exam stuff

hey everybody

i dunno if any of you will see this or not, these are few tips i got from some second years and heard from a few of my friends about exams.. it is upto u all to decide if this is important for you, im not telling you shud follow this jus a few things that im doin and i feel i thought id share with you all, if u all think i have missed anythin please do let me kno =)

1. make sure u go through all the anatomy practicals and pay attention to the clinical aspects and study around tht cos most of the exam questions come from the practicals, FORGET goin through the whole book now, its not a time to be a DEEP learner, now is the time to study SMART n pass exams =)

2. make sure u go through epid stuff and the epid quizzes on blackboard.

3. there will be NO SAQ's on HEP, SOCIO and EPID or Jambu's stuff so chill =) make sure u focus on the stuff on the HEP revision lecture of first sem and the last lecture of looking ahead by sivalal, the looking ahead seems to cover both sems..

4. Study Law and be more focused on material risk but dont forget the basics as well cos basics can come for mcq but i think material risk has a greater chance of comin for SAQ (this is my hunch and i dont kno if it is true so to be on the safe side go through the other stuff also)

5. study pharamaco, no tips there, but go through amudha's last 3 lectures first and then the rest it becomes easier and covers most of the rest done during the begining of sem, revise pharmcodynamics and pharmacokinetics of this sem if u have the time.. dont worry bout it too much but please do kno the therapeutic index thingy and also there was summin about sum volume summin.

6. go through sensation and motor systems and muscle function and do the muscle physio quizz on blackboard

7. be familiar with bone and skin histo

8. no need of studyin antibiotics in detail but kno the main classes and the drugs

9. go through the australian lecture notes for cranial nerves, hearing, balance, vision, smell and taste. more
important is the vision and hearin physio. this is cos these lecturers do not kno wut is important according to our syllabus and wut they have covered is a ltl too extensive for first year for us.

10. MSE stuff the definition of hallucination, illusion, delusion, misinterpretation and tht kind of stuff and the MMSE

11. the framework of clinical reasoning by shah

12. micro bio from first sem about the different tests involved in identyfing bacteria such as the catalase and gram staining stuff

13. Embryology, gastrulation, neurulation, limb development

14. first sem bio chem try to focus on the more important aspects which hav popped up hear and there in lectures.

try to focus more on the last half of sem after mid sem exams.. most of what we will be getting will come from the theory leanrt during tht time so dont be too nervous if u cant finish everythin from first sem

Please dont get me wrong this isnt like what is coming for exams or anythin but wut my friends in 2nd year told me and somethings that i heard from ppl from higher up. i can vouch for 1,2,3,5,6,9,10 and tht if u follow those u wont go wrong in those areas.. for those are wut i follow and ive done ok in those areas.

it is upto each of you to think about wut i have written and if you feel its important then follow it, cos i am jus sharing wut i heard and i cannot take any responsibility as to whether it will help u or not.. if u feel it is not helpful and will interfere with the way u study then please dont listen to me..

GOOD LUCK to everyone... we are at the brink of finishin our first year at med school =) let us not get side tracked and jus finish it off with a BANG =) All the best guys good luck with ur studyin..

STUDY HARD!!! STUDY SMART!!!