Another block of classes is wrapping up this week. Physiology has been a whirlwind. The past eight weeks have covered all major systems in at a level of detail I never thought imaginable. Each section (cardiology, renal, etc.) has been taught by different professors, turning this block into a series of mini-courses with different lecture and testing styles.
After carefully planning my strategic attack for learning material this block, I managed to bomb the first two tests. Luckily, I'm adaptable and changed what wasn't working for me. Of course, the struggle this entire year has been trying to figure out what actually does work. My last two exams went well, so maybe I'm onto something. This week, however, has been a deluge of hormones as we've gone through endocrinology, and I'm not feeling too confident going into the exam on Wednesday. My confidence is even more wobbly when I look ahead to Friday. Our final exam is (once again) a national shelf exam and I'm feeling the need to actually learn all of the concepts I did not grasp from the first four weeks of the block. Wish me luck!
Good Luck!!
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