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dah lebih kurang seminggu 2nd med students of rcsi habis menempuh our 1st professional exam. seperti yg telah diterangkan dlm post sebelum ini, exam ni merupakan exam besar yang mencakupi semua syllabus anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, behavioural science a.k.a psychology and physiology yg kitorg dh belajar selama 4 semesters (1st and 2nd med). kiranya exam ni ala2 SPM n IB exam la.. kalo tak pass exam ni, tak boleh proceed ke clinical years kat Surgeons' hospitals eg. Beaumont Hospital.

what is the sicnificance of this exam?
"2nd med is the most difficult year of all (because of the 1st prof)", Mr. Hanson, the anatomy lecturer

sebelum ambik exam ni, aku tertanya2 betulkah apa yg dikatakan oleh encik Hanson tersebut. memang betul rupanya.. exam ni cuma mengambil masa 7 hari exam (selama 3 minggu), tapi impactnyer sampai 1-2 months (or maybe 3) before the exam. boleh kata makan tak kenyang, tidur tak lena, mandi tak basah disertakan dengan symptoms of depression pada waktu tu. muka pun jadi cekung and berat badan pun turun..which i didn't notice at all!

during the exam...

semua subjek ada short notes paper (which is less strict than essay). 10 questions for 1 hour 45 minutes. must answer all, this means semua soalan kena jawab, takde option. in another word, kalo tak tahu nak jawab langsung certain question..habislah...

the mark scheme is weird: 0 (not written anything), 35 (fail), 55 ("nearly fail", sebab pass=50), 75 (honours) untuk every question. after that marks for the ten questions are totaled and averaged to get 100% for the paper. ini membuatkan aku risau sangat2 because nak dapat 75 tak terdaya diri ini. jadi tinggal 0, 35 and 55 jer. thanks to Shu sebab dia pesan "jawab semua soalan tau, jangan tinggal kosong". thanks Shu.. your advice was really USEFULL and APPLICABLE. aku memang confirm sangat banyak soalan tak dapat jawab especially for pharmacology and psychology, tapi disebabkan "goreng" yang entah sedap ke tidak, alhamdulillah berjaya..

for combined MCQ..
this is THE MOST DISTRESSING paper that i have ever taken in my life. 150 questions for 2 hours 30 minutes. sepanjang jawab paper ni, perut rasa lapar teramat..padahal dah makan lunch. kepala pun pening giler. mmg tak tahan!. aku igt aku sorg jer rasa macam tu, rupa2nya semua orang..!.. dayah kata "exam ni buat semua org hypoglycaemic".. yess.. thats the right term i think. glucose dlm perut habis sebab nak bagi energy kat otak yg tgh pening nih.

for anatomy practical..
as usual, ini mmg exam wajib untuk anatomy, apatah lagi kitorg mmg dah biasa dgn card signing every 2 weeks. bezanya, kali ni kena tahu satu badan!.. from head to toe.. banyakkknyerrr mak aiiihh... dahlah kitorg belajar anatomy lebih detail dari segala U dekat Ireland nih (or maybe the whole world!)..

the result...
as USUAL, result keluar cepat giler. tak payah tunggu lama2. "hari ni habis exam, hari esok dapat result". alhamdulillah, pass overall.. walaupun ada satu subjek bordeline, tapi markah overall compensate for that subject. mathan mohan dapat pergi 5 prize orals for 5 subjects, and dapat 4 out of 10 prizes (basically 1st and 2nd prizes). markah dia utk semua subjek >75. hebatnyee.. kena lawan dia nih...!

ok..thats the report for the exam.....dah boleh masuk hospital! yeayyy... syukur alhamdulillah (^_^)v

......next chapter... trip to Brussels