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    10 Books to Ace Medical School with Honours! Read More…

    Have you ever wondered how some can acheive consistent honour grades without the stress that the rest of us endure during the exam period. The answer lies in the fact that they put in long hours and a lot of effort. However that alone cannot guarentee success. Part of the reason for my succes in exams [...]

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Abdominal History and Examination skills for OSCEs

This presentation gives a brief overview on the types of questions you should ask in an abdominal history taking OSCE station.  A run through of the basic structure of how to perform an abdominal examination for the OSCE. is also covered.  Components of the abdominal exam, for example: causes of jaundice, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly is also covered briefly in this lecture.  Furthermore, other nutrition, [...]

Cardiovascular History & Examination

Click the link to access the  presentation on cardiovascular history and examination. There is also a link to a feedback form and teaching register for those who attended the lecture. Cardiovascular History & Examination Feedback Form Teaching Register

Respiratory history taking & examination

Year 3 Respiratory examination skills presentation.

Don’t Say Something In Your Exam If You Don’t Know What It Means!

As students, we all rote learn for the OSCE but beware – can you answer the question that will follow from the examiner? Lets give it a go! – Can you name some cadiovascular causes of clubbing? If you said tetralogy of fallot as one your causes, my next question to you is: what are the 4 defects associated with the disease? Another example: in a respiratory exam, would you look at the JVP? And why?

Cardiovascular examination

It’s easy to pass the OSCE! Take cardiovascular examination for example. All you need is a system your comfortable with. We are all very different people and so making the examination ‘your own’ will make it look slick and show the examiner that you know exactly what you’re doing. You want to elude that you have done this examination thousands of times before (well – you should have!). And for those who want the honours and distinction marks (who doesn’t!), all you need to do is that little extra something special to impress the examiner! So, what will yours be?

10 Books to Ace Medical School with Honours! Read More…

Have you ever wondered how some can acheive consistent honour grades without the stress that the rest of us endure during the exam period. The answer lies in the fact that they put in long hours and a lot of effort. However that alone cannot guarentee success. Part of the reason for my succes in exams [...]

Testicular Examination – made easy

A PowerPoint slide explaining how to do a testicular examination in a systematic way. Common topics related to the testicles, for example: torsion of the testicles, testicular cancer and lumps in the groin is also briefly covered. Click the link below to download the presentation.

 

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