Dr Sally Ayesa
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
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
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
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
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 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 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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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 8, 20193 min read
The conundrum of cut film
There is no way of avoiding the fact that the viva exam is presented on films, with selected slices only and no ability to scroll. It...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Apr 2, 20194 min read
Talking viva technique
You would have heard it time and time again over the course of your medical training to date - exam technique is the key to success....
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Mar 31, 20194 min read
Hierarchy of learning - vivas
There are many ways to prepare for exams - where should you be putting your energy? There is no way of getting around that exam...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Mar 31, 20193 min read
Where's the finding?
What do you do when you can't find the problem? It is the moment in a viva where your blood runs cold. You have looked at the films once,...
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Dr Sally Ayesa
Mar 30, 20192 min read
7 tips for tackling exams
This article was initially written and published in RANZCRs Inside News, March 2019. I was asked to write a report of sorts following a...
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