Visceral & IMS Electives

IMS slides and  list (hurrah!) of techniques completed with positive feedback

IMS - what a pleasant surprise. I chose this elective unwillingly, being under the influence of peer pressure, continually reminding me that employers usually want you to have an interest in IMS.

a) I did the course so I never have to work for anyone again (depressingly, this appears to be most unlikely).

b) I just didn't get it in second year and couldn't imagine how we could pick it up again in fourth year having had no further experience of it for a whole year.

Thankfully I was wrong on the second count anyway. Suddenly I found I could feel it - my palpation had improved - JOY! We were in a small group, which always makes a huge difference to me and putting anatomy, theory of the techniques and practical application together in the class also really worked for me. Absolutely nothing beats one to one tuition! We are not allowed to use it in clinic though, so the learning ends here for now.

Visceral Elective Slides - Including list of techniques  - Hurrah! One less list for me to make!

Sadly I missed quite a few visceral classes due to illness (and ASM), but it appears that if I can just get my hands on the right Jean-Pierre Barral video / DVDs I can most likely catch up and learn at my leisure. That suits me just fine, being a visual type and all. Whilst I am a great admirer of the tutor leading this elective, the class was so large that I got no real benefit from going most of the time. Sadly, this elective was the one I found the least useful because of this, although I will definitely be trying to teach myself the techniques in due course (hopefully from JPB DVDs). The techniques were well worth finding out about. I just really need the attention when it comes to mastering technique though!