Perhaps a step forwards

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Date: 20 August 2008 07:30:52

So today was my long case exam. For those who are not acquainted with such things, here's what happens in a uni long case exam. Or my long case exam anyway.

Students show up at their examination venue. Mine was a very large hospital. It may even be the largest in Australia. Or NSW. Or something.

Then we wait. I waited about 90 minutes past the time I was meant to start.

I was then ushered into a room with a patient in it and my one hour of information acquisition began. Sometimes the good habits learned at uni are flung out the window in the interest of maximal information acquisition in an hour. So we start with "what's wrong with you?" (or words to that effect), then move on to medications (very helpful for me when trying to summarise medical conditions). This is followed by lots and lots of other questions and an examination and more questions then some writing stuff down.

Then you get 20 minutes to write stuff and to think about what you have found. Then.. 20 minutes? I think... to present the case and get grilled on it.

I'm not too sure how I did. Hard to say. Hopefully ok.

Now I must go and tend to my impatient hound who is banging on the door because it's walk o'clock.