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Procedural questions are an interesting kettle of fish. Many people struggle with them. The reasons are varied - they haven't done the procedure before, or they often have done the procedure so much that it becomes second nature - stopping to then explain it can be tricky, let alone in a way...
College clinical examinations have a notorious reputation for being "random" and "not assessing things that matter". But why is this?
Well, it comes down to what the "examiners" aka Colleges think is important vs what we think is important. We might feel that purely clinical medicine is...
The answer lies in an academic construct called the Angoff Method.
Put simply, from the moment your exam is set there are four key processes:
- The answer grid proposed by the authors of the exam is tweaked to make sure that it works in real life.
- The examiners then set a mark against any...
The AMC recommends a variety of sources:
Devitt P, Barker J, Mitchell J and Hamilton-Craig C. Clinical Problems In General Medicine, 2nd edn. Churchill Livingstone, 2003, ISN 0443073236.
Edwards C and Bouchier IA (eds). Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, 18th edn....
According to the AMC, the exams will test a series of tasks:
Data Gathering [up to 23.5% of the scored items]
- History taking, mental status examination, physical examination, laboratory testing, imaging, other investigations, and clinical reasoning.
Data...
There are lots of free recall papers available. However should you use them?
According to the AMC, the AMC has found the question stems and responses to be incorrect. Candidates who base their preparation on such reconstructed papers may have a distorted impression of the format...
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