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April Blog

During the month of April, I finished my remaining 2 service hours at UMC finishing my 24 total service hours for the semester. I remained in the ortho trauma unit and performed the same tasks I usually do. I'm usually asked to restock the refrigerator in the nourishment room when I come in before I sit at the desk to take calls from patients. I am occasionally asked to check patient files to make sure that the names and numbers on the files match up with the names on a list given to me. This month marked the last month of school where we had the NBME, our last presentations, and our last exam. The NBME exam was difficult, but everyone was able to do well given that it was only worth 10% and there was a big curve/boost to the grades. Once I got through the NBME, I pretty much was ready to be done with school and kind of mentally checked out, and I would be surprised if I was the only one who felt that way. I don't think I will be going to graduation despite originally having pl