Final Hours for Spring Semester: 97 hours at Touro Infirmary and 5 hours at ASGNO.
So the program is now unofficially complete, in some ways it feels like it flew by, yet others I can definitely tell a year has passed. I think the 'slow' feeling is mainly from the last couple weeks of the program where it just felt like everything transitioned from a pretty steady, relatively fast pace to a near halt and dragging out while waiting for the final exam. On the positive side, I think the program has definitely prepared me to become a better doctor and allowed me to gain a brief glimpse of what medical school will be like. There is no doubt in my mind that I can handle the rigors of medical school and be a successful medical school student which is not something I could say at the beginning of this program.
Aside from the academic side of the program, I have also had the opportunity to meet many new people and build relationships with people I never would have met otherwise. I came into this program with the specific goal of improving my GPA/med school application and not particularly concerned with meeting new people and friends. That said, somehow the program seemed to bring many people in the class together and I hope I will be able to keep in touch with many of these people for the rest of my life.
