Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up

Whew, the final bunch of lectures for this exam was a bit of a doozy. Monday morning we had a lecture over genetics testing, followed by pharmacogenetics. The second lecture was so confusing that even after reading it over again I don't understand much of it, if any at all. In the afternoon we had histo lab over the female reproductive system, during which my group had to go around and help anyone who was confused. It was definitely made lab more interesting than it usually is. Tuesday morning we had back to back pharmacology lectures. The first was very interesting and discussed experimental gene therapy, which is using DNA carried in viruses to treat other diseases. The second lecture was rather boring but dealt with the considerations that must be kept in mind when delivering drugs to infants, pregnant women, and the elderly. In the afternoon we had our usual humanities lecture, this time about abuse of power. Finally, this morning we had our clinical skills class, which dealt with the topic of major diseases and their symptoms, as well as symptoms that may not be related to any disease. We are actually done with lectures for the week, although the sheer volume of information they threw at us this week more than makes up for that. I've been very short of sleep the past few days, hopefully I can get some rest soon. The next five days will most likely involve me locked up at home or the medical school trying to fit all this stuff into my brain. Big surprise.