We got an e-mail the other day apparently giving out the year rankings and our deciles based on year 3. Being in the first decile means you are in the top 10% of the year group, being in the 10th means you are in the bottom 10%.
As a graduate student, I have never had a ranking before now as they are only really used when applying for intercalated degrees, which I’m obviously not eligible for.
I’m unsure what we’re going to do with our decile rankings at the moment, but it’s interesting anyway. I’m in the 2nd decile.
And the results are out…
Just to recap, this ICA covered aspects of neurology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and psychiatry. I enjoyed it, especially the Psychiatry placements.
Pass in all placements.
ICA result 75.4% (A)
Obviously I’m very pleased with the result, but I don’t think I deserved it given the relatively little amount of revision I did. I found the exam hard but remember being able to answer most things relatively confidently on the second read through.
Next exam in 7 weeks or so. Sigh.
Well the BnB ICA came and went. I found it quite hard, but doable. Results are this week, apparently.
I was sorry to see the end of my Psych placement, but I’m ready for something new and, more importantly, ready for the holidays! Our last day saw us spending the day with the consultant going over any last questions and doing the dreaded ‘clinical task’ for our logbooks. There was one other student with me throughout the placement, and to prove to the consultant that we now had a better idea of what we were doing, we had to each play a patient with a mental illness and do a mental state exam on each other.
I got a merit for my efforts at dealing with a depressed patient, and have to say that I probably over-enjoyed playing a paranoid schizophrenic guy who’d been brought in on a section 136.
I’m considering going back to that consultant for my SSCs in the future. Nice guy.
So anyway, with all that stuff out of the way I’m moving onto the locomotor module of the year which is a mixed bag including dermatology, health care of the elderly (general medicine), rheumatology and HIV/sexual health. I’m currently sitting through the first of two weeks on infection and immunity relating to sexual health.
Things I’ve learnt so far: it’s not OK to say “gay men are at greater risk of contracting HIV”. Rather, you have to say “men who have sex with men”. Second, you can’t say “prostitute”; you have to say “commercial sex worker”. Thirdly, anything remotely to do with vaginal discharge is as grim as it sounds. But strangely quite fun to work out the cause.
Sorry for the dirth of posts – I’ve just had the ICA exam for the module, finished Psychiatry and am currently (meant to be) going to global health lectures. I start the next module next week with 2 weeks of infection and immunity lectures.
Bigger post to follow. Thanks to all my new followers.
