Our lecturer today, who had more abbreviated letters after his name than the entire alphabet put together, imparted to us something of great value and truth.
The key to success in your MRCP, FRCS, or whatever fancy exams you take to advance your medical career - he said - lies in putting your examiner to sleep.
Right.
Apparently that's how he got through medical school and all those other degrees he has under his belt.
"When asked a question, rattle on with the textbook answer, as all the previous examinees would've said it, and the examiner would be so bored of listening to it again that he'd fall asleep. Speak eloquently and fluently on the subject, so as to not awake him from his peaceful slumber. If he's not awake he doesn't know what has happened and therefore has to pass you."
It makes sense when you think about it, all but for two major flaws. Firstly this is only applicable for viva type examinations where you verbally answer questions in front of a panel of examiners, normally one who asks the questions, and the other one (whom you want to be drifting off to dreamland) writes comments about how you handle the question.
The other gaping problem with this whole putting your examiner to sleep business lies in the fact that you really have to know your shit well enough in the first place to just drone on and on about it for 20 minutes.
But I suppose it can't hurt to try.
Monday, October 6, 2008
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2 comments:
you've done it before =.=
scaring juniors is fun.
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