Professional Exam I
Hey it's me again.
So just an update about my Professional Exam 1. Guess what? I passed!!
For those who don't know, PRO exam is actually an exam that we need to pass in order to get into clinical year in USM.
Now I'm in the 5th week of 3rd year. And going to enter my first posting (Paeds) this November. Kinda excited
Okay, so back to the Pro exam. Right after we finished semester 4 exam, 3 week of study week began. I took one week off to go back home because really in need of good food, and missing home haha. So I brought some of my book in hoping I can finish few blocks, but it was just a lie. Lesson learnt: never trust yourself when you say you'll study at home.
As you can see the one with red circle, one month before PRO, I only finished reading 6 blocks out of 15 block.
So the worst time of my life started when I went back to USM, I started to push myself beyond my limit, I was so messed up at that time. But in the end I managed to finished all the blocks. The stress is on the another level, at first you were studying and the next thing you know you're crying. Constant overthinking, doubting myself whether I can pass or not. What if I failed PRO?
It reached the point where I feel so suffocated by everything. Everyday repeat the same thing: Sleep, eat, study, literally like a zombie. I feel so tired to the point where the thought of giving up keep on popping in my head. Even my parents got scared bcs they never see me behaving like that. funny right how an exam can change you?
Constant overthinking, endless tears, sleepless night. Disaster haha
And finally it's the first day of PRO, so for the first day it was all okay. Question is answerable.
Since the lecturers said they won't repeat the topic if it's already come out in any paper. So after the first day, me and my study group went and ruled out all the topic that already came out so that it's easier to study since the second day of PRO got 2 paper which were short essay and scenario based question. So, I study based on what we already ruled out. Andddd, the interesting part was the moment I open the exam paper, I knew I'm screwed up. HAHAHA none of the things I study night before came out for essay. So I had to depend on my long term memory to answer all the essays. I was praying so hard hoping that I'll pass my theory paper. Another lesson learnt: Just read everything, don't pandai2 go target question.
And the last 2 days was OSCE exam. and tbh, OSCE is always my weakness bcs I get nervous easily especially when that station is an interactive session. When I get nervous, I'll say "erm" and "so sorry Dr" a lot. But surprisingly I didnt do that, I get nervous but it's not that obvious except for the community medicine station, where I have to advise a patient to stop smoking. Didn't read about that topics, and just asked the patient whatever I remember. Pretty sure I failed that station. xD
Finally PRO exam finished. We had 2 days of holiday before the result came out. So, the day after PRO, I think I slept for almost 10 hours. Compensate the sleep that I lost during study week, hahaha.
And around afternoon, that feeling when some of your friends already knew their result bcs their mentor told them their result before the announcement. Overthinking + anxiety kicked in, great combination right? hahaha it sucks. So we went to the lecture hall to wait for the Dean, Dean started to announce the result according to name of those who pass. Those who didnt pass, their name wont get call. So the moment I heard my name, I cried AGAIN. xD but this time was the tears of happiness.
I'm so glad my parents are always very supportive. They didn't give me pressure or push me to get the best result, as long as I passed then it's enough for them. My mom sent me this quote during study week bcs I always called them saying I don't have the confident to pass PRO, what if I get kick out of medical school and etc "We have strength when we doing the things that possible, and we need faith when doing things we think or seems impossible." simple quote but somehow it motivate me to work harder. So always have faith in God and yourself, just do your best and let God do the rest.
Hands down, PRO 1 is one of the hardest exam I've ever sit for. Very thankful for friends and family for giving me endless support. And thanks God for answering my prayer.
UNIMAS, UMK, UMS, and USM medicine interview 2016
HI!
So today entry is about my experiences during medicine interview.
Maybe useful
for someone who is going to interview soon. 4 choices and i choose UMS, UNIMAS
for medic course while UKM for forensic science since I love forensic and
lastly UMK for veterinary medic. I got 3 interview and unfortunately I didn't
get the course that I loved the most. Mostly matrics students came for the interview and fews STPM and foundation students.
And for USM
and UM, need to apply separately from UPU, and I got USM interview for medic.
Out of the four interview, USM interview was the most relax one for me bcs the
concept of the interview was based on MMI (multiple mini interview). It was a group
interview, not a group discussion. During my time, there were 5 active station
and 3 passive station. It was quite relaxing for me bcs we only have to face
one interviewer, and it'll reduce you "nervousness" haha. Out of 5
station, there were only 2 station to test our science knowledge during my
time. The sample question was like
- You saw
your friend cheating during exam, what will you do? Your friend’s family is
poor and her mother is hoping that your friend will get into university. Your
friend was so desperate to pass the exam and to get into university.
- There
was a statement, and you have to explain it to the interviewer what the passage
was about. Your neighbor has to undergo the surgery and she didn’t know what to
do since she can’t under stand the passage. You as the neighbor, you have to
explain to the aunty what to do and where to go. The interviewer act as the
aunty.
- Explain
what the specific field in medicine.
- Tell us
your strongest point and what the biggest challenge that you had overcome.
During my
time, only one station required to speak fully in English and one station to
speak fully in Malay and the rest it was up to you want to answer in Malay or
English.
While for the
UMK's interview, the interviewers first will ask you to introduce yourself and
then they only ask simple questions such as :
why do you
choose veterinary medicine?
why do you
choose UMK instead of UPM?
Family
background
Animal
diseases
During my
time, they asked me "do you think that animal disease can infect a
human?" And I said yes, the disease such as rabies and they also told me
that ringworm is also one of the disease that can be transfer from an
animal to a human. If you choose vet, then I suggest you to do some research on
the animal diseases for preparation and don’t forget to read about euthanasia.Quite famous question to ask if you google it.
While for
UNIMAS, I had to travel alone from Kota Kinabalu to Miri since they only held their
interview at Sarawak and it was quite intimidating since it was my first time to travel alone across the state. Since I didn't know the places, I had to book hotel online and took taxi from the airport. The were morning and afternoon session for the interview
and I was in the morning session interview and also the second last person for
the morning session. Felt tired eventhough I just sat there waiting for my
turn. When I entered the interview room, there were 2 interviewer. The first
thing to do is to greet them then they will ask you to take a seat. During my
time, they asked me to introduce myself and asked what courses I choosed in the
UPU, why choose medicine and etc
Lastly for the
UMS, the first day we were required to come to their medicine faculty to take
the aptitude test and they were like 60 peoples during my time. After answering
the test, I went back to hotel and during afternoon, I got a call from UMS for
the interview for the next day. This year aptitude test, they didn’t choose who
passed the exam, they called back all the candidates since not many people from what the officer said. The
interview was different from the other university, it was a group discussion
kinda like MUET speaking. My group consists of 5 person and 4 person were Chinese
and the other one was Malay, all from matrics. There were 3 room in total which
mean we have to discuss 3 topics. In each room, they were 2 questions which in
two different colour paper, it’s up to us but of course they cover the
questions, discuss with your team and tell the interviewer which paper you
choose. The sample questions:
1.
Convince
a patience to take his medicine since he don’t want to take his medicine as his
illness became worse.
2.
You and
the other participants were climbing the Mount Kinabalu and two of them were injured,
one of them has altitude sickness. There is one participants who insist he want
to climb up alone to finish the race. This question was asking your opinion on
what to do.
To conclude
all of this, it’s kind of fun since this was my first interview. I had to
travel alone from Tawau to Kota Kinabalu to Sarawak. It’s normal to be nervous but as you started to
talk, you will be more relax and don’t panic as this will make you forget
everything you had learn. Well I’ve done my best hopefully all my hard work pay
off.
Edited: I got offered by USM and I almost finish my second year. Hard works did pay off, so to anyone who read this, just do your best and let God do the rest.