Medical Online Resources:Dr. 90210 Celebrity Face Lift

Did not get straight A+'s? Check out the Dr. 90210 Celebrity Face Lift Game at Eonline. It lets you choose facial features of various celebrities and then paste them on to your customized face shape.

You can pick the lips, nose, chins, eyes and hair of various celebrities such as: Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Patrick Dempsey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and James Lesuire [or Angelina Jolie, Beyonce and Cameron Diaz if that's the way you want to go] and then put them all together into what you imagine could be your ideal face.

The Dr. 90210 Celebrity Face Lift Game is a sample of technology that as cosmetic-makeovers.com notes is "in pioneering stages these days", but, as they also note "this will probably change drastically in the next five years and soon we will have very sophisticated 3D virtual models to makeover and dress-up."

Link:
Dr 902101 Celebrity Face Lift [eonline.com]

Medical Online Resources:Medical Books Free

As noted in class there are various sites on the web that allow people to download books for free - usually in Pdf format - either to review before buying or simply to review.

One site developed specifically for Doctors and Medical Students is: MedicalBooksFree.com . Among the subjects they cover are: Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Cardiovascular, Clinical Skills, Critical Care, Dermatology, Emergency, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes, Mellitus, ENT, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Practice, Hematology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Medical Atlas, Medical Videos, Microbiology, Nephrology, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Nursing, Nutrition, Ob/Gynae, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Plastic Surgery, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Radiology, Respiratory, Statistics, Surgery, Urology. Check it out.

Links:
Free Books Free [MedicalBooksFree.com]

Medical Online Resources:ToxMystery

ToxMystery was created by the United States National Library of Medicine to help children from 7-11 years old learn about household chemical hazards. Toxie the Cat helps kids find the hazards hidden in each room and offers hints when needed. When all the risky spots in the house have been discovered, Toxie dances and celebrates and players can print a personalized certificate of completion.

ToxMystery has been usability tested by kids and educators, receiving according to them "high grades by all". Its for Kids but, have a go anyway and unwind after the exams!!

Link:
ToxMystery [National Library of Medicine]

Assessment Update:Powerpoint Review: Final Exam

Please find below a link to the Review Powerpoint for the Final Exam.

All the exams have been marked now, If you want your result, please text me:
1. your class [1 or 2]
2. your student number
and I will send you your mark out of 30. If you think a mistake has been made [although I warn you, they rarely are] please let me know.

Please note most students got 5 out of 5 for the Practical Listening so I won't send those marks. Please don't ask me for your final mark as it is produced by the examinations committee. Please also note that a decision has been made [not by me!!!] to give a greater weighting to your Final Exam mark in your final mark.

Link:
Powerpoint Review: Final Theoretical Exam

Final Theoretical Exam:Questions & Answers

Please find below a link to the Answers to the Questions for the final Exam. If you have any questions or find any mistakes on my part, please phone, text or email. Don't ask me about your results however.

I will post the Review Powerpoint hopefully tonight.

Links:
Questions & Answers Final Exam [depositfiles.com]
Questions & Answers Final Exam [rapidshare.com]

Final Theoretical Exam:Other Powerpoint Links

I gather some of you have been having problems accessing files from depositfiles.com. I have therefore, uploaded some New Links for the files you might want for the exam tomorrow.

Among the Powerpoint files I have put up are:
1. a Powerpoint containing the "correct these sentences" exercises for Units 4, 5 & 7.
2. Powerpoints for Units 4, 5, 6 & 7.
3. the Powerpoint Reviews for the Sample, Mid-Term & Practice Exams

If you have problems, text or phone me me before 12:30. Remember when you are using rapidshare.com and some other sites you can only download one file at a time and there maybe an hourly limit on how many mb's you can download. For those of you worried about the "correct these sentences" questions at the end of the exam, look at the first link.

Links:
1. Correct These Sentences [Units 4, 5. & 7]
2. Lecture Powerpoint: Unit 4 [the Liver]
3. Lecture Powerpoint: Unit 5 [the Kidneys]
4. Lecture Powerpoint: Unit 6 [the Eye]
5. Lecture Powerpoint: Unit 7 [the Stomach]
6. Review Powerpoint: Sample Exam [the Skin]
7. Review Powerpoint: Mid-Term Exam [the Mouth]
8. Review Powerpoint: Practice Exam [the Nose]

Final Practical Exam:Listening

As I have noted in class and on the blog there will be 5 marks awarded for the listening component of the Practical Exam. This will be administered during the Theoretical E on Monday.The Listening will involve you filling out a Haematology Laboratory Report Form click on image to the left].

It might be an idea to make yourself aquainted with the various items being tested [e.g. Hact, BASO. EOSINO]. You will not have to fill out information related to the name of the patient.

Final Theoretical Exam:Exam Key Words

As promised yesterday, here are some key words you could make yourself familiar with. before the exam on Monday:

acidic, alkaline, clump, clusters, components, ducts, endocrine, enzymes, exocrine, glucagon, glycogen, lipase, metabolize, neutralize, nutrients, pancreas, regulation, slender, tract, trypsin, tucked

Final Practical Exam:Oral Exam Marks

I have finished compiling the results for the Oral Component of the Final Practical Exam.

If you would like to get your mark, please text me a text message with your:
- name [first & family]
- student number
- your class time [e.g. Sunday 11-2]
and I will try and send you the results as soon as possible.

Please note that I am invigilating exams on the main campus this week so don't worry if I don't get back to straight away. Overall the performances were quite good with some students doing much better. p.s. my number is: 0597932383

Final Theoretical Exam:Review Powerpoint 3: Sample Exam

Please find below a link to a Review Powerpoint reviewing the answers for the Sample-Term Exam on the subject of the Skin. If you still have questions about why the answers were what they were, check it out. I plan to put up a list of words you might be interested in checking up before the exam tomorrow.

Link:
Review Powerpoint 3: Sample Exam

Just in case you have missed the final lecture and/or have not looked at the Powerpoint of the final lecture, I wanted to let you know that the Subject of the Reading and Listening for the Theoretical Part of the Final Exam will be Pancreas.

And, although I have said it again, it will say it again: the format of the exam will be exactly the same as the Sample, Mid-Term, and Practice Exams that have gone before it.

On a somewhat different matter, I am working away on calculating the marks for the Oral Component of the Practical Exam and am hoping to have the results finished before Saturday. Once finished I will put the results up on this blog using the last three digits of your student number.

Be good and happy

Final Theoretical Exam:Review Powerpoint 2: Mid-Term Exam

Please find below a link to a Review Powerpoint reviewing the answers for the Mid-Term Exam on the subject of the Mouth. If you still have questions about why the answers were what they were, check it out. I will try and keep putting up Reviews before the exam next week.

Link:
1. Exam Review 2: Mid-Term Exam

Final Theoretical Exam:Review Powerpoint 1

Please find below a link to a Review Powerpoint reviewing the answers for the Practice Exam on the subject of the Nose. If you still have questions about why the answers were what they were, check it out. I will try and put up some more Reviews before the exam next week.

Link:
1. Exam Review 1: Final Practice Exam

Final Practical Exam:Some Final Points

Some final points to think about while preparing your final exam:

1. Structure, Structure, Structure
Remember you should try to have:
* an introduction; and,
* a conclusion
In addition to the body of your speech. Try and make your them about 15 seconds each although given the amount of time you have your introduction should be longer than your conclusion.

2. KISS [Keep It Simple, Stupid!]
Remember that you need to keep the language simple. No big words!! The object of the exercise is to talk at a level an ordinary patient might understand.

3. Practice, Practice, Practice
Try and leave some time for practice. Do it in front of a mirror, a friend, your sister... You don't want to speak too long. Remember, you have at the most 3 minutes after that you will be stopped, stopped, stopped [Ibrahim, read my lips "Stopped !!!"]. You also don't want to speak for too short a time.

Finally, if you have any questions, email, phone or contact me by messenger. I will try and be on line when possible.

Now now, be good and happy, Simon

Final Exam:Final Details/Class Powerpoint

This is just a reminder that the oral component of the Practical Exam [worth 25%] will be held during your normal workshop classes next week. The Theoretical Exam [worth 30%] and the Listening component of the Practical Exam [worth 5%] will be held on Monday the 25th January from 8:30 to 10:30.

Please find below a copy of the Powerpoint that was presented in class last Wednesday which cntains details about the final Exam.

Also, for those students doing the Exam on Saturday, it is possible That Mr Hashim and I will be late as we have an urgent meeting at the University at 11:00. We will try and get away as soon as possible. If all classes could organize an order for their oral exams, life will be easier!!!

Link:
1. Lecture Powerpoint [Final Exam Details]

Lecture Extra:Bad Powerpoint Presentations

Following up on the 'Powerpoint' Powerpoint I showed in class, find below a link to the powerpoint which is titled:

"PowerPoint Presentations: Some Things to Consider. With Emphasis on Things to Avoid!"

The Powerpoint was prepared by R. L. Erion at South Dakota State University.

Links:
1. Powerpoint Presentation: Some Things To Consider [R.L.Erion]

Lecture Video:Unit 7: The Stomach

Please find below youtube.com links to two videos concerning the Subject of Unit 7, the Stomach. While the first has two American(?) medical students examining a plastic model of the stomach, the second has a ' birds eye view' of the stomach care of and internal camera.

I have also included a link to a place where you can download the videos if you are interested.

Links:
1. The Stomach 1 [youtube.com]
2. The Stomach 2 [youtube.com]
3. The Stomach 1 [AVI file]
4. The Stomach 2 [AVI file]

Lecture Video:Unit 6: The Eye

Please find below a link to Youtube.com site of the the Video for Unit 6 concerning the Eye.

I have also included a link where you can download the Video if you want.

Links:
1. The Human Eye [Youtube.com]
2. The Human Eye [AVI file]

Final Practical Exam:Listening Questions

As I have said in class, there will be five marks awarded for answering a set of listening questions. These questions will answered during the Theoretical Exam on a separate piece of paper.

The nature of the questions in the listening part of the Practical Exam will be similar but not the same as the listening found in Task 8: Unit 5 in the textbook ie. it will involve noting down the results of a patients lab report as reported from lab technician to a doctor [click on the image to the left]. You will have to note down 10 pieces of information with ewach piece of information being worth 1/2 a mark each.

I have included the audio for this exercise on the link below. I will also post a sample conversation and blank lab report next week.

If you have any questions remember I will be available during my usual contact hours on Wednesday morning from 9 to 11 and also throughout the whle of next week.

Link:
1. Audio Task 8: Unit 5