Finals are here again and I view that fact with dread and enjoyment. It is still finals week and we have one final every day this week (starting tomorrow) with the last one on Monday, so it isn't going to be full of fun and good times. However, this is the last full week of regular final exams I will ever have. Of course we will have exams spread out throughout next year and the boards, but never more than one in a week. That will be a VERY nice change. The schedule for finals this week will be Med Lab Management (50 multiple choice questions), Microbiology on Wednesday (50 multiple choice questions), Physiology on Thursday (one 36 question exam on respiratory and an additional cumulative 50 question exam), Microanatomy on Friday, and Advanced Surgical Pathology Techniques on Monday. I'm not exactly sure on the amount of questions on the last two exams, but they will be the same format as we have had all year in those courses.
Other than finals, we had our White Coat Ceremony last Friday, December 4. This was a celebration of the ending of our didactic (classroom) portion of the program and the beginning of our clinical year. It is such an accomplishment to make it through the strenuous coursework we have experienced these past 12 months. We now have the opportunity to apply everything we've learned in the next year of rotations. This is a nice little photograph of the WVU Pathologists' Assistant Class of 2016.
Since the holiday season is upon us, this will be my last post until I start my first rotation in Los Angeles on January 4. Happy Holidays everyone! :)
