctors. We'll have him full-time during a 3rd term course.
After lunch, we broke into groups to meet with our faculty advisors and to have our ID badge pictures taken. The faculty advisor meeting was not much more than a "get-to-know-ya" meeting. The advisors, who are also our first year professors, are available to us anytime to help with problems.
Around 3pm, we moved back to our classroom on the 3rd floor for a health insurance meeting, followed by another meeting on finanical aid. By this point, after a full interview cycle, I think I've heard the same financial aid lecture nearly a dozen times. This was our last meeting for the day.
Tomorrow, classes start in full force. We have Ethics at 8am, Dental Anatomy from 9am 'til noon, and Human Anatomy from 1pm 'til 5pm.
School started this morning with Dr. Yarborough telling us how great the school is. He shared some statistics about how many students applied, how many were interviewed, and how many were accepted. He also gave us some numbers on the demographics of our class.
He was followed by Dr. Peltier, the school psychiatrist. During his 30 minute lecture, he gave us a bunch of tips on how to succeed at Pacific--priortizing, organizing, and working hard.
After Dr. Peltier, it was time for our first class--OCP. OCP is Orientation to the Clinical Practice of Dentistry. They gave us the "Patient Health History" form and then we went through it with Dr. Jacobsen. For anybody that goes to Pacific, Dr. Jacobsen is something you have to experience to appreciate. He makes it a point to call on random people in the class and ask the answer to questions that no one knows the answers to. Today, his job was to introduce us to how to think like doctors. We'll have him full-time during a 3rd term course.
After lunch, we broke into groups to meet with our faculty advisors and to have our ID badge pictures taken. The faculty advisor meeting was not much more than a "get-to-know-ya" meeting. The advisors, who are also our first year professors, are available to us anytime to help with problems.
Around 3pm, we moved back to our classroom on the 3rd floor for a health insurance meeting, followed by another meeting on finanical aid. By this point, after a full interview cycle, I think I've heard the same financial aid lecture nearly a dozen times. This was our last meeting for the day.
Tomorrow, classes start in full force. We have Ethics at 8am, Dental Anatomy from 9am 'til noon, and Human Anatomy from 1pm 'til 5pm.
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