YEAR 4 INTRODUCTI

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OUTLINE What’s it all about! Year breakdown & Time-Frame Lectures Firms Module Exams End of year exams SSC Other MMD Support & Events Resources General advice Islamic advice Q&A Contact Info

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT!

Longest year… Toughest year… Call yourself a doc if you get through it… But most importantly..

The BEST year of Med School (well for me anyway )

DISCLAIMER: This powerpoint is based on Year 4 2010-2011 and does not take into account any changes the university has made since then…

YEAR BREAKDOWN

3 Main Modules:1) Locomotor Sexual health (I&I), Musculoskeletal, HCOE,

Dermatology, SSC

2) Human Development O&G, Child Health, GP

3) Brain & Behaviour Neurology, Psychiatry, OphthalmologyOther:CSP – Global health, ethics, ENT

TIME FRAME No. of weeks uni allocates to each

speciality correlates with importance & exam assessment

Guides you on time you should ideally spend revising for each speciality

Locomotor:

Sexual health (2 weeks) HCOE (3 weeks) MSS (3 weeks) Dermatology(2 weeks) SSC(2 weeks)

Human Development:

O&G (4 weeks) Child Health(4 weeks) GP (2 weeks)

Brain & Behaviour:

Neurology (5 weeks) Psychiatry (5 weeks) Ophthalmology (1 week)

LECTURES

One/two weeks of lectures for each speciality

How beneficial they are depends on you and your learning methods

Attendance is recorded Skipping them = remedial work (essays,

emq assessments etc)

FIRMS Learn as much as possible – attend &

absorb Flopping a firm = remedial firm (during

summer holidays!!!) Mega useful for exams – you’ll be

surprised at what you pick up and exam questions you can answer

Logbooks – get it done early, bad idea to be lastminute.com with this!

MODULE EXAMS

3 main modules = 3 exams Locomotor & B&B exams - EMQ based Human Development exam – SAQ based Tend to be repeat questions from past

papers – so you can potentially pass just by looking at these

BUT – not a good idea if you want to be a good doctor – you are going to be dealing with patients, not EMQ’s!

Also – you need solid knowledge for end of year exams (which won’t be made up of many repeat questions!)

END OF YEAR EXAMS

Deja-vu 3rd year format..

1) EMQ/SBA paper2) Data Interpretation3) OSCE

EMQ/SBA PAPER

Know your stuff - simple as that! 3 hour paper Question breakdown varies each year – but use

time-frame allocated to each speciality as rough guidance to the no. of questions assessed

e.g. HCOE – 3 weeks = 3 EMQ’s Resources: Crash Course books, Oxford Handbook of

Specialities Practice EMQ/SBA’s – Pastest, OnExamination

websites, Get Ahead Specialities (EMQ, SAQ), Get Ahead Medicine, Pastest EMQ books (Adam Feather et al)

DATA INTERPRETATION Not a pretty paper 1 hr 30 mins Computer based Similar material that is assessed in

EMQ/SBA paper but with images, data sets etc

Resources: MMD Data Interpretation document – mega

long, but pretty useful (MMD website) Past paper questions – very important,

often many repeats

OSCE

Preparation is key Start early e.g. 2 months in advance and work

through past stations with a group of friends Mostly communication skills – history taking

and explanation Also examinations + practical skills Resources: OSCE Station List Masterpass: The Easy Guide to OSCE’s for Final

Year, The Easy Guide to OSCE’s for Specialities Pastest OSCE Books (Adam Feather et al) Patient.co.uk

SSC 4

2 weeks during Locomotor module Dissertation: 6000-8000 words Experience/difficulty depends on what

you have chosen or been allocated Honestly – not that bad!

OTHER Try to get your referee for FPAS this year Think about your elective

MMD SUPPORT & EVENTS Crash Course OSCE weekend (TBC) Mock OSCE (TBC) 4th year goodies – USB MMD Forums – Year 4 thread has been

set-up for you all to post questions & discuss

RESOURCES: BOOKS Crash Course books all the way! Check out recommended books by

university in module handbookse.g. Human Development: Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Lawrence

Impey Illustrated Textbook of Paedatrics – Tom

Lissauer

GENERAL ADVICE Pace yourself – long year Not a good year to cram in – info

overload! Enjoy it – work you enjoy becomes play

Experience all the specialities to the

max – and you may just find your niche this year

Support each other

ISLAMIC ADVICE

If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it!

Seek help in patience & prayer Dua – for success in this life & the next Renew your intentions – it’ll get you through

when it all gets a bit too much! Be dawah machines on firms – be on time, know

your stuff, treat patients well, support firm folk They may not remember your name when you

are gone, but they’ll always remember the hijaby /beardo that stood out for being a top-student and iA it’ll boost the image of Islam and our beautiful ummah

Finally, some prophylaxis stress-relief for this hard-core year:

Chillax and take the advice of Umar Bin Khattab (RA) and stick it on your walls…!

‘Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of affairs is determined by Allah’s decree.

If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.’

Q&A Ask away…

CONTACT INFO Hala – Tasneem –

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