The Big Wrap Up

Hi guys!

The last few weeks of classes went by in a flash and now we're here at the end. I can't believe it's really time to start the move towards rotations.

It is simultaneously one of the scariest and most exciting times of my life.

That being said, today I wanted to talk to you all about the final semester of our program and the testing we do before we start on rotations to assure we are ready to head out into the real world.

Spring semester of the third year of pharmacy is a busy one. We start with a series of end-of-program classes like Law & Ethics and Capstone. Classes like these are designed to help us round out our years of drug therapy and review everything one last time. It's also designed to be a chance for us to revisit topics we don't feel confident in the first time and practice our presentation skills (which we will be using constantly on rotations).

This year's Capstone class was a great success. It was a mix between review classes on major topics in pharmacy (cardiology, total parenteral nutrition etc.) and group case presentations. I was lucky to get a great group to work with during this class and they made the whole process so much fun.

After classes wrapped up we started the testing process we needed to complete to finish our third year of pharmacy. The major components of the test were the written portions (including a medication therapy exam and a math exam) and the live-practice portions (including medication compounding portions, patient counseling and timed case presentations). Before I started I was so scared! But when I look back, I had no reason to be. Really! The purpose of the capstone class is to prepare us for these exams and rotations. By the time the tests came along, with a little bit of studying I was definitely ready.

It's incredible to say that I am officially done with my last year of pharmacy classes! Now the next (and maybe the hardest) step will be saying goodbye to all of my amazing friends while we all head in different directions for the year.

Here's a photo of some of my amazing friends (literally) jumping for joy to be done with classes:

I'll post again soon with photos from our P3 class dinner!

Katie

Hello Again!

Hey guys!

I wanted to take a second to talk to you all about my hiatus from the blog. As anyone in our program knows, the end third year is an incredibly busy time. With daily projects, presentations and our high stakes exams coming up I decided to take some time to focus on my most important project: getting through school successfully.

Over the last few months I have really enjoyed all of the requests I have received to pick the blog back up full time. And of course I have had a lot of great experiences I want to share with you. Please stay tuned as I talk about some of the great things I have coming up.

Thanks for continuing to stop by!

Katie