I completed both my written and practical exams for my EMR license this weekend. I must say it was not quite what I was expecting. Going into the written, I was confident that I had a firm grasp on what I needed to know to succeed. Coming out, I did not have the same confidence. I was thrown back by the whole thing. Conversely, I was nervous about the practical exam, especially after my experience with the written one. The weird thing is I came out of the practical feeling more confident.
This made me think about how we evaluate ourselves, take kung fu for example. If you are content with your level of aptitude, confident that you are good enough, you are probably not doing your best to improve.
Don't get me wrong, you are probably still very adept in what you are doing, but are you training to your full potential? When you become confident, it gets easy to slip into complacency. This is just a reminder to re-evaluate where you are and how you can better yourself more often.
I will not know the outcome of my tests for a few weeks, but whatever it is, I know I did my best. That at least puts me at ease while I play the waiting game.
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