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Recovering from OSCE Disaster
“That was a disaster. I ran out of time. I didn’t answer the question. I definitely failed that case”. As a Medical educator I’ve heard it a thousand times, and you’ve probably found yourself saying or thinking it.
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Like most of us, I’m not very keen on the idea of aging - not when it applies to me or the people I love. Not aging the way most people think of it anyway.
When I returned to work from maternity leave, I was struggling with weight issues and general poor health following a tough flu season. My mood also plummeted from over-work and family responsibilities.
How a good knowledge of fiction will help you pass the AKT (Part 1 of 4)
How a good knowledge of fiction will help you pass the AKT (Part 2 of 4)
How a good knowledge of fiction will help you pass the AKT (Part 3 of 4)
How a good knowledge of fiction will help you pass the AKT (Part 4 of 4)
As a GP, we are undertaking clinical reasoning with nearly every patient that we see. It is most often automatic. However, in preparation for the KFP exam, it can be helpful to deconstruct the clinical reasoning process. The ultimate goal, however, is to make us better clinicians, not just to pass the exam!
In December 2017 a renewed National Cervical Screening Program was launched in Australia.
Inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive children have always existed, and it’s difficult to quantify the exact effect of labelling children with a disease name, rather than approaching them ‘the old-fashioned way’, whatever that might be.