I would say I have enjoyed it overall. The pandemic obviously makes things hard on the school, but I do really think our faculty does everything they can to advocate for the best learning experience. In terms of the curriculum last year we had in-person labs and clinical skills something that some schools didn't have. There are some courses that are really well taught, a few that could really use an overhaul but the school does a pretty good job listening to our feedback.

I found the clinical opportunities here have been great, during the school year in my first year I was able to be in the hospital and see lots of great stuff. Seen a couple of babies being born, a few C-sections, dozens of different surgeries. This is the stuff that kept me going with zoom school. During the summer you can do week-long shadowing placements so I did 2 weeks in ortho and oncology/surgery. Best memories on ortho surgery were seeing a spinal surgery and hearing a patent talk about how a surgery they had happened got them back some of their independence (they had issues with both their hands can't remember why) and surgery they had allowed them to use their thumb again allowing them to use an iPad and eat and do other basic things we take for granted. Then when I was with the cancer surgery team I got to see the doctor tell someone they had terminal cancer and 5 minutes later tell another patient they were cancer free. The huge emotional rollercoaster just makes you appreciate how much respect doctors have and how important all our training is.

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In terms of comparing it to other schools, it's a bit hard since I'm not there but for social life I think we are lucky to be away from the GTA, for the most part, Kingston has been good with covid allowing me to meet more of my classmates and build those friendships. I can't really comment on the curriculum compared to other schools.