We started our day by taking some assessents to assess our learning style and our strengths/weaknesses. Although they were all fairly doable, I must admit I've taken at least one hundred of those in my life and they are rather tedious. However, I'm anticipating to see the results of these tests...I always like to see test results just because of the excitement involved in learning more about yourself. The tests we took are the LASSI (learning and study strategies inventory), the Myers-Briggs test, and the Nelson-Denny reading test.
After taking the tests, we ate lunch at the Nebraska Cafe at UNMC. Following lunch, we participated in a financial skills workshop presented by Dr. Norma E. Wagoner, PhD. I found this very interesting because she asked us to participate in small discussions and some students voiced their opinions out loud to her, rather than a simple powerpoint presentation with no audience involvement (I hate those!!). She asked us to imagine ourselves in 10 years, define success, identifty things we splurge on, and figure out our money personalities. I found out that the mean medical residency stiped was $48, 460. I'm not complaining or anything, but I thought it would be more...however, Dr. Wagoner pointed out to us that this is the first time graduates get to actually work with their medical skills.
After the financial workshop, we played a little "survival game." Basically we got a list of fifteen survival kit items and we had to rate them in order of importance to our survival individually and in our groups, and then we compared it to the experts' recommendations. Our TA told us that they also do such games in medical school to learn about teamwork.
After taking the tests, we ate lunch at the Nebraska Cafe at UNMC. Following lunch, we participated in a financial skills workshop presented by Dr. Norma E. Wagoner, PhD. I found this very interesting because she asked us to participate in small discussions and some students voiced their opinions out loud to her, rather than a simple powerpoint presentation with no audience involvement (I hate those!!). She asked us to imagine ourselves in 10 years, define success, identifty things we splurge on, and figure out our money personalities. I found out that the mean medical residency stiped was $48, 460. I'm not complaining or anything, but I thought it would be more...however, Dr. Wagoner pointed out to us that this is the first time graduates get to actually work with their medical skills.
After the financial workshop, we played a little "survival game." Basically we got a list of fifteen survival kit items and we had to rate them in order of importance to our survival individually and in our groups, and then we compared it to the experts' recommendations. Our TA told us that they also do such games in medical school to learn about teamwork.