February Service Hours: 3  Spring Semester Service Hours: 13  Cumulative 2018-2019 Service Hours: 41

 This block has been a journey for me. I recently found out I was accepted into medical school, and I am feeling extremely grateful for what this program has offered me. It is certainly racing by at this point and I can see graduation just around the corner.The Psych module has been one of my favorites so far as I feel like it is very relevant and also very complicated. I particularly enjoyed learning more about Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder. However, it seems clear that there is so much more for us to learn about these diseases. I have continued volunteering at Children's Hospital, which has turned out to be one of my best decisions. I was unable to volunteer as much as I would like to this month, however, I plan to do a lot more in March. Mardi Gras season is upon us and it is definitely taking some discipline to ramp up studying for the shelf exam with all the festivities around. Overall, I am really looking forward to honing my knowledge about pharmacology, so that I can have a solid overview understanding of the topic going forward. It is clear that the information we are learning will continue to be relevant going forward to medical school. I am continuing to work on finding balance in my life, and I have found that regular exercise and meditation in the morning really tends to set the right tone for my day. I am looking forward to March and knocking out the Shelf exam. 

 Happy Mardi Gras, 
Trey 

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