With the completion of my final exam yesterday, Phase I Medicine is now officially completed! It’s a truly wonderful feeling! We’ve been working awfully hard in preparation for these exams, and it is such a relief to finally take a break from studying.
Along the journey of Queen’s medical school, this marks the end of Phase I and the beginning of Phase II. For the past four months we’ve been concentrating on the fundamental core sciences of medicine, along with some of the peripheral subjects like law and ethics. The goal of Phase I has been to bring all of the students in our class to an equal footing, and build a foundation upon which the rest of our medical training will be built.
In the upcoming Phase II, we begin studying “true” medicine, working system by system through the body. The first block will be the Musculoskeletal System (MSK) and it’s diseases. We’ve had a couple of preview sessions for MSK already, and it promises to be an amazing block! More to come about MSK as I start reading about it over the Christmas break.
But first, a deep breath and a time to relax!
Yay, congrats! Proud of ya. Enjoy your break
Comment by Tara — December 13, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
Yay!!
And thanks for keeping this updated. I have been enjoying reading about all the exciting things you have been doing and learning.
Comment by Sandra — December 13, 2008 @ 11:00 pm