ANAT30008 practical exam study group/thread

[Turtle]

So I thought I'd make a thread for anyone doing 30008, since no one I've spoked to really knows what is going to be on 2nd part of the prac exam.

Apparently there is a section on labelling diagrams/pictures, and then a section with questions such as "If I cut a window in the thoracic wall, what structures would I see".

I think the 1st section is relatively easy to study for, because it is just like last semester.
Except I haven't heard much on section 2, and have no idea how to study for it properly.
Anyone want to share some ideas with me?

[Turtle]

Ok, well I'll start it off. In last semester's exam, they stole some pictures from anatomedia for us to label. So I'd go through all of the anatomedia models, especially the "systems" modules. I think they are a great way to revise material, and if they use a diagram, then that is also a bonus!

[buzzwith]

Hey, this thread sounds like a great idea, since we don't know what to expect for the most part

For the second section, they could possibly ask us questions similar to the example ones in the quizzes, similar to the one you mentioned, and that would mean just knowing where structures are located and there relationship to nearby structures/vessels. But then they could also ask questions about where a structure gets its nerve supply from, it's function, loss of function.. Kind of what demonstrators asked us whenever they pointed out a structure .. But that then means we have to revise everything lol

But there's this site with a bunch of prac questions - some kind of like the ones they gave:
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/index.html

Btw anatomedia doesn't have ENT/head module .. :/

[Turtle]

Wow thank link is brilliant, thanks! I'll definitely use that!

What do you mean by similar to the quizzes? I thought we only had practise ones for the 2 MSTs? They wouldn't contain in practical style questions would they?

For the first part:
My strategy for revising has been anatomedia for the thorax, abdo, and pelvis. Then googling pictures for the head/ENT. I've been labelling as many pictures as I can find, mainly ones off anatomedia. I know all the nerve/blood supply and clinical significance stuff from revision for the written exam. So if I can just identify structures, they I should be able to answer questions such as "Where does structure C receive its blood supply from?".

For the second part:
I honestly have no idea how to revise for it. I am banking on the fact that by labelling heaps of pictures, and having studied really hard for the written exam, I should be able to answer most of the questions.

For example, we should know answers to questions like "If we cut through the superficial perineal membrane, what would we see?'. The main answer would be the deep perineal membrane, and of course the vaginal/urethral sphincters attached to it. I think the sort of questions we are going to get will be do-able with our revision for the written exam.

[buzzwith]

In the practise quizzes there's one question (usually the last one) that's going to be similar to the format of section 2, as he said so in the last lecture. For the abdo quiz, it's q12..

Yeah, the fact we've already studied for the written, all we got to do is just be familiar with heaps of pictures