EXAMS ARE DIFF: Most marks are MCQ Clinical questions Not many repeats Paragraph questions for MCQs Histology Card signings – are 10 min. long and they are not as long COMPENSATION GRADIENT – IF YOU PASS ALL CLASSES BUT FAIL ONE YOU CAN PASS THAT FAILED MODULE BY PASSING 11/12 EVEN DOUBLE MODULES COUNT 2 modules per day Go to anatomy revision practical (Caroline and Robert will tell you lots of hints) Practice SNQ (they don’t repeat questions) EXAM STUDYING HEALTH: - Take naps, eat food and drink water - Email SARA if they don’t have you in a room - Bring a wrist watch - STUDENT ID IS VERY IMPORTANT - Arrange for 2 friends to call you if you are pulling an all nighter - SNQ in black or blue pen (write ID number on top of every single page before even looking at the question) ANATOMY: - 10 min CS - Dress up in a washed white coat (where shirt and tie and dress coat) - Get there 30 min. before - Surface anatomy - Very general questions - Study with a friend and have them put you on a spot - PRACTICE PULSES - Go through vids and quizzes - Test on professional dissections (these are professional cut not the destroyed ones from this semester – usually have no fat and have no colour on them) - Will start with the bone and then go into muscle - DERMATOMES ARE IMPORTANT - PTL – practice sessions for nervous students - When handed a bone always hold it to where it is usually articulated within the body - Have ID card in your pocket - ½ in one day ½ in the other (ask friends for types of questions – those later on in the day get asked harder questions)
Anatomy is helpful . GI. 1 Liver Physiology.Look through it min. 1 Pharmacology.WILL USE SAME LABELS AND STAINS .Can be between pass and fail . 1 MUSCLE. 1 digestive. 4 times .STUDY THIS .Do the online step by step thing .3SNQ = 1 ANATOMY.30 MCQ 55% .HISTOLOGY: . 1 pharmacology (it is really hard and make sure you understand it really well) Know first line treatment drugs (severe side effects) BASIC CONCEPTS OF IMMUNOLOGY BRS: microbiology and immunology is a good resource USMLE step 1 is also a good buy IGNORE THE NEW DRUGS MENTIONED AT END OF LECTURE KNOW THE MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS - . 1 immune.MCQ PART IS ESSENTIALLY PICTURES (quizzes and crosswords are important – pictures are in colour) NM: .5% worth twice as much because it is a double module ANATOMY is really important 6 SNQ = 2-3 anatomy.DON’T SKIP OVER THE SIDE PANELS .BLUE BOOK PRACTICE THE CLINICAL CASE STUDIES . 1 Stomach Physiology Mark you up for getting things right (DO NOT LEAVE THINGS BLANK) o Bullet points are important (don’t draw things if you don’t know how to) o Use YouTube to look at specimens KNOW THE EMBRYLOGICAL MATERIAL Challenging exam – because it is SUPER CLINICAL 30 MCQ – 70% Understand the haematology and immunology Go over pharmacology GO OVER HIS 3SNQ = 1 haematology. 1 NERVOUS QUESTION/PHARM HIS: AS: 45 MCQ 52. Reproductive.
Glycolysis. Digestion/processing/post-absorption Know the rate limiting steps. clinical diseases of enzymes Phillip Mayne lectures are important as well o Lab chart with a description of issues and what enzyme is deficient High failure rate neglected often 30 MCQ 60% Simplistic material REMBER PSYCOLOGICAL THEORIES Need 45% of minimum for project grade to kick in SNQ = DEFINITION – specific wordings 3 SNQ: 1 specific behaviour. molecules. 1 human development.CPB: HBS: - HIGH FAILURE RATE 30 MCQ 70% Complex and poorly explained material 100 slide MCQ LECTURE – ONLY 2 QUESTIONS Dermit Cox drug lectures (get it done first) VITAMIN LECTURES ARE IMPORTANT KNOW THE VITAMIN DEFIENCIES AND BAD SIDE EFFECTS Lectures 1-7 are easy and do those at the end 3 SNQ: 1 Vitamins eating disorders. cells. Gluconeogenesis. 2 on: Pharmacology. 1 personality/learning memory Book: Behavioural Science KNOW THE CALCULATIONS Don’t worry about the graphs and studies .