Hi! I personally really enjoy my PBL close sessions. Being able to go through what i have learnt over the week with my PBL group in a discussion solidifies my knowledge. It also helps me to identify aspects of the case that i might have missed out, or my knowledge is weak on. It's really useful consolidation and makes revision of that case a lot easier once exam season hits!
@Lolsycakes 99 Not gonna lie, it took me sometime to get used to it. PBL is a lot more of an independent process, as opposed to A-levels where you're told exactly what you need to learn and your teachers are making sure you're learning it. At uni, it's expected that you'll get your work done, and you're left to it.
That sounds very negative, but i actually really love PBL! You get a lot more independence than you do in school/sixth form. I get to learn on my terms, and learn in my way, which (for me) makes learning so much more enjoyable and productive.
Hey, so glad you like the page! With medicine there are so many aspects it is difficult to narrow it down to just one favourite. Although getting to go on clinical visits and beginning to speak to patients is up there, especially when you have previously learnt about their condition. It is a great reminder as to why you worked so hard to get into medicine, and it personally gives me the motivation to keep on working hard at uni.
@Lolsycakes 99 In each Semester of first and second year you get to go on 3 clinical visits, so 6 in a year. These take place in a GP practice or in a hospital, it gives you the opportunity to speak to patients, and so you get to practice taking a history of the patient, and sometimes you get to practice some of your examination skills that you have learnt at uni, which is very helpful!
I have always enjoyed communication skills sessions. It is one of those sessions where you feel like a proper medical student. It is always great practising talking to simulated patients (actors that pretend to be patients) so you can find new ways to improve your communication skills. All the scenarios are very interesting and you get to explore all these different avenues when talking to that patient. It is very rewarding to see how much progress you make from the very first session to the end of 2nd year.
It's very helpful and also very different. The actors make it a safe space for us to make mistakes so we learn from them and have even better conversation with actual patients. We are allowed to pause the conversation to have a think about what is going well and what is not going well. And also ask other people in are group for help and advice. Simulated actors are looking for you to pick out cues in the conversations and are more withdrawn with the information they reveal because they want you to learn how to ask the right questions. They give you the confidence to enhance your line of questioning so you are more comfortable carrying on a conversation with real patients. This is very valuable. On the early clinical visits I have found that actual patients really enjoy talking to medical students.
I have always enjoyed the anatomy sessions. I find the human body really fascinating and anatomy gave me the opportunity to actually find out everything about the human body; all of its constituents and their respective functions. Since I have a lot of interest in surgery, anatomy was even more fascinating for me during dissection sessions.
Hi! I personally really enjoy my PBL close sessions. Being able to go through what i have learnt over the week with my PBL group in a discussion solidifies my knowledge. It also helps me to identify aspects of the case that i might have missed out, or my knowledge is weak on. It's really useful consolidation and makes revision of that case a lot easier once exam season hits!
So how is the change between PBL and school been ?
@Lolsycakes 99 Not gonna lie, it took me sometime to get used to it. PBL is a lot more of an independent process, as opposed to A-levels where you're told exactly what you need to learn and your teachers are making sure you're learning it. At uni, it's expected that you'll get your work done, and you're left to it.
That sounds very negative, but i actually really love PBL! You get a lot more independence than you do in school/sixth form. I get to learn on my terms, and learn in my way, which (for me) makes learning so much more enjoyable and productive.
Hey, so glad you like the page! With medicine there are so many aspects it is difficult to narrow it down to just one favourite. Although getting to go on clinical visits and beginning to speak to patients is up there, especially when you have previously learnt about their condition. It is a great reminder as to why you worked so hard to get into medicine, and it personally gives me the motivation to keep on working hard at uni.
When was your clinical visit???
@Lolsycakes 99 In each Semester of first and second year you get to go on 3 clinical visits, so 6 in a year. These take place in a GP practice or in a hospital, it gives you the opportunity to speak to patients, and so you get to practice taking a history of the patient, and sometimes you get to practice some of your examination skills that you have learnt at uni, which is very helpful!
I have always enjoyed communication skills sessions. It is one of those sessions where you feel like a proper medical student. It is always great practising talking to simulated patients (actors that pretend to be patients) so you can find new ways to improve your communication skills. All the scenarios are very interesting and you get to explore all these different avenues when talking to that patient. It is very rewarding to see how much progress you make from the very first session to the end of 2nd year.
Communication Skills- that's interested? How does communicating with actors compare with actual patients??
It's very helpful and also very different. The actors make it a safe space for us to make mistakes so we learn from them and have even better conversation with actual patients. We are allowed to pause the conversation to have a think about what is going well and what is not going well. And also ask other people in are group for help and advice. Simulated actors are looking for you to pick out cues in the conversations and are more withdrawn with the information they reveal because they want you to learn how to ask the right questions. They give you the confidence to enhance your line of questioning so you are more comfortable carrying on a conversation with real patients. This is very valuable. On the early clinical visits I have found that actual patients really enjoy talking to medical students.
I have always enjoyed the anatomy sessions. I find the human body really fascinating and anatomy gave me the opportunity to actually find out everything about the human body; all of its constituents and their respective functions. Since I have a lot of interest in surgery, anatomy was even more fascinating for me during dissection sessions.