With the 1st colloq looming, a lot of people have been asking me what they should study. I’d like to answer that here:
There are 3 parts to the colloquium.
1) Written: consisting of all the control questions which you have gone through from units 1-7
2) Microsample
3) Macrosample
To elaborate, you must study and memorise the complete description of all the slides which will be asked (I hope you know which slides are coming out!) ie microscopical description, macroscopical des., etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features etc. You will need to answer this orally. But first you need to identify the slides. You will be given 2 slides. If your teacher is Aliah Bogdanova, please be careful. Make sure you identify the slide correctly, if not, you will be going home. THINK before you answer.
That’s the hard part.
For the macrosample, you will just need to identify them, describe its colour and what you see. She will probably ask you which disease it occurs in.
You will be graded with 3 marks, one for each part, and the average is taken. Remember that if you manage to get all 5’s for colloq and attend all the lectures, its an Avtomat.
All the best!
