WOHOO!!!!!
Amazing how the exams fly by really quick once they begin. ^^
Long-case was....erm, to be honest, it was a relatively straight-forward cardio case, chief-complaint being acute dyspnoea at rest. The patient was really nice and cooperative too. My main problems were:
1. Time-constraints (don't all of us have them =P)
2. A terrible mental-block at one point, which caused me to answer one of the examiner's questions REALLY poorly *kicks self in the rear-end for being such a dumb@$$*
3. Deciphering signs which pointed somewhat to aortic regurgitation (PLEASE LET THIS BE CORRECT!!!), and
4. MARFAN's SYNDROME!!!
Yes, you heard that right....I've got a patient with Marfan's, and I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF THAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER!!!!
GAH!!!!!!
The examiners were really nice though. Perhaps out of sympathy, considering I looked horribly nervous, and stumbled every now and then during presentation?
Pffft. Oh well. It's over now. And I'm glad it's done with.
I'll worry about this more when "result-time" approaches, in mid-July. =\
Labels: Medicine/Hospitals/Medics
