Sat for my MED 4071 General Practice & Psychological Medicine written paper today. It seems like the 18 weeks whizzed past just like that. To be honest, I can’t quite handle the reality that we will be graduating soon – I don’t feel ready, no I don’t at all. Anyhow, the paper wasn’t too bad, and I was quite surprised I finished within the hour. I guess most of the problems came from the management questions, because there was definitely more than 1 answer that was possible, but we had to pick the “BEST” or the “MOST appropriate”, which in my opinion can be quite subjective. Ask a GP what they will do with a patient who presents with anxiety and insomnia a week after losing a job – reassure and provide support, or provide benzos (ie sleeping pills)?

Anyway, I spent an hour or so after getting back typing up what I remembered (yes very nerd I know, but I had my reasons ie the MED 4082 students had asked for the favour in exchange for what came out for their exams). In the process I had to painfully discover my mistakes, but on the whole I’d say I should be able to get a rather decent score :)

Now, time for a half-time break. I’m starting on Six Months in Sudan: a young doctor in a war-torn village by James Maskalyk.