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Extra CSU
21 September 2004This post is dedicated to Dr Timothy Song. I promised. (Heh heh. Whether he wants this dedication is besides the point though. :P)
Before I begin… Dr, thanks for having the session with us this morning.
I discovered 5 things during the session:
1. Sitting comfortably in your chair is distinctly different from standing in front, examining the SP.
2. If you think you know your stuff, you don’t really know it until you can remember it when you’re put in the situation as said in No. 1.
3. So you think your palms are sweaty while you’re seated down and observing your peer at work? Your eccrine glands are more capable than you imagine them to be. Just be in situation No. 1 and you’ll know what I mean.
4. Clinical skills come hand in hand with theory. If you don’t know your theory really really well (like in No. 2), then well, you’re pretty dead.
5. Don’t believe Talleys, especially if you’ve been told time and again that Macleod is your standard text.
Anyone still curious about how my extra CSU session with Dr TS was this morning? Please re-read the above 5 points and come to your own conclusion. But… I must say he was pretty nice. :) (I’m not bootlicking, well, this post is dedicated to him, you know)
Now, a quote…
- Dr TS
Note to self: If you continue in this state, you’ll die a horrible death during OSCE. Go study!
on January 13th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
[…] CSU sessions have always been a little nutty for me. I was not (and am not) the conscientious student who will study a few days in advance. Most of the time I’ll read 5 minutes before going for the session and sometimes, even as I’m sitting in the briefing room waiting for the lecturer to come in and I cannot seem to remember to get my nails cut! I’ve been caught several times with questions I cannot answer and you should see the ultra blank look on my face! Despite all the times I fouled up during CSU and OSCE, clinical skills have always been one of my favourite bit of the entire course. There were really fun experiences too! Like the venesection class back in Sem3 and when Dr Tim was showing off his artistic side during one of the extra sessions we had with him. […]