One Semester Left!

      Today was the last day of classes for the semester, and even though I'm excited, the semester is far from over - finals are lurking around the corner.  Adding to my excitement is the promise of a spring semester with many classes that I'm looking forward to taking, as well as a Christmas break full of work and a family trip to Florida!!  Many of the classes that I will be taking are directly related to my schooling as a medical technologist; they are microbiology (with lab), biochemistry II, immunochemistry (with lab), two med tech seminars, cancer biology, and biomedical ethics.  The other class that I am taking is called Age of Cicero, I choose it in part to complete my core requirements.  Canisius is not offering micro, so I will be taking it at Medaille College, a smaller private school that shares a border with the Canisius campus.  Below, I detail the way in which the various classes I am taking will prepare me for my clinical year.

Looking Ahead: My Plan for After School.

      Let me start this post by saying that I am operating under the assumption that I finish the program at Rochester General Hospital (RGH) and pass my ASCP certification test, which hopefully isn't too brash an assumption to make.  I think that having a clear, definite goal in mind is very helpful when working through things, especially school.  For me, the goal is to get a job at the Lipson Cancer Center, a division of RGH.  While I think that any sort of work in the medical technology field would be very satisfying to me, I feel that working in a place like that would be particularly so.  I feel like the work would be very fulfilling and that it would not get repetitious since treatment and detection methods are developing rapidly and will certainly continue to do so for the foreseeable future.  I realize that it will require hard work to get there and that I may not be able to work there straight out of the program, but I hope that one day in the not-too-distant future I can work there.  Below, I talk more about the cancer center.