Medical school exams - volunteering

Location
East Mids
Well that was fun - sort of! Spent the day in local University Hospital being interviewed and examined one to one by final year medical students as part of their exams. 20 mins to take a history, suggest a diagnosis, do a relevant physical examination, summarise and then answer some questions from the examiner on the condition. Pretty full on in hot airless consulting rooms but well fed and watered, saw 8 different students with a few 'empty' slots. V interesting seeing the differing approaches and emphasis that they gave to me giving them essentially the same starting point. One who hadn't got a clue and even when told my diagnosis obviously didn't know a lot about it but on the whole very very impressive. Highly pressurised environment for our young Drs of the future and all credit to them. No phone a friend or resorting to the computer or text books.

Anyone else volunteered for anything similar? Would definitely do it again. If nothing else, a pretty rare opportunity to spend 20 mins x 3 with a consultant and ask them anything I wanted in the empty slots!!!! Also a chance to 'give back' to the NHS as I think I'll be getting my monies worth out of them in the next few years!

PS @JCMaloney I said they wouldn't be cancelling this visit to the LRI!
 

holwellcourtfarm

Member
Livestock Farmer
Well that was fun - sort of! Spent the day in local University Hospital being interviewed and examined one to one by final year medical students as part of their exams. 20 mins to take a history, suggest a diagnosis, do a relevant physical examination, summarise and then answer some questions from the examiner on the condition. Pretty full on in hot airless consulting rooms but well fed and watered, saw 8 different students with a few 'empty' slots. V interesting seeing the differing approaches and emphasis that they gave to me giving them essentially the same starting point. One who hadn't got a clue and even when told my diagnosis obviously didn't know a lot about it but on the whole very very impressive. Highly pressurised environment for our young Drs of the future and all credit to them. No phone a friend or resorting to the computer or text books.

Anyone else volunteered for anything similar? Would definitely do it again. If nothing else, a pretty rare opportunity to spend 20 mins x 3 with a consultant and ask them anything I wanted in the empty slots!!!! Also a chance to 'give back' to the NHS as I think I'll be getting my monies worth out of them in the next few years!

PS @JCMaloney I said they wouldn't be cancelling this visit to the LRI!
Good on you for helping.

Dad had been part of a big medical cohort study for about 10 years now. It turns out that Hertfordshire had a unique medical history for kids born in the 1930's and 40's. All down to one health visitor who kept comprehensive records on how the youngsters she saw were actually looked after (how well fed, activity levels, parental history, issues in pregnancy etc). Researchers at Southampton came across this data and have been looking into the effect of parental health, nutrition in the womb and early years nutrition on long term health. They are discovering ground breaking links from it.

Once a year he, and all the others of his age still kicking, get a free taxi ride to Southampton University Hospital where they get a FULL workout and checkup (fitness workup, full blood assay, MRI scans, bone density test etc, etc).

They asked last year if any of their offspring would be prepared to take part so I agreed. I haven't been called as yet but expect to do so.

Who'd have thought that your parents health before you were even conceived would influence your health for life?
 

holwellcourtfarm

Member
Livestock Farmer
Good on you for helping.

Dad had been part of a big medical cohort study for about 10 years now. It turns out that Hertfordshire had a unique medical history for kids born in the 1930's and 40's. All down to one health visitor who kept comprehensive records on how the youngsters she saw were actually looked after (how well fed, activity levels, parental history, issues in pregnancy etc). Researchers at Southampton came across this data and have been looking into the effect of parental health, nutrition in the womb and early years nutrition on long term health. They are discovering ground breaking links from it.

Once a year he, and all the others of his age still kicking, get a free taxi ride to Southampton University Hospital where they get a FULL workout and checkup (fitness workup, full blood assay, MRI scans, bone density test etc, etc).

They asked last year if any of their offspring would be prepared to take part so I agreed. I haven't been called as yet but expect to do so.

Who'd have thought that your parents health before you were even conceived would influence your health for life?
Link to the study here: http://www.mrc.soton.ac.uk/herts/
 

bravheart

Member
Location
scottish borders
just volunteered (y) to be a guinea pig for a bunch of students :geek: sitting their final exams :bookworm: at the local university later this week :), not really looking forward to it :(:nailbiting:, could be scarred for life :arghh::bigtears:

















Its the hairdressing finals practical :bag:
 

JCMaloney

Member
Location
LE9 2JG
@Princess Pooper don`t know how I missed this! Thanks for volunteering...... it helps no end ...and generates income!
I done one myself as a "healthy volunteer" at the Respiratory Research unit..... had to run and stuff wearing an oxygen monitor and lots of cables, then my bone density was scanned.
Always said I`m not overweight just "big boned"....and now I have scientific evidence that its true. :D
 

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