Dear All

Thank you for joining in the session today

4 members have exams in the next few days hence we altered our time line and had a Q&A session on what is expected at various stations, what to do at the exam, how to brush up on last minute preparations to present your best to impress the examiners. Dr Sonia and Dr Shishir gave their advice based on their comparatively recent successful experience of the examination. We then practised a clinical Station: 7 year old Michael, comes for OP review, he had cardiac surgery when 1 yr old. Task was to do a CVS examination. DR S got the Hotseat while DR S, Dr A & Dr P had the examiner hats. Dr S completed a good CVS examination requiring more than 6 minutes. Examiners fed back on the fine details and Dr S presented summary and discussion well.

The Practice and Learning points are:

• Systematic examination – fluent
• Structured approach
• Observation surroundings – Inspection – Palpation – (percussion) – Auscultation
• BP – ask towards end when summarising
• Do not read on evening before the exam
• You will be working at ‘Spinal level’ in the exam.
• Remain Calm & keep your wits about you.
• ‘Reboot’ after each station
• Do not carry the ‘baggage’ to next station.

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Anil Garg