Fifth semester seems to be in full swing. We finished Med Ethics last weekend. Although some parts were exceedingly dry, the case law examples were interesting. It was intriguing to see both sides and discuss the ethical dilemmas they faced. Both sides seemed to have valid issues, so to say one answer was absolutely right would be too simplistic. One of our written assignments involved analyzing the events of Terri Shiavo and making our own judgement call. Ultimately, I agree with the husband that it was in Terri's best interest to let her die as her quality of life was seemingly gone.
In the place of Med Ethics has come ICM 5a (although there is no reference in the schedule at a 5b section, although I shouldn't be surprised by this stuff anymore) and additional time for both Pharm and Behavioral (which have now been upped to 90 minutes). We now have to add write-ups for ICM to our study time. Not exactly a fair trade, in my opinion. On top of this, I also have to fit in sutdying for the 1st Comp, which is the Friday after our last block exam. I'm starting to see why people complain so much about the 5th semester schedule. We start out days at 9am and don't finish until 3pm. One has to wonder how outside studying (for the Comp) is even possible.
Seems odd to be studying while everyone else is preparing for blocks tomorrow. I can sense the stress, but I can't sympathize (until next week, at least). This weekend will filled with remaking Pharm charts and updating the Behavioral objective sheet. I cut a pretty big hole into what needs to be done, but this week will only add more stuff and extend my work. Also, I managed to catch whatever bug is going around, so I'm fighting a bit of a cold too. Thankfully, this is the first time I've been sick since I've been here. I can't say the same for all the mosquito bites and cellulitis, but I guess one must pick their poison around here.
I finally took the Kaplan Diagnostic this weekend. After not being able to log in for the first hour, I was able to get help from a classmate. Apparently, if you click on the link the in email, it sends you to the wrong site, but if you copy and paste the link, it sends you to the right place. I have no idea how that works. I was able to log in, but had to shut down the browser a couple of times while taking the test as I lost communication to the server, but it still decided to continue running down the allotted time in each section. Not cool. I scored reasonably well, considering I have not really had a chance to study. I figure, in due time, I'll be able to get through the material I need to and pass the first Comp, which would take a ton of stress off going into the finals for Pharm and Behavioral. If not, there are two more, but it would be nice to finish that first one off.
Life update complete.
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