Story of A Goddess

Hah. I knew i couldn't kick ospe's ass today but atleast i could answer most of the questions and although some answers are entirely fictional and self-proclaimed theories, I have a good feeling that i actually passed it. Although there are some frustrating facts about my careless answers and idiocy. That's done and i'm happy. To those doing medicine I know you have heard of ospe's but to some lemme waste some time explaining it.



Imagine a room with arranged cubicles (side by side) where you can sit in one and see no other surrounding. You can feel the presence of you mates on either side but the cubicle blocks your view on what's on the other side of the divider. It's like sitting on a long dining table with friends but each person has walls on the sides and front. One cubicle is called a station. You are given exam questions on a thick pile of papers. Each station has a question. Let's say for example:

On exam paper: Question 1. Elisha is a 15 year old girl with fever of 3 days.
Picture A. View of her oral cavity.

On station board (Laminated A4 paper with a picture or chart or graph or any visual aid's): Picture A: Shown the back of throat.

So in the paper, questions like describe the gross picture..........................
What is your probable diagnosis?.............................................................
How do you treat it?.................................

Etc etc. Usually there will be more that one picture on each station. And one whole question, corresponding to one station, carries 10 marks. Simple. When you're done you move to the next station in order. till you finish all questions in the paper.

Here's the catch: Each station, you are only given 5 minutes to obtain 10 marks. Hah!

Imagine the panic and the confusion and the time to think is all squeezed into 2 minutes and you have 2 minutes to right down the answers. and another minutes, if you're bloody lucky to check the answers. 5 minutes are up! No time to change answers. You can only check them! hahah

The moving from a station to another is hard enough. GOSH!!! You do have rest stations. Mind you, IMU is very lenient with their students. In more prestigious medical schools or any university that practices this method of evaluation, they don't allow rest stations. So ways to find the loop to change your answers? When you have a station that you can really excel in, flip through the ones that you have missed and try and answer them. Tulisan takpe buruk. Or during the rest station pretend to fill in you ID number or right your name while flipping through each question. Do it discretely!

To those who share the same fate as I do, either you think it's easy because you're a smart ass or you are on the same boat as I am. It's mentally and physically exhausting. Drinking red bull and isotonic drink half hour before is recommended. If less than that, you might end up having palpitations and shivering of the hands. Hahhaha! that's worse.

Like my exam ways? It's better and more interacting but it gives you no chance at all to turn back time and change your mistakes. The only thing to do is to look forward to the next question and do your best and try to not repeat the same mistakes again. Kind of a lesson for life thing don't you think?

Well, that was today, Tuesday. I'm not done yet ladies and gentlemen. We don't have breaks between papers. And we are not so fortunate as to be given divisions of our subjects. Anything and everything that we have learned is being put to test. The practical, the knowledge, the general knowledge, common sense and ability to think quick while being precise and concise.
I'm a lazy ass so I find it quite a struggle. I don't know about the geniuses that i have in my batch. =S

Anyway, tomorrow is the killer ones. It's like ospe, with stations, 5mins and all but this time, you have patients!!! You examine them, take history, and answer relevant questions regarding the case presented. Yup, I need all the luck that I can get for now. And I'm spending to much time on this. I need to read and practice inspecting, palpating, percussing and auscultating a paid simulated patient. Bye for now. Wish me luck.


Ya Allah, bukakanlah pintu hatiku dan tenangkanla jiwa ku agar dapat menjalani peperiksaan esok dengan yakin dan cemerlang. Semoga segala usaha membawa kecemerlangan dan lulus periksa. Aku bertawakkal dan redha dengan apa apa yang diberikan. Pass Exam Please!!

Amin~