By Guest in Dentistry on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 09:48

After completing the two-year foundation training programme for dental graduates I have recently sat Part 1 of The Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties at The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MJDF RCS Eng). Paper 1 includes different formats of multiple choice questions... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 19:50

The PasTest blog is going skiing.  After a busy week with last week's MRCP 2 exam, the medical student mock exam going live, I need a restorative break before MRCS, MRCP and MRCPCH in April/May. Good luck to anyone who's revising for them - I feel your pain.  I have an MBA... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 19:46

I’m scared of doctors. No really, I am.  Not like I’m scared of clowns, or birds, but terrified nonetheless.  The weirdest part is that I work with doctors, some of my best friends are doctors, but still, every time I enter hospital doors my blood pressure shoots up, and I start to... read more

By Lisa Quinn in A doctor's life on Thursday, April 9, 2009 @ 10:18

As one of the many people involved in the co-ordination of the PasTest range of clinical courses, whether it is MRCS OSCE, MRCP 2 PACES or MRCPCH 2 clinical, I am continuously spending time adding and updating patient information on our database, and often find myself wondering exactly... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 @ 13:33

I tweet.  So do millions of other people, and so, it seems, do lots of doctors and the medical community judging by the response to the recent live Twitter surgery from Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.  1,965 doctors ‘followed’ the live awake craniotomy surgery, with the... read more

By Rosemary Gow in Revision on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 @ 10:21

It is safe to say revision for membership exams is not top of the list of anyone’s favourite activities but something no doctor manages to avoid.   Devising a system of rewards seems to work well in our house.  This began many years ago when a simple star chart on the fridge... read more