RUMS Education Y1 Summative Exam Talk

RUMS Education (Y1&2)

Ravi Mistry, RUMS VP: Education Y1&2

Year 1 Summative Exams



Notices

• All info correct as on 26th Feb 2013

• Nothing in here will guarantee a pass

• This talk, as with all other student talks run by RUMS or UCLU MedSoc etc., is not in any way endorsed by the Medical School



This talk will…

Clarify exam matters

Signpost towards helpful materials

Answer questions (within reason)

• Tell you what to learn / not learn

• Form an exhaustive list of ‘essentials’

This talk won’t…



Passing:

• No Quota

• Set standard

• Results after board of examiners meeting

• Re-sits ~3 weeks after results

Theoretically, everybody can pass.



Grades

• Pass/Fail

• Quartiles

• Top 20% get merit

Y1 exams count towards 1 part in 8 of the iBSc classification Y1 exam grades are not used in iBSc selection



Exams:

• SBA

• Data Interpretation

• Spotter



SBAs

• Single BEST answer

• 100 Qns / paper; 2 hours/paper

• Tricky discern between fine elements in knowledge

• Tests ANYTHING taught in the course

• Practice: Moodle quizzes, Mock Paper, LAPT



Data Interpretation

• Applied knowledge

• Still tests any part of the curriculum

• Majority of it is easier than SBA

• Mixed style of questions: SBA, Multiple correct options, ‘labelling’

• Practice: calculations, graph interpretations



Spotter

• Counts for 25% of data paper

• What’s examined:

– Anatomical knowledge (what, relations, supplies, function)

– Histology

– Medical Imaging

– Anatomically related embryology

– 50 questions, 30 seconds per station



Revision Material

• FHMP: – Lecture notes

– Albert’s Cell Biology

– Lippincott’s Biochemsitry

• I&D: – Lecture slides + handouts

– Lecture notes

– Case Studies in Infectious Diseases (Book)

– Weekly summary questions



Revision Material

• C&B and FNM:

– Lecture Notes + Hand outs

– Physiology textbook to supplement

– SPLs / Workshop questions



Books



Reading Lists

• http://readinglists.ucl.ac.uk/

http://readinglists.ucl.ac.uk/

http://readinglists.ucl.ac.uk/



FHMP



I&D



Physiology Textbooks

• C&B, FNM, (FHMP)



FNM



Books

• FHMP: Albert’s, Lippincott’s

• I&D: Essential Immunology, Case Studies in Infectious Diseases

• C&B: Physiology Textbooks (Pocock and Richards, Vander’s, Guyton & Hall, Berne and Levy)

• FNM: An Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism



Anatomy



Sociology

Histology



Epidemiology/Use of Evidence



Embryology



Pharmacology



Books

• Anatomy: D&P, Atlas (Rohen’s, Netter’s)

• Sociology: Sociology as Applied to Medicine

• Histology: Prof. Campbell’s lectures + CALs

• Embryology: Illustrated Colour Guide

• Pharmacology: Rang & Dale’s Condensed, Pharmacology at a Glance

• Law: Lecture Slides



Useful Series

• Generally good

• Gives a quick and easy overview of key concepts

• Variable authors

• Books shown on subsequent slides are solely examples, not necessarily recommended



At A Glance…



BIOS Instant Notes



Illustrated Colour Text



Lecture Notes on…



Useful Titles

• At a glance

• BIOS Instant Notes

• Illustrated Colour Texts

• Lecture Notes on…



E-Resources



Acland’s DVD Atlas

• 6 Volumes

• Y1 content in:

– Volume 3: The Trunk

– Volume 6: Internal Organs

Only one copy of each volume in the (Cruciform) Library



Online Spotter Tests

• http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/quiz.htm

http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/quiz.htm

http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/quiz.htm



Anatomy.tv • Access via UCL Library Database (Primal

Pictures)



Instant Anatomy • www.instantanatomy.net/

http://www.instantanatomy.net/



Digital Slidebox

• http://dsb.anat.ucl.ac.uk/

• Histology

http://dsb.anat.ucl.ac.uk/

http://dsb.anat.ucl.ac.uk/



LAPT

• www.ucl.ac.uk/lapt

Not sufficient on its own

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lapt



Moodle

• End of module quizzes + online activities



E-Resources:

• LAPT

• Anatomy.tv

• Slidesurfer

• Digital Slidebox

• Acland’s DVDs

• Moodle Quizzes

• Moodle Answers

• Online Spotters

• Youtube

• (Email lecturers)



Past Papers: A word of warning

• There are no recent past papers – SBA past papers are not publicly available – Neither are data interpretation papers

• Of the papers available, there are some similarities

• Course content and structure has changed since then

• Do not use as sole source of ‘revision’

• Any ‘mark schemes’ are not official, they are by students



Other Help

• Older students (medic mum/dad, mentors, sports teams etc.)

• Friends in your year



What to take to Exams

• Pencils

• Eraser

• Calculator

• UCL ID

• UCL Exams card



Any Questions?

RUMS Education Y1 Summative Exam Talk

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