Another three weeks in St Micheal’s Hospital, a place very close to my heart due to the overall atmosphere of the hospital. The people are old; but they’re adorable and kind. The doctors aren’t too busy to tend to medical students; giving tutorials or bedside examinations.
I said hi to a few familiar faces.
Dr Mcsteamy (the girls actually call him that) was still looking as suave as ever in his one-size-too-small shirt and gelled up hair. He winked at me as we passed in the corridor.
Or maybe he was winking at my partner, a tall leggy blond wearing the shortest of skirts.
Little Carrots
In order to pass your final OSCE exams, you have to be street-smart. During your history presentation, throw a few little carrots to the examiner,” said Dr Carthage.
Little carrots are when you pretend to stammer or trail off on certain words, pretending that you don’t really know what you’re talking about. For example :
The patient, err, might be suffering from hypercalcaemia.
In theory, the examiner will pick up on your moment of hesitation and try to catch you off guard. When in fact, you’ve been reading up on hypercalcaemia and can totally hit it out of the ballpark.You’re basically setting the tone for the whole exam and talking about the things that YOU want to talk about, instead of leaving it to chance.
A useful tip, I hope.
A word of advice from our endocrine tutor,
“Only watch Grey’s Anatomy if you want to learn how to start a sex scandal in a hospital,”
No comments:
Post a Comment