2010-11-08

So my first exams today went alright. Okay I lie, it is the best exam I have written this year. But truth be told that doesn’t say much, seeing as this past year has been terrible, in the academic sense. And in other senses too, but let us not go there. So today – it

Exam hell [well, hopefully not]

Tomorrow I start my end-of-year exams. My Schedule: 8 November: Introduction to Clinical Medicine 12 November: Urogenital System 16 November: Reproductive System 19 November: Endocrine System Then I just have Cardiovascular System to write at the beginning of January. I attended International Rotary Leadership Awards in Montreal, Canada, in June and couldn’t write the exam

First OSCE: done and dusted?

Today I had my first ever OSCE. That stands for “Objective Structured Clinical Examination” and is basically a practical exam for medical students. I don’t think I was this nervous for my final Matric exams. Of course I wasn’t, back then I was an A+ student.

Students Donating Clothes for Charity

When you study as far from home as I do (1 000km), you bring all your clothes with you to university. When you are as short as I am, all your clothes from the age of 15 still fit you. Today I gave about seven carrier bags of clothes to charity. It felt great.

Journal Flashback: 2009_03_30

I wrote this last year. It may well be one of the most honest journal entries I have ever done. Whether I still feel the same and my opinions on these facts, now… are inconsequential and a matter for another day: A country requires many more doctors than there are people who have a calling

Favourite Funnies

I don’t believe in using too many mnemonics or rhymes to remember things, as remembering the mnemonic in itself can be a difficult task. To work, it must either be very funny, very relevant, or very entrenched. Here are some of my favourites – some because they are hilarious and some simply because they work.

The roads may never be the same again…

Today I had my third official driving lesson. It was a disaster.

Studying for exams: Reproductive System

Today I studied for my Reproductive System examination. Yes, I am trying very hard to take this studying-thing seriously. The more I study this system, the more I am scared of having children one day. Nevermind that, the more I fear my Obstetrics rotation which will happen next year. That is a bad thing, since

Endocrine System: When studying for the exam

Yesterday I studied for my Endocrine System exam. I have decided that I simply cannot have a supplementary exam in January as I need actually to have a holiday in the short time provided I won’t be able to take too many textbooks home with the airlines’ baggage allowances for domestic flights Endocrinology is supposedly

Introduction to Clinical Medicine: Presenting a patient

As part of continuous assessment for this module, we have to prepare and present a case to the Module Head. Due to my apparent silence in hospital rounds since everybody knows that I can actually speak in public, my wonderful clinical group (I do love them :P) informed me that I would be presenting if