[xOsugaplumfairy]

(Original post by AishaTara)
which hospital are u hoping to get work experience at?

Kent and Cantebury Hospital

[AspiringGenius]

St. Georges give out offers as low as BBCb if the person have extenuating circumstances (I think being in care etc). It says that on the TSR table of A level requirements

EDIT: This seems a bit out fo place, it was in reply to an earlier conversation

[fletchdd02]

(Original post by xOsugaplumfairy)
ME!

Yeah same, how are you feeling?

[AishaTara]

(Original post by AspiringGenius)
St. Georges give out offers as low as BBCb if the person have extenuating circumstances (I think being in care etc). It says that on the TSR table of A level requirements

EDIT: This seems a bit out fo place, it was in reply to an earlier conversation

see! I've heard this before, but then again i wouldnt depend on
extenuating circumstances*and it would be for something very severe. Nowadays many people with extenuating circumstances resit in Jan and get AAA overall so only one or two people would get an offer like that.

[Penguinsaysquack]

(Original post by Vulpes)
Exams are next week

You'll understand in a few years time



I'm sure our cardio bits overlap too..



Macrocytic anaemia: megaloblastic / non-?

Alcohol abuse = folate deficiency = affected haematopoiesis = anaemia

My turn:

Spoiler:

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A 40 year old woman presents with a 6 month history of tiredness and menorrhagia. Her full blood count shows her haemoglobin to be 8.9g/dl, with a microcytic hypochromic blood film.

EMQ options:
- Acute blood loss
- Floate deficiency
- Pernicious anaemia
- Anaemia of chronic disease
- Aplastic anaemia
- Sideroblastic anaemic
- Metastatic carcinoma of the breat
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- Iron deficiency
- Hypersplenism

When are your exams?

Correctamundo!

Iron deficiency caused by the prolonged and heavy bleeding characterised as menorrhagia. (body has to compensate by producing more RBCs, iron levels decline over time, lack of haem formation = small RBCs)
Would also recommend that the woman consulted her GP re menorrhagia, could be hormonal changes due to early onset menopause (?), treatment with progesterone-only pill/implant/IUD (?)

EDIT: oh and iron supplements for the iron deficiency..

Exams are all next week

What about yours?

Ok so final type is normocytic; name one cause of normocytic anaemia, and the range of MCV for normocytic anaemia (yours might be different to mine depending on teaching.. but will probably be similar). And for fun, name the obvious treatment choice

Spoiler:

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I'm such a geek... this is fun

[AspiringGenius]

(Original post by AishaTara)
see! I've heard this before, but then again i wouldnt depend on
extenuating circumstances*and it would be for something very severe. Nowadays many people with extenuating circumstances resit in Jan and get AAA overall so only one or two people would get an offer like that.

Yes it is very rare. I'm suprised to hear of people getting offers of less than AAB in all fairness. It's almost a given that you really should have at least AAA predictions for A2 to do Medicine. I can't help feel sorry for the people that get rejected and then get multiple A*s without resits, with good GCSEs and a good base of voluntary work.

[AspiringGenius]

(Original post by AishaTara)
see! I've heard this before, but then again i wouldnt depend on
extenuating circumstances*and it would be for something very severe. Nowadays many people with extenuating circumstances resit in Jan and get AAA overall so only one or two people would get an offer like that.

Yes it is very rare. I'm suprised to hear of people getting offers of less than AAB in all fairness. It's almost a given that you really should have at least AAA predictions for A2 to do Medicine. I can't help feel sorry for the people that get rejected and then get multiple A*s without resits, with good GCSEs and a good base of voluntary work.

[Pride]

(Original post by AishaTara)
see! I've heard this before, but then again i wouldnt depend on
extenuating circumstances*and it would be for something very severe. Nowadays many people with extenuating circumstances resit in Jan and get AAA overall so only one or two people would get an offer like that.

yes, but you don't just get handed an offer unless there's something genuinely wrong. Not because AAA would be hard to get.

[Vulpes]

(Original post by Penguinsaysquack)
Correctamundo!

Iron deficiency caused by the prolonged and heavy bleeding characterised as menorrhagia. (body has to compensate by producing more RBCs, iron levels decline over time, lack of haem formation = small RBCs)
Would also recommend that the woman consulted her GP re menorrhagia, could be hormonal changes due to early onset menopause (?), treatment with progesterone-only pill/implant/IUD (?)

Exams are all next week

What about yours?

Ok so final type is normocytic; name one cause of normocytic anaemia, and the range of MCV for normocytic anaemia (yours might be different to mine depending on teaching.. but will probably be similar). And for fun, name the obvious treatment choice

Spoiler:

Show

I'm such a geek... this is fun

Si.

Same! 21st,22nd,23rd May. All integrated exams

Haha. Excessive blood loss from a stab wound on a Jehovah's witness. Treatment = none.

What do you think the medical school will say if I answered the question below like this:

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State the cause of a 'machinery murmur'.
Artificial Heart

Its their fault for not being specific about the age of the patient right?

Edit: 80-100

[AishaTara]

(Original post by AspiringGenius)
Yes it is very rare. I'm suprised to hear of people getting offers of less than AAB in all fairness. It's almost a given that you really should have at least AAA predictions for A2 to do Medicine. I can't help feel sorry for the people that get rejected and then get multiple A*s without resits, with good GCSEs and a good base of voluntary work.

True, but it depends what they got rejected for. If the interviews feel they have been pressured/brainwashed into medicine, or something about their personality or people skills. I know two girls with straight A*s, tonnes of work experience, lots of voluntary work and probably will get all A*s at a-level, but one is just so so selfish literally we wonder if shes a robot, and the other thinks its not important to be caring as a Doctor and says 'i'll be the doctor, and the patient is the patient and my job is to make them better and as I will have the knowledge I will know whats best' how arrogant is that? she even says communication skills arent important, and having the grades is the only important thing :/

[Penguinsaysquack]

(Original post by Vulpes)
Si.

Same! 21st,22nd,23rd May. All integrated exams

Haha. Excessive blood loss from a stab wound on a Jehovah's witness. Treatment = none.

What do you think the medical school will say if I answered the question below like this:

Spoiler:

Show

State the cause of a 'machinery murmur'.
Artificial Heart

Its their fault for not being specific about the age of the patient right?

Edit: 80-100

How are your exams structured? Do you have to do any OSCEs this year?

Excessive blood loss from a stab wound on a Jehovah's witness's child. Ethical/legal nightmare.
There'll be case studies out there probably.. but I don't care for psychosocial crap

We don't cover machinery murmurs (or murmurs really... just where to listen for them ) but from a quick search I can see your difficulty..

[AishaTara]

(Original post by Pride)
yes, but you don't just get handed an offer unless there's something genuinely wrong. Not because AAA would be hard to get.

thats exactly what I said, you only get an offer like that if you have circumstances which are serious
I then said but even people who had circumstances at the time of AS may be expected to get AAA still, as in the past many people with circumstances managed to get AAA by resitting AS modules in Jan.

[AishaTara]

(Original post by AspiringGenius)
Yes it is very rare. I'm suprised to hear of people getting offers of less than AAB in all fairness. It's almost a given that you really should have at least AAA predictions for A2 to do Medicine. I can't help feel sorry for the people that get rejected and then get multiple A*s without resits, with good GCSEs and a good base of voluntary work.

oh if you mean rejected because of under predictions I feel sorry for them yes

[composite]

Why is it OK for moderators to spam with content that is not relevant to the thread? If it was a non-mod, they would have got a warning or an alert immediately.

[Vulpes]

(Original post by Penguinsaysquack)
How are your exams structured? Do you have to do any OSCEs this year?

Excessive blood loss from a stab wound on a Jehovah's witness's child. Ethical/legal nightmare.
There'll be case studies out there probably.. but I don't care for psychosocial crap

We don't cover machinery murmurs (or murmurs really... just where to listen for them ) but from a quick search I can see your difficulty..

They're not really called OSCEs. But we have one mcq paper, one modified essays paper and a multistation exam, which involves looking at histology slides, presenting cases, basic clinical competence, and more mcqs under timed pressure (like 3 questions every 4 minutes, then you move on to the next station etc)

You? Looking at specimen papers, I have no idea how so many people manage to pass each year

[Penguinsaysquack]

(Original post by composite)
Why is it OK for moderators to spam with content that is not relevant to the thread? If it was a non-mod, they would have got a warning or an alert immediately.

Well this thread is a chat thread so the rules are much more lax with regards to spam.. it's hard to spam on these threads (that's not a challenge)
Also we can say it gives you an insight into the world of medical students
Also you'll feel good if you got the answers to our recent questions

But you've got a slight point, so I'll be heading back to revision shortly

(Original post by Vulpes)
They're not really called OSCEs. But we have one mcq paper, one modified essays paper and a multistation exam, which involves looking at histology slides, presenting cases, basic clinical competence, and more mcqs under timed pressure (like 3 questions every 4 minutes, then you move on to the next station etc)

You? Looking at specimen papers, I have no idea how so many people manage to pass each year

Sounds like a mixed bundle..

At least you have specimen papers you can look at.. BL don't release them so I don't really know what standard the end of year exams will be at

I better work, so speak soon dude

[Vulpes]

(Original post by Penguinsaysquack)
Sounds like a mixed bundle..

At least you have specimen papers you can look at.. BL don't release them so I don't really know what standard the end of year exams will be at

I better work, so speak soon dude

My "specimen" papers (only have 3. one for each paper) were released in 2004... I do have some mock papers from seniors but thats about it

I got a new signature. Think you'll appreciate it.

Likewise...

[composite]

(Original post by Penguinsaysquack)
Well this thread is a chat thread so the rules are much more lax with regards to spam.. it's hard to spam on these threads (that's not a challenge)
Also we can say it gives you an insight into the world of medical students
Also you'll feel good if you got the answers to our recent questions

But you've got a slight point, so I'll be heading back to revision shortly

OK baby, I will let you off.

[Penguinsaysquack]

(Original post by composite)
OK baby, I will let you off.

[composite]

(Original post by Penguinsaysquack)

Yes, I love you too.