Successfully tackling the RACGP written exams – it’s all in the Semantics.

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Semantics – relating to meaning in language or logic. In the didactic teaching days of old, written exams required recall and regurgitation of factual information, BUT oh how things have changed, and for the better.  In keeping with socratic methods, the RACGP exams now require contextual interpretation of knowledge.  That’s where semantics come in.   The …

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What To Do When You Don’t Get Through

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What to do when you don’t get through…GP Exams Human beings don’t like to fail.   Doctors are terrible at it.  It’s hard, especially when that failure is linked to your self-esteem, professional image, and livelihood.   It’s especially hard at the moment with the additional demands placed on our profession and healthcare system during a Pandemic.  …

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Silence is golden – Diagnostic acumen requires so much more than knowing the facts

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She sat and stared, entranced and scared, into nowhere.  Her  knobbly knees pulled up obtusely by her spindly arms, cradled by her sullen face.  Dark eyes, but compliant and waiting.  I called her by name, and an automated, shuffling gait arrived her in quiet into my room.   There was no response to my introduction …

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GP Fellowship Exams – You don’t want to find yourself up the creek without a paddle!

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Every Sunday I Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) on the beautiful river just down from my house.  Today as I was paddling, I was thinking about similarities between paddleboarding and the GP learning journey. Paddling to the exam requires: Planning – Do I have the right board and paddle?   Is the weather good?   Are there any  unforeseen …

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What’s the (Education) Diagnosis Doc? How Changing your Study Approach can Maximise your Exam Success.

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Whether you’re gearing up to run the RACGP written exam races soon, or pacing your study for next year, it’s worth considering your training approach. No-one wants a false-step or start’ (which is a synonym for fail) which I explored in a previous blog. Repeated false starts can result in disqualification so it’s important to …

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Difficulty Navigating RACGP Exams? How to make a ‘Plan B’.

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Human beings don’t like to fail.   Doctors are terrible at it.   Postgraduate exams are often the first exams Doctors have ever failed.  That’s hard, especially when that failure is linked to your self-esteem, professional image, and livelihood.  But sometimes, the strong emotions that accompany failure, stop us from taking the time to consider why we …

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How a triangle and a MAP can help you find success in GP Exams.

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Triangulation – a method by which a teacher gathers evidence about a learner. Triangles are everywhere in Medical Education.  We have Bloom’s Taxonomy, Maslow’s Heirechy and of course, Miller’s Pyramid. We have assessment triangles, and triangles to approach learning.   The reason why educators like triangles so much is that they help us formulate an …

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