Osce is scary

So ranting out about prev exam, among all the internal meds exam that i took in this long final year journey is the last osce (short cases). Again, of course exam is all about your preps before facing it but rizq also determine wheter you'll being doing good or not. Questions, doctors, findings, your level of anxiety.. Everything was written (maktub) beforehand so always anticipate surprises that Allah want to give us. If something bad happen, don't be over depressed, let's try to do better next time okay.

Honestly I didn't prepare that well before the exam, but i did study somehow. And im quite confident. But eveything changes once you enter the examination room. Our doctors were quite challenging (i mean; psycho?) but when i think back, they were helpful in other way. I was examined in 4 basic cases; ascites (abdomen), MR (cardio), copd (chest), umnl of upper limb (neuro). In every station we were given 6 mins for examination and discussion then someone will say "shifttt!!" and we'll move to the next station.

The exam went quite well but still i felt kinda anxious. I dont know my answer are okay or not, i think i didn't do well but.. nevermind. Ngeh. That's why im saying its scary.

1. The doctor are there during examination

2. The doctor can be reaaaaallllyyy observant macam nak makan korang. Worse if he/she mask-faced

3. The time for discussion is not that long so you're not really sure if your answer is true or wrong

4. Gelabah is your worst enemy. Masa examine tu boleh pulak aku cakap ممكن اشفيك (can i heal you) instead of اشوفك (see you) or افخصك (check you) lol dah rampas kerje tuhan pulak nak sembuhkan orang -.-

But i have lots of thing that i've learned. The things that i want to reflect for is:

1. Always active in class and do participate in the discussion!!!

You might do the examination very well but you are not really capable to do a good report/presentation. Plus jangan rasa bosan atau rasa malas masa dalam kelas/round sebab long term memory tu sangat berguna masa saat2 kecemasan bila doctor tanya soalan mana-mana entah.

2. Training makes you better

So always train yourself to hear heart sounds, murmur, lung sounds, diff between normal and exaggerated reflexes..these stuff really need TRAININGGGGGGGGGG. 

3. Be brave and proud

Lantaklah salah jawab ke kena gertak ke, selagi mana kau rasa kau buat benda betul, teruskan je ikut scheme. If they dont accept your answer on the first blow, give reasoning why you answer so

4. Always be grateful for your teachers and patients because they were there to help you to know more. That's also what exam is for. That you know you are on which level and what are the things that you need to improve.

Itu sahaja. Lagi 3 exam dan 3 hari lagi nak new year. Whoah.

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