With the month of August coming to a
close, I find it is now time to reflect on my experiences thus far in the
program. The subsequent posts will focus primarily on my community service
involvements at Sci-high, which I hope will commence in the coming weeks. With
that being said, I feel a curricular reflection would be appropriate at this
time.
I am so very pleased to say that thus
far, my experience at Tulane’s pharmacology department has been everything I
have hoped. I find my amazement constantly renewed in class when considering
the sublime machine that is the human body and its molecular constitutes. A new
layer of complexity has been added to my organic and biomedical knowledge base,
which has among other things, fostered a new perspective and appreciation for
the great minds that have gone before. The medical pharmacology course in
particular has proved to be ineffable source of enjoyment for me. In recent weeks, the lectures on antibiotics,
HiV drugs, EKG interpretation and cancer therapy have been delivered so elegantly;
I almost look forward to the memorizing monolithic drug list associated with
them.
I am fortunate to have come to this
program with a meticulous study method and concomitant work ethic that I feel has
allowed me to get the most out of this program. Consequently, I am happy to say
my grades thus far are a solid reflection both of what I have learned and my
level of enthusiasm. As my undergraduate area of research dealt with cognition
and the nervous system, I am very much looking forward to studying the ANS
drugs and conclusively experiencing all else this superb program has to offer.
