AHH MIDTERMS!!

So - 2 midterms down from last week...and 3 to go for this week. I am taking a study break to write this post.

Last week we had a pretty difficult Nonprescription Products exam on Tuesday - it went pretty well for me, but the hard part was the sheer volume of information. There seemed to be sooo much stuff we needed to know! It was hard to cram it all in my brain! At least the material is interesting and it can be applied almost immediately if you work in a retail pharmacy. Then last Friday we had our Biostats exam - this is taught by two professors who each sort of focused on a different aspect of biostats. Half of the exam was about research methods and sampling techniques, while the other half was more about anaylzing data using descriptive statistics.

This week, my three exams are in Pharmacotherapy Outcomes, Intro to Healthcare Management (an elective), and Pharmacology. The outcomes exam is tomorrow and I feel pretty comfortable with that material. The elective exam I think will not be too difficult, but it will probably have some good thinking questions that require your own personal thoughts and perspectives on important issues dealing with healthcare management. Finally, pharmacology - I am nervous! The material for our last exam in pharmacology was taught by a different professor than it is now. The new professor has a completely different teaching style and it is difficult to get used to. Not to mention, the material itself has also gotten more difficult. I am doing my best right now to just take a deep breath, step back, and think logically about the material. The key is to take a little bit at a time and try to understand things on your own terms. He is going to have some review sessions for us this week so we can ask him questions if we have any - which I think will be helpful.

After these three exams...it's practically FALL BREAK! We do not have class next Monday and Tuesday and I am sooo looking forward to it. My parents and aunt/uncle are going to come down from PA to visit my husband and I. It should be really fun. There is also an Open House for prospective pharmacy applicants at our school this Saturday which I will be speaking on a Q&A panel for. I went to one of the open houses before I applied and it was very helpful.

OK - that's all I have time for. Next time I write I will be de-stressed! Can't wait!