Review : Neuroscience & Eli

F.A.T.E

Who can fight it? =/

Is going to be a long review with lots of curse and complains

Before exam

Slept at 1.30am, couldn't stand the saturated brain anymore

With a hint of headache

Alarm set : 4.15am

ZzZzZzzzzZZZZzzzzzzzZZ

Woke up

Check my cellphone

7.05am!!

When did the alarm rang?!

Habituation

Exam

*totally no confidence*

I dare to say this was my 1st time stepping into the exam hall with nothing in my mind

OBA

Anatomy, anatomy, anatomy

*tikam tembak, any cara la*

There are lots of questions that I seems to know

A, B, C, D, E...

I cancelled out 3 answers which definitely wrong

50-50 towards the correct answer

*this one la*

and I tell myself not to look back

Cause' whenever I look back & change the answer

The previous answer will the correct one!

*go back check - WRONG..*

OK nevermind, wrong 1 only...

*check 2nd question - WRONG..*

Don't want check oledi la...

'Qi shi ren'

EMI

More choices of answer.. A to H or J

Some I know lor...

MOST I TIKAM LOR....

*haven't see essay questions also know will die already*

Muscles of the neck

*I tak sempat baca*

CNS Infections

Sedative & Opioids

Cranial nerves nuclei

Functional part of the brain

*is it? the one with basal ganglia, amyglada, hippocampus*

etc...(I forgot)

Essay

Essay 1

A gal that tends to fall forward or backwards. Couldn't erect the trunk. Coordination of limbs are normal... Diagnosed with cerebellar disease kot..*something like that*

Parts of the affected cerebellum

Name ALL nuclei in cerebellum

*ALL? so many ah? sei lo.. anyway, I end up putting in DEFG*

Describe anatomical & functional divisions of cerebellum

*flocu-- fluco-- flo-- *dunno what* --nodular*

*lots of spelling mistakes here*

Arterial blood supply to cerebellum

*dang! forgot liao.. PICA?*

Essay 2

Based on the same situation above

DESCRIBE 2 tests for coordination of the limbs

*limbs? what limbs? which one?*

The coordination is normal. She still can play a piano & sing.

EXPLAIN the process above affect which cortical areas & tract. EXPLAIN the function of the cortical area & the tract...

(8 MARKS)

*play piano & sing at the same time?*

*play piano & then only sing?*

*play piano without looking at the pieces?*

*play piano while looking at the pieces?*

*sing looking at lyrics or listening to words in radio?*

*Or just randomly sing her own creative song?*

All this run through my mind because of the vague situations

*poof... 8 marks bu jian liao (gone)*

Essay 3

Parkinson's disease

Describe the gross morphology of Parkinson's disease

*what a gross question?*

*Honestly, I am not sure whether I didn't read about it or I really never see the gross morphology before*

*I even don't know how to CREATE an answer*

Mind you, 5 MARKS!

Describe histopathological changes seen in Parkinson's disease

5 MARKS

*banyakla 5 marks..nothing to write also*

*write mampus, didn't write mampus also*

*simply create.. SO HARD TO CREATE*

10 marks bye bye

Essay 4

Give this Parkinson's disease patient Levodopa

Mechanism of levodopa

*still ok.. This is my prediction of the module*

*at least there are still something predictable*

Levadopa + carbidopa. What can be alleviate from this combination of drugs?

6 MARKS!!!!

*I tak tau I answer correct or not*

*at least I understand this questions*

For a moment in the hall, I hope there is electrical breakdown so that the paper is cancelled.

Wish doesn't come true

Oh well

Back to the same word --> F.A.T.E

Number 13 still lucky

Number 101, what luck also dun have

Conclusion of the day : I am mentally prepared to reseat this paper.. I am very positive towards it and didn't take this as a stress.

What done is done...

Takkan you want me to cry outside the hall la...

P.S All of us were so SAD & EMO & DESPERATE when the exam ends, suddenly here come the KTDI Persiap representative telling us when to daftar for our hostel in KTDI, when is our elementary clinic & PPD camp...

I was like --> NO HOPE

Coming up next week!

Review : OSPE/OSCE & Eli

xoxo