whew. i think i passed. rather, i hope i passed. it really was a harrowing experience, and it's amazing how easily one can forget simple, basic signs and symptoms when being grilled. (is there a term for it? symptomanemia?) was tested together with mr b, and we both took turns to mumble and flounder (haha mr b, what happened to our bang1 chance pact huh?). our tester was a stern-looking consultant who had the sense of humour to point out that the person -not- doing the test always has all the answers, but not the one who's being grilled. heh. i was totally freaking out during the semi-long case and i could almost hear the theme of "jaws" playing in the distance, but i think i did much better on the shorts. esm indicating aortic stenosis which led to patient fainting, and a parkinson's patient. he was nice enough to go through points in taking history and other various learning points, so at least we took away something from this test. yay.

while at the hospital i met an ex-schoolmate who was being warded for two slipped discs. after my test i popped by to talk to him, and although he was in pain, we still managed to chat. hope he'll be out by the time i start my surgery posting there next week.

have to go mug for the mcq test now. will probably post about my 8 week stint at the not-so-wild-wild-west hospital later.