Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler and the NBME Studying Truly Commence
February is one of my favorite months to be in New Orleans. The hot and humid weather that plagues the city most of the year is still a couple of months away and Mardi Gras is right around the corner. This February was no different, with the exception of some new pharmacology! This month we focused on our Neurology and Psychiatry modules. As I mentioned in my previous post, these modules have been challenging because of the complexity and difficulty in treating diseases such as epilepsy and depression. Despite the challenges, these modules have proved to be eye-opening because you realize the trials that patients and their physicians go through to come up with a reliable course of treatment. Once these last two modules have wrapped up we are done with Medical Pharmacology and Principles of Pharmacology for the semester! Well, truly done after our NBME final exam. This exam is going to put our knowledge of pharmacology to the true test. Encompassing everything we have learned since Augu