March 2018
Hello Loyal Readers, Another thrilling month in the world of Pharmacology! In this month's adventures, the feature event was the NBME Shelf Exam at the start of the month... A cumulative exam with information that most of us had not touched since AUGUST (Hello, ANS/CV Block) was a truly daunting task to face. However, chipping away at the material day by day, things really did seem to come back and make sense way quicker than normal. I think this is a testament to how my study skills have changed in grad school. Much of undergrad is remembered as cramming and late nights, however, the masters program is a much more active and consistent form of study, which I believe is really what helped to aid in the long-term potentiation of the material (shoutout Endo-Pharm for that reference). With the end of the shelf we saw the semester really slow down alot. With only one class left with exams, the program shifts way more towards seminars and student presentations. While it can seem somew