In addition to learning skills in lab, we also focus on physical assessment of patients. In a few weeks, we have our assesment test, where we have to perform a complete physical exam on another classmate. I was nervous asking Corey to be my partner, like I was asking him to prom or something. (He said yes!)

The skills lab has a few exam rooms exactly like what you would find at a doctor's office. Corey and I practiced using the otoscope and ophthalmoscope to look at each other's ears and eyes.

Me: I just looked at Corey's retina.
Amy: With the door open?
Corey: What?
Amy: Oh, retina. I was thinking rectum.