Tee 224 said:
Thank you so much for all the info! Would you be able to tell me what time you were normally out of class the first two semesters. Are the lectures in the morning and lab in the afternoon. Is it possible to get out of class earlier if you get your labs done?
Thanks a ton!!
I honestly don't have my old schedule on me but I will tell you what i remember:
Semester 1:
- Fridays off but was used as a day to review Anatomy in Lab or to finish off dissections.
- Anatomy class + lab is on M/W: 8-12
- Podmed I on thursday morning 9 or 10 oclock
- Biochem on Tuesday and Friday afternoon - I believe we were done by 3:00 or 4:00 pm at the latest.
- Intro to evidence based medicine - Tuesdays at 9 am
- Histo Lecture + lab - Monday and Wednesday afternoon - latest that you'll finish is by 4 or 5pm on those days.
-overall, very reasonable semester with no more than 2 classes per day - the big "beast" for that term is Gross Anatomy - Dr. Landers doesn't have the best notes but he is a great lecturer. Keep in mind that in addition to him being an anatomist, he is also a dentist by profession so he loves the "head and neck" section - have fun
-I should note that the lecutres are available digitally on mp3 format from the student website - so if u miss a lecture, you can definately recover.
Semester 2:
- tough semester - very time consuming and classes are heavier.
- Class was either at 8 am or 9 am in the morning.
- Lower anatomy labs would run either from 1:30 pm-4:30 and/or 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm on mondays and wednesday.
- Tuesday morning was Lower anatomy quiz
- Tuesdays we finish class at 5 (physical diagnosis being the last class from 3-5).
- Fridays we had one class (physio) which was taken also on Tuesdays, and thursdays.
-Thursdays i believe we finish at 3 or 4 pm.
I appologize for this vague schedule but I'm merely working from memory. All I can tell you was that first year was very busy and I found myself spending most of my time studying at the school library.
If you really want to do well that year then I would strongly recommend that you move closer to the school. First year especially your time is very much dedicated to lab and studying - especially anatomy lab.
Good luck, and sorry I couldn't be of better help