Better late than never..
Despite the intention to keep this blog updated throughout the years of pharmacy school, due to lack of time as well as sheer laziness, the promised was not delivered. Well, time to move passed all that excuse and now it’s time to unveil how the third year of Pharmacy School has been and what lies ahead, aka fourth year (Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience).

My classmates and I have been looking forward to our third year as we assumed that the schedule would be less demanding. Well there is some truth in that. While Therapeutics has been a somewhat challenging course to most of us, I think most of us were relieved that we had a day off from school every other week, which meant that we had one whole day to catch up on the rest of the classes that have been neglected because of Mr. TP (Therapeutics). So that is how our first semester of P3 lingered and before we realized it, it was time for final exams and I must say the scheduling was horrible. I don’t know if the administrators purposely scheduled all the exams back to back with the aim of failing some of us or they wanted to get rid of us and let us go home early before the P1’s and P2’s.

The second semester of P3 year is a constant struggle to stay motivated. After having taken hundreds of exams the past two years and half, most of us are simply tired and exhausted but we are still roaming around our lecture halls like zombies in a white coat. I believe this is the only weekend where we are finally are able to take a breath. I must stay it is somewhat refreshing not being able to spend my weekend in the library. For once it feels good not to think about any upcoming exams as there are none anytime soon.
I am currently taking Therapeutics, Drug Literature Evaluation, Patient Care Management, Early Practice Experience-Pharmacy Service, and Pharmacoepidemology/Pharmacoeconomcis. So many classes, huh!! Well that is my reality.

So far, we have had exams in each course, two in TP. Speaking of TP, we just completed the module on STD’s and HIV. And what of the exam??? Hmm, what is there to say? You study until your brains fry and you get to the exam only to realize some of the questions emphasized on concept/material that was not emphasized in class. Now, yes it was a fair game to ask on material that was covered; however, with the amount of information we are loaded with, it comes to point where you can only remember so much and when you get to the exam every answer for a question appears a potential answer. So that is how the exam went and we will see about the results. At least it is over, right!!! Alright, let me be lazy and stop here…next topic..Rotation Schedule!