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An orientation to 3 rd year

An orientation to 3 rd 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

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An orientation to 3 rd year

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  1. An orientation to 3rd year

  2. What is new? • Clinical Vs Basic science, Community department, Radiology • Time Vs work load (assignments) • Research project • OSCE • Patient exposure

  3. 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

  4. Total work? • 16 exams • 2 OSCE • 11 quizzes • 12 assignments (15 DxR) • 5 presentations • 1 paper

  5. 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

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

  7. Time for studying

  8. 1. Medicine • Total Credits: 10 hours • Written exams 40grades • OSCE exams 60-55grades • Log book 5grades • 3lectures/week • 2-3clinical sessions/week

  9. 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?

  10. Resources

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Do not do this at home

  14. 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

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

  16. 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

  17. Resources

  18. 3. Community Medicine • Total credits 4 hours • 40grades on mid • 40grades on final • 10grades on quizzes • 10grades on assignments

  19. 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!!!

  20. Resources

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

  22. 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

  23. 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....

  24. 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

  25. Resources

  26. 5. Radiology • Total credits 2 hours • 35grades for exam 1 + 3.5 bonus • 60grades for exam 2 • 5grades for quizzes • The pictures in the exam, are the same as the slides

  27. Resources

  28. 6. Forensics

  29. Resources

  30. 7. Ethics • Credits 3 hours • Questions are ethical scenarios, which a 5 year old can answer them • Source offered by department • 30marks on the exams, and the rest are on projects and assignments

  31. Resources

  32. 8. Medical Informatics • 2credit hours • Questions from the slides • Exams: 40 • Quizzes: 10 • Projects and assignments: 50

  33. Resources

  34. 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

  35. 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!

  36. 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!

  37. Questions?

  38. الإرشاد الأكاديمي • متى يرجع الطالب إلى الارشاد الأكاديمي ؟ • يرجع الطالب إلى المرشد الأكاديمي الخاص بسنته الدراسية في حال مواجهته لأي مشكلة سواء كانت أكاديمية أو غير أكاديمية , حيث يتكفل المرشد بمساعدته في حل هذه المشكلة وإن تعذر حل هذه المشكلة بواسطة المرشد الأكاديمي فإنه يقوم بمخاطبة من يلزم للسعي في حلها. • المرشد الأكاديمي للسنة الثالثة: د. خالد بن عبد الله الرقيعي استاذ مساعد في علم وظائف الأعضاء kalregai@gmail.com

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