That Saturday proved exceptionally busy: It was the curriculum day in the morning; in the afternoon I had to attend the briefing session of MRCP examination.
It was at the Center for Health Protection.
The session was supposed to be kind of a live-demonstration, with real patients, for the new "integrated case" station. Many of us were therefor slightly disappointed when MN, our chief local examiner, explained that there would not be any patient for the demonstration.
"You know, this place is slightly sensitive," he explained, "There is always some suspicion that patients may get all sorts of funny infection by coming here."
After a while, he went on, "And, if anything does happen, we are not covered by insurance."
Alas, I badly need someone with wisdom to enlighten me on the purpose of a demonstration session when demonstration is not possible.
PS. Well, true, the talk of MN is clear and informative, and many of us - candidates and examiners alike - have difficulty in reading.
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Yes. The session was very informative.
As the first batch of candidates who will take part in the new station 5, my feeling is mixed. On one hand it seems that it's more easy to fail, as once you fail in the "maintain patient's welfare" section you get a straight fail. In addition, the concept of talking to a "voice" is rather strange (the special "Hong Kong version" of station 5). On the other hand, though it was mentioned that the marking would be slightly loose this time, there will still be certain degree of fear coming from the various uncertainties.
Let's see how it goes...!
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