I have 10 days (7 more "working" days) until GRADUATION!! It is hard to believe that the day is almost here, but I am beyond ready to be finished with school forever (well at least I think so...)!
These last few weeks at in Surgical Pathology at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center have been very busy with specimens ranging from placentas to breast cases to colectomies, which is nothing out of the ordinary. There haven't been any "crazy" specimens lately, which is bittersweet since we don't want a patient to be sick, but at the same time, we don't get some of the experience we would like. On top of our clinical rotations, we took our final test of our graduate career last Friday. Our final exam had 100 multiple choice questions that ranged from Disease Mechanisms to Lab Management to Autopsy. This test was little different from our other exams in that we had to make an 80 or above in order to pass. That made this test a little more stressful than usual, but I was confident that our whole class would be just fine.
The only other test we have to take is the Board Certification Exam so we can be certified by ASCP to work as a PA. I'm taking it the week after graduation while everything is still very fresh in my mind since I've been studying hard for the last two years. It was recommended to me by previous students, and even though I haven't taken it yet, I would still highly recommend it to students currently still in the program.
The countdown is on and I'm ready to see what our careers have in store for not only me, but all of my classmates as well! :)
