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Questions go | ==Michael's thoughts on the exam== | ||
*I wrote it and passed it in 2012. I also did the American exam the same year and passed that. | |||
*The pass rate for the FRCPC exam is pretty high. | |||
**2009-2011 it was 96+/-3.9% for Canadian medical school grads on their first attempt. | |||
===Written=== | |||
*I though it was picking at details. Some things are very relevant to practise... other less so. | |||
**The pocketbook version of [[Robbins]] covers most of it. | |||
===Practical (slide) exam=== | |||
*You should know the answer almost immediately. | |||
**If you don't know, write something down and move on. | |||
*It is set to broadly cover everything. | |||
*If it isn't a [[spot diagnosis]]... it should not be on. | |||
*Somethings are PGY2/PGY3 stuff. One should not overthink things. | |||
*Anecdotally, the first impression is usually the right one. | |||
**I think one should stick with the first impression. | |||
===Gross exam=== | |||
*Go with the most probable if you're uncertain. | |||
*I worked through the ''Atlas of Gross Pathology with Histologic Correlation'' (see [[Pathology books]] for the reference). | |||
**I am not sure this is necessary... but I thought it was useful. | |||
*Flickr.com/Google images has a lot to offer in this respect. | |||
*[[Gross spot diagnosis]]. | |||
===Forensic exam=== | |||
*I thought this was tricky... and I liked forensics. | |||
*Residents that took the exam prior to me said the same. | |||
===Cytology exam=== | |||
*Some of the cases have several images. | |||
*I remember being confused... the first three images were from one case. I remember thinking... I have the same diagnosis three times. | |||
*Like the forensics and gross sections - this section isn't too long. From an exam strategy point-of-view, this makes it less likely that a diagnosis is repeated. | |||
===Oral exam=== | |||
*I think this is to test if you are safe and useful. | |||
**By "safe" I mean: knowing your limits and consulting with a colleague when appropriate. | |||
**By "useful" I mean: you don't need to consult on everything. | |||
*The examiners ask a pre-determined list of questions. | |||
**Questions may depend on one another and, in fairness, they are told to redirect you. | |||
***Example: You see a lung biopsy with hyaline material... and you go down the fibrosis route-- but it is really amyloidosis. | |||
****The examiners will say something like "how would one work-up suspected amyloid?" or "lets assume this is amyloid..." | |||
*If you're a Canadian resident, you cannot be examined by someone within your residency program. | |||
*As far as I know, examiners are told to be stone-faced, i.e. show no emotion. | |||
*Some of the cases were very straight forward. | |||
*I didn't think anything was really exotic. | |||
[[User:Michael|Michael]] ([[User talk:Michael|talk]]) 23:43, 25 October 2014 (EDT) | |||
= [[Short answer questions submitted by Tate]]= | |||