Bullshit PPD Essay
At the end of our General Practice term, all the students had to sit an exam in which we practice consulting in the GP setting, with the help of an actor. On the day, for some reason, I was very nervous and wasn’t at all confident. It wasn’t a great surprise when I got a phone call later on that day saying I had to re-sit the exam in 8 weeks.
I guess, in my head, I knew that it wasn’t such a big deal. I knew that I was definitely good enough to pass the exam, and that it was just one of those things that happen on the day that you can’t predict. The thing that annoyed me the most however, was the fact that the re-sit of the exam was in 8 weeks. Which is a very long time! And a long time to be thinking that you’re not as good as everyone else in the group who passed it.
Subsequently, I was told that I didn’t miss passing by all that much. I missed out by 0.5 out of 20. This gave me some confidence because I knew that I had actually performed well below what I was able to on the day, so when the re-sit came, I knew that if I performed to my ability, that would be good enough.
So after I was told that I had to re-sit, I was pretty distraught for a bit, but I put it the back of my mind and starting getting ready for my option, and then Paediatrics. Paediatrics is actually quite a busy term with lots of written assessment, and I had to force myself to concentrate on the assessment and leave GP revision until closer to the date. That is what I did, and only began studying for it about a week in advance.
After putting in some productive study, I passed the exam easily. But then the difficult part was coping with paediatrics. My GP study had come at the expense of the paediatric study, and the assessment tasks were piling up with not much done!
To get through this, I decided I would think about each task one at a time and deal with them one by one. Once I finished everything, I promised myself I’d reward myself by buying something. In that way, I was able to get through the five assessment pieces that I had to do in the space of a week, as well as two nights in ED at PMH.
I guess, in my head, I knew that it wasn’t such a big deal. I knew that I was definitely good enough to pass the exam, and that it was just one of those things that happen on the day that you can’t predict. The thing that annoyed me the most however, was the fact that the re-sit of the exam was in 8 weeks. Which is a very long time! And a long time to be thinking that you’re not as good as everyone else in the group who passed it.
Subsequently, I was told that I didn’t miss passing by all that much. I missed out by 0.5 out of 20. This gave me some confidence because I knew that I had actually performed well below what I was able to on the day, so when the re-sit came, I knew that if I performed to my ability, that would be good enough.
So after I was told that I had to re-sit, I was pretty distraught for a bit, but I put it the back of my mind and starting getting ready for my option, and then Paediatrics. Paediatrics is actually quite a busy term with lots of written assessment, and I had to force myself to concentrate on the assessment and leave GP revision until closer to the date. That is what I did, and only began studying for it about a week in advance.
After putting in some productive study, I passed the exam easily. But then the difficult part was coping with paediatrics. My GP study had come at the expense of the paediatric study, and the assessment tasks were piling up with not much done!
To get through this, I decided I would think about each task one at a time and deal with them one by one. Once I finished everything, I promised myself I’d reward myself by buying something. In that way, I was able to get through the five assessment pieces that I had to do in the space of a week, as well as two nights in ED at PMH.
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