Hi Guys,
So last week I found out that I failed first year, the main paper and the OCASE.
I am studying GEM and just found everything very over-whelming in terms of what I had to learn. My background is in business and I had no science experience since GCSE. I failed my written exams by 9 % and my ocase by one station.
I know what went wrong in my OCASE, I was just incredibly nervous and made silly errors.. I did however know how to do every station well but just forgot silly things and made little errors that got me red flags like not checking the medication before sub q injection.
My main issues are SAQ and EMQ, I never know how much to write for saq and I genuinely don't have a clue how to revise for the EMQ. The questions are just so random.
I have a chance to resit in August and if I don't pass this time I will have to resit the whole year (at my expense) or leave.
I guess I just want some help and advice from people who have been there and done it. Do you think I should be going over the whole of the first years LOs or using the lecture material/ GEMS material as my main base?
I am genuinely terrified of failing as I have invested a lot of time, money and effort into this.
Thank you in advance.