P2/P3 Summer Experience

Hello out there in the world beyond studying, sleeping and trying to stay sane…Just an update in the life of a non-traditional student in the summer of P2/P3.  I finished my summer rotation at a hospital pharmacy and I am currently studying for the Top 300 (ok, trying to study).  As for the rotation, it was great!  As you can guess, that kind of response is site specific, but I was able to do an out of system rotation in a hospital pharmacy at home in VA.  It was great!  We had just finished our P2 year (which I think is the toughest year by far) and I was at a site that allowed me plenty of time to look more in depth at the drugs we had just learned about.  I think the way in which Campbell sets up the rotations between P1/P2 summer and P2/P3 summer is perfect.  I was in a hospital rotation at a time where the base knowledge of medications had been set.  I understood concepts about MOA and interactions enough so to peak my interest into other areas that I haven’t gotten to learn about yet.  The preceptor at my site allowed me to check patients’ lab levels and see if they were appropriate for the medication.  If I had taken this same rotation during my P1/P2 summer, I may have felt overwhelmed and not learned as much.  As for the Top 300 exam preparation, it is coming slowly but surely.  I will just be glad to get it out of the way for sure.  I have tried to space the rotation and studying out so that my whole summer wasn’t spent feeling like it wasn’t a summer at all.  But enough about me, go read some other students blog.  Take care.  Rob…..OUT!!!!

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Posted by eatsleeppharm on July 26, 2011

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