Exam today

Just to post something I'll write about the exam I had today. It was a public health exam and it was the first of many exams slotted for this trimester. I wasn't too worried about this one because public health is a very "fluffy" subject compared to most of my other units*. I was expecting a few epidemiology calculations but thankfully the entire exam was theory. I didn’t get to review my calculations because I slept through my alarm so I was really glad to see no calculations. The exam was only worth 15% - I'm sure I did well.

Also notable. We do these weekly dispensing labs where we "play" pharmacist and our tutors acts as a patient via roll play. We fill scripts, counsel, and answer questions on the spot. It's really nerve racking because they can ask anything. Worst of all these things are for marks. This week we had to dispense emergency contraception - something I had never done before. I ended up doing it on the fly and it wasn't so bad but really stressful. I was hitting the reference books hard.


* In Australia courses are called units. For example, English 101 is a unit not a course. The term course, in a university context, is what we would call a degree program in Canada (a pharmacy degree = a pharmacy course). I alway call my classes a course here and people get confused.