Dr Sally Ayesa
Preparing for questions on "Intrinsic Roles"
Update: I have written a general question bank for Intrinsic Role questions. Click here From ongoing conversations with trainees, I have...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Mar 8, 20234 min read
Streamlining and adapting the OSCER case presentation
The new OSCER format for RANZCR exams is a certain departure from the traditional viva based format. The structure has moved away from a...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Mar 8, 20233 min read
Get time on your side
2023 is a big year for radiology trainees and IMGs who will be sitting the RANZCR OSCER exam under the new format. It has been a steep...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Nov 17, 20205 min read
Last minute chest viva tips
You have put in months (years) of study and practice and it is almost time to sit the exams! Here are a few quick tips for polishing off...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Nov 1, 20205 min read
Levelling up your final exam preparation
When you are in the thick of exam study you become completely immersed - and when you are immersed, sometimes you can lose sight of the...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jul 5, 20205 min read
Finding the motivation
Motivation is something that everyone struggles with at one stage or another, some more frequently than others. This year in particular...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
May 9, 20205 min read
Finding your own study style
Preparing for something as mammoth as radiology fellowship exams is no easy task. It takes months, and sometimes years, of dedicated work...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Feb 1, 20205 min read
Dropping a case: seeing the plus side
While you are preparing for your radiology viva exams (and indeed for your time as radiologist), you cannot avoid the hot seat. You will...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jan 1, 20206 min read
The Study-Cation
Remember when you were in high school and you were on study leave - fondly recalled as Stuvac, Swotvac or something of the like. Remember...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Aug 3, 20194 min read
Taking criticism? I have a long way to go
Today, I write from a place of vulnerability. I have had a truly intense 24 hours where a family member has been in a serious accident...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jul 2, 20195 min read
My advice for e-Film Reading
Anecdotally, it seems that the e-Film Reading exam has become a harder hurdle to clear over the last few years. It is hard to exactly...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jun 23, 20195 min read
Knowing the 'rules'
This might be a controversial concept, but I believe that the exams themselves are a bit of a game. Not the traditional sense of course,...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jun 8, 20194 min read
Tips for time poor trainees
When I sat my exams I considered myself time poor for a few reasons. I had two young kids and I had a significant commute to and from...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Jun 8, 20194 min read
When it's your turn
It is an odd time in exam preparation when the last group has just sat the exam and received their results. All of a sudden you realise...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
May 20, 20193 min read
The big event
After years of hard work and months of dedicated study, exam day eventually arrives. At this stage, you can't really try and learn...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 27, 20192 min read
Hacks for assessing chest CT films
A viva isn't a reporting shift. You don't want to spend ten minutes doing a thorough assessment of the case. You want to stay relevant,...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 27, 20193 min read
Five quick tips to turn it around
What do you do when you are in a rut about a particular viva, or subject within a viva? We have all been there. Here are a few practical...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 20, 20193 min read
What viva are you in?
This is a favourite question that I ask candidates when we are practicing chest vivas, but it works well for the other systems as well....
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 18, 20195 min read
Using feedback
If you are running practice viva cases in the lead-up to exams there is one thing you aren't short of - feedback. But feedback (like case...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 13, 20195 min read
The Goldilocks Zone
When the information presented is not to brief and not too detailed, but just right. This is "The Goldilocks Zone" a turn of phrase I...
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