Thankful

  October Service Hours- 3 Total Service Hours- 6  Family/ Giving Back- October has been a tough month for me. I’ve had to prioritize my studying schedule as well as give time to my family as this was a rough time for all of us due to the passing of my grandmother. I have experienced many things these last few weeks but one of the most important lessons I learned was the value of time. Due to Covid, my family and I were only allowed to visit my grandmother for 4 hours a day. Although this may seem sufficient for someone who can be independent, my grandmother was unfortunately bed bound. We would visit her and make sure she was fed as she was unable to eat on her own. Due to the pandemic, we were restricted from seeing her for several months and then finally were granted permission to visit her for a few hours every day. She had become severely weak and loss her usual adequate appetite. This personal experience taught me how lonely family members must have felt due to being separated fr

Studying/ School- Hi everyone! It's exciting to be back in school again. I’m ready for the second semester of this program. So far it seems to be an exciting semester as we have many more presentations to do this time compared to our last semester. I have improved my studying schedule and seem to be doing well on completing my learning objectives after classes. I truly wish that we got more time to study with our classmates which would have been really helpful for many of us in this program. However, we are all making the most of it by utilizing online zoom sessions and creating study groups. The only thing that I’m really nervous about this semester is the NBME exam in April. I really want to do well on that exam and so I’ve started to create a study guide on how I will be utilizing my study days in the upcoming weeks. I would like to make the most out of each day and benefit from every study session. Last semester, it took me a few weeks to get my study habits together and do wel