Exam Done

I was tasked with organising the Exit Exam for the aspiring Haematologist. We do this a couple of times a year, and it was my turn to be the host yesterday. It turned out to be hard work but we managed to pull it off. Clearly a Private Centre was never designed to do such thing but we would like to.thonk that Subang is a bit different. We have 3 Haematologists here for a start, so in terms of manpower it was feasible.

That capped up a busy week for me after Anita and my Mum taken ill, a busy call on Monday and a full week's activity. Since I've cancelled the clinic for tomorrow, I was really looking forward to some down time.

Anita had her follow-up with the Surgeon this morning. I would be taking my Mum to see the Cardiologist tomorrow. So, I have my schedule cut out for the coming few days. There was also a family wedding going on this weekend.

Exam Time

So, Idlan's exams was in full swing and Anita spent the rest of the afternoon teaching him some English. Idlan himself was chilled with the whole thing and at any spare moment, he would start to play ball with his brother. He finally finished his reading before dinner and after that, spent the rest of the time before bed chasing around with Irfan.

The poor boy had too much exams at school if you know what I mean. I better make sure that he would enjoy his coming holiday because he certainly deserved it.

Sunday Morning Meeting

Sunday. Meeting. Almost a crime to string them words on the same sentence, hence the full stop in between. But today it was different. We were gathered to discuss the conduct of the coming MMed exams scheduled for next week. Since UM was not one of the hosts - Part I would be in UKM and Part II in Kubang Kerian - we hosted this calibration exercise. And it was a very important one.

MMed is one of those exams where the exact conduct at times were mysterious. There was no real syllabus to talk about, just a guide as to how the program should be run and how were the candidates should be assessed. The actual experiences between each individual candidates could be quite different as the program emphasis was in the experience, akin to being an apprentice.

Looks like I need a new Moleskine

Having difference in ways the journey the candidates go trough is one thing, but it was a priority for us to make sure that at the very least there was some uniformity in terms of assessment, hence the purpose for meeting this morning. We went through how the format would be, and run a few scenarios and see how the differences of opinion in the assessing examiners can be kept to a minimum and everybody would be singing from the same hymn sheet. To a certain extend, that object was achieved this morning.

As for me personally, the exam would start tomorrow with me invigilating the Final Year viva. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all the MMed candidates the best of luck.