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    Last minute chest viva tips
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Levelling up your final exam preparation
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Finding the motivation
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Jul 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Finding your own study style
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • May 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Dropping a case: seeing the plus side
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    The Study-Cation
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 6 min

    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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    Taking criticism? I have a long way to go
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    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...
    360 views0 comments
    My advice for e-Film Reading
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Jul 2, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    Knowing the 'rules'
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    Tips for time poor trainees
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Jun 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    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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    When it's your turn
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Jun 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    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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    The big event
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • May 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    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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    Hacks for assessing chest CT films
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    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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    Five quick tips to turn it around
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    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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    What viva are you in?
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    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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    Using feedback
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    The Goldilocks Zone
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    Picking yourself up
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    Picking yourself up

    Preparing for exams carries its own special breed of suffering, with times of relief and triumph mixed with those of despair and self...
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    The conundrum of cut film
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    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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    Clinical correlation recommended
    Dr Sally Ayesa
    • Apr 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    Clinical correlation recommended

    At the start of every viva case, and written case for that matter, you will be given a short clinical history. The aim isn't to give the...
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