The End of the Beginning

Yippee! I am done with Cell Science, my first course in medical school! I finished well, with an an above average final grade, and learned that I can cram a lot of information into a rather small space in a very short period of time. We had our final exam yesterday, and it was a doozie. But, it is over until reviewing for the board exam next year!

Don't let me fool you into thinking that a huge weight has been lifted, because I believe that the blitz-krieg of Cell Science was merely a taste of whats to come. The administrators proved this by the fact that we had our first exam in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) today, one day after our final exam, and we have 3 practical exams next week...one in OMM, one in Clinical Medicine (I have to perform a head-to-toe, complete physical exam on a classmate), and one in anatomy/ histology. I've never been tested in this format (practical exam), so it will definitely be a learning experience, both in how to study and how to perform.

All in all, I'm glad Cell Science is over despite the fact that it only gets tougher from here. The information I will learn becomes exponentially more clinically significant, and, thus, I will certainly find more satisfaction from a good exam performances. Let's hope that happens!