Tips and tricks for getting through the second part: Examiner’s perspective by Dr Mary Pinder
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To pass the Second Part Exam, your performance needs to be at the expected level for a junior consultant. You need to be able to rapidly synthesise clinical information from multiple sources to reach a differential diagnosis and appropriate management decisions. (And achieve this while feeling the equivalent of standing at the top of an Olympic downhill ski-run, simultaneously suffering from a severe bout of gastro.) Some general pointers include: Get experience running the unit and calling the shots Establish a good knowledge base - don’t just practice SAQs Write and share your own SAQs and Vivas Make every case you see at work a practice Hot Case Teach everyone else Consider performance coaching Finally, if things don’t go to plan the first time, remember it’s an exam not a statement on who you are as a person. Work out what worked and what didn’t and why to change your approach and come back stronger.
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Tips and tricks for getting through the second part: Examiner’s perspective by Dr Mary Pinder
- 1. Tips & Tricks for the Second Part – Examiners’ Perspective Trainee Symposium ASM 2018 HOBART
- 3. #1 – Establish a solid knowledge base
- 6. Approach to study Know your learning style Collaborative learning Past exam questions to assess learning Use teaching opportunities Time at work is not wasted
- 7. #2 – Pick the right time Clinical experience Work environment Support network No other life events
- 8. #3 – Develop good exam technique
- 10. Structure answer And Use Sub-Headings • And dot points
- 11. You have only 10 mins to tell your registrar what to do Bushfire Survival Kit or Sinking Ship analogy What to leave out as well as what to put in
- 12. “Any attempt is better than no attempt”
- 13. #4 – Write your own questions & test each other
- 14. #5 – Practise presentation skills
- 15. #6 – Get experience taking charge
- 16. #7 – Make every case at work a Hot Case
- 18. #9 - On the day Treat the questions as “real” clinical problems Use common sense One bad section does not mean all is lost
- 19. #10 - Tips from New Fellows Start Hot Case and Viva practice from the start Practise hand-writing Focus on core topics Courses are worthwhile
- 20. Be confident and have: Resilience Perseverance Grit Sense of humour
- 22. If things don’t go to plan • Work out what you need to change and how to do that • Come back stronger • Life-work balance • Keep perspective
Editor's Notes
- I’m sure some of you at least have this feeling about the exam and I hope that the next 10 min or so will help you feel a bit less helpless and more in control. There’s a lot of advice in the exam reports and we try hard to give useful feedback and tips for exam performance including some do’s and don’t’s so I’m not going to repeat that information. And a lot of what I’m going to say is common sense. I thought it would be more useful to give some other tips and allow enough time for your questions. This is not going to be a magic bullet or the Holy Grail and certainly not a list of thou shall nots. Based on watching a lot of trainees go through exam practice and the real thing and seeing what works and what doesn’t. A lot of it is common sense
- Not enough just to do practice SAQs – need to have a solid foundation of knowledge
- It’s not enough just to be able to recall facts – you need to be able to synthesise, analyse and evaluate the information too
- It’s not enough just to be able to recall facts – you need to be able to synthesise, analyse and evaluate the information too. You can see the descriptive verbs used here to represent the different levels of learning are used in exam questions
- You’ve all passed exams before but the depth and breadth needed for this exam is daunting. Study in the way that works for you. If you’re not sure about your preferred learning style or if your current method of study hasn’t worked there are questionnaires you can do on the net and it may be worth seeing an educational advisor. Study groups are great but choose your mates wisely you don’t end up doing all the work or getting psyched out Use old SAQs and vivas to test your learning – quality not quantity. Remember it’s a clinical exam so everything you do at work helps your preparation and everything you learn helps you at work
- Need the planets in alignment Enough broad Clinical experience Right work environment
- Need knowledge AND technique
- One of the crucial skills to have is something you have been able to do since a small child – ability to read! Read the qs carefully Dot points are good Sinking ship analogy Know what to leave out as well as what to leave in
- Dot points are good – this applies to the vivas too Sinking ship analogy Know what to leave out as well as what to leave in
- Give the key information – be selective
- Like Basic life support and motto of ARC Dot points are good Sinking ship analogy Know what to leave out as well as what to leave in
- Write your own SAQs and vivas and test each other – better insights into the process and a good way of learning
- Toast masters, drama coach, speech, performance psychologist
- You need to be able to say what you would do
- Hurdle for career progression – not a value judgment on you as a human being