one down…
Yay finished the Long Case Exams! (i.e. saw a patient for an hour, then presented to examiners and got quizzed)…
Fears before the Long Case:
- getting a confused/demented/old/longwinded patient who takes 15mins to think about the question and another 15 to answer the question (okay I’m exaggerating but some veterans like to tell war stories before they answer your questions about why they’re in hospital!!)…
- getting a patient with some rare/exotic/complicated disease that I haven’t seen before
- getting examiners who ask impossible questions and "big picture" stuff like how many percent of the population has this and that… or surgeon who asks about halflife of weird hormones in the bloodstream
What actually happened:
First wise thing I did was to confide in mum about my fears so that she can pray specifically for me - she actually prayed that I’ll get a YOUNG ADULT as a patient and kind examiners and that I’ll know my facts…
So today I got a YOUNG ADULT (who also happens to be a nurse)… and knew her disease like inside out and answered all my questions straight to the point! Plus she had diabetes (my fav because I’d been practising seeing diabetic patients the last 2 weeks) and examiners were really nice and asked reasonable questions!
The exam went well =)
God is amazing…praise HIM!
two more days to go…
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Peer pressure: Was glancing around the library last night and everyone seemed to own some AppleMacintosh product - iPod Minis, iPod shuffles, iBook!!! Me only had iBags –> :(
