An orientation to 3rd year

What is new?

• Clinical Vs Basic science, Community department, Radiology

• Time Vs work load (assignments)• Research project• OSCE• Patient exposure

How to deal with it?

• Manage your time. – Spend more time on stuff that are worth more

grades– Spend more time on stuff you don’t understand– Finish your work before the deadline!

• Don't panic• Work very hard! This is the year that will make

you a doctor!• You can do as much mistakes as you like

Total work?

• 16 exams• 2 OSCE• 11 quizzes• 12 assignments (15 DxR)• 5 presentations• 1 paper

WORK

• Deadlines interlock so you have to finish them ASAP!!

• FINISH YOUR WORK! so you can be free for exam time

• If possible, the leaders should contact the departments to organize with each other on the projects deadlines

Subjects (credits)

• Medicine (10)• Surgery (8)• Community (4)• Research (biostatistics/methodology) (6)• Forensics (2)• Informatics (2)• Ethics (3)• Radiology (2)

Time for studying

Estimated by credit hours

Medicine and surgery other

1 .Medicine

• Total Credits: 10 hours– Written exams 40 grades– OSCE exams 60-55 grades– Log book 5 grades

• 3 lectures/week• 2-3 clinical sessions/week

Clinical matters

• What is the disease?• How it presents?• How to approach it? (history, physical and

labs)• How to diagnose it? Offer a differential!• How to evaluate?• How to treat?

Resources

Tips

• Before the exam 1 or 2 sources max– E.g. (team or 427 + slides OR team or 427 + step up)– Before exam time you must have read the subject at

least once before• Don’t ask about benign and malignant examiners! • Get your stethoscope, lab coat and notebook to

every session!!• Study the way u like, like the basic science

Tips

• Doctors are not available for the sessions, u might get 3 cardiologists

• Ask them in advance for what u need (specially surgery)

• NEVER fool them, they know all the tricks!• If a patient refuses the history, don’t take it

Do not do this at home

Exams

• Written:– Written-Mid 15 grades (30 lectures)– Written-Fin. 25 grades (45 lectures avg.)

• OSCE: – OSCE-1 20 grades (4 stations)– OSCE-2 35 grades (5 stations)– History, physical exam and clinical skills (from med

edu)• 5 grades log book

2 .Surgery

• Total credits 8 hours– Written-Mid 20 grades– Written-Fin. 20 grades– OSCE-1 15 grades– OSCE-2 40 grades– Log book 5

2 .Surgery

• Deals with surgical diseases and presentations • Easier than medicine • Usually they cut to the chase.. Less questions

in history• Easier questions • Study MCQs

Resources

3 .Community Medicine

• Total credits 4 hours- 40 grades on mid- 40 grades on final- 10 grades on quizzes- 10 grades on assignments

Cont .

• Each lecture by itself is very easy, but the lectures are so many!

• Questions are usually from the slides, but not so obvious

• It doesn’t take much time to study this subject• If the say “it’s a bonus”, be careful! It’s a

trap!!!

Resources

4 .Research

• Total credit 6 hours– 15 mid– 25 final– 30 supervisor’s evaluation– 10 on presentation and final report– 10 quizzes– 10 assignments

The Project

• A maximum of 6 students per project • choose a leader• You choose the supervisor and topic of the

research (on your own)• Your supervisor guides your project and helps

you

The Project

• Make the title similar to the doctor’s interest• Weekly meetings with supervisors are advised • Various deadlines will be asked of you– Submit topic, submit questions and objectives,

submit results, submit presentations, etc....

Methodology and Biostatistics

• Methodology– Use slides– Know what are the different types of research, for

the sake of your career not the exam• Biostatistics– Very easy, Just focus with Dr. Shaffi– Exam is easy

Resources

5 .Radiology

• Total credits 2 hours–35 grades for exam 1 + 3.5 bonus –60 grades for exam 2–5 grades for quizzes

• The pictures in the exam, are the same as the slides

Resources

6 .Forensics

Resources

7 .Ethics

• Credits 3 hours • Questions are ethical scenarios, which a 5 year

old can answer them• Source offered by department • 30 marks on the exams, and the rest are on

projects and assignments

Resources

8 .Medical Informatics

• 2 credit hours• Questions from the slides• Exams: 40• Quizzes: 10• Projects and assignments: 50

Resources

Exam time

• Ask the leader to rearrange sessions and lectures

• Make free time • Do not ignore the small subjects! But also

don’t give them a lot of time – 10 community lectures can be done in a day!

• 1.5/2 weeks before the medicine exam free yourself completely

Exam time

• 4 weeks of pressure so you have to stay focused and study hard

• Have fun once a week and take half a day or a day off if you can manage it

• Half your effort on Medicine and Surgery, and then: Community > Research > Radiology > Informatics > Ethics > Forensics

• Final 2 weeks, Medicine and Medicine Only!

In general

• You will enjoy this year• During the semester, you have time, participate

in some activities, but don’t let it distract you• Don’t be a grade slave! Enjoy your time,

CAREFULLY!• Control your research project, and you will

control this year, in terms of joy and time management

• Don’t mark your friend’s attendance!

Questions?

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