And the Surgery Oscar Goes To…

Here at Campbell, we like to make PA school as fun as we can.  Before I started, I would hear horror stories about never getting sleep and not having a life.  Well, I’m happy to report that my experience has been quite the opposite and I am so glad that I chose this awesome program.

That being said, one of our surgery assignments last semester was to make an instructional video on a surgical procedure.  You could be as creative as you wanted.  Some took the more “vanilla” approach while others made it a huge production.  This was my first experience using iMovie and it makes editing incredibly easy (yet still a little time consuming if you’re a perfectionist like I am).  Let me also add that I have a whole new appreciation for actors because memorizing lines in front of the camera is hard work!

Many of my classmates go above & beyond and yesterday was no different when they hosted the 3rd Annual Academy Awards (Surgery Edition).  The hostesses were wearing fancy dresses, made a slideshow of the nominees & winners, and we had sandwiches catered.  They even had little Oscar trophies for us!  Sadly it was dark in there and I didn’t get any pictures, but I will share with you my video just in case you want to learn how to insert an IV (it’s not gross, I promise!).