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, 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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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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Dr Sally Ayesa
- May 9, 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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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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Dr Sally Ayesa
- Jan 1, 2020
- 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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dr Sally Ayesa
- Apr 18, 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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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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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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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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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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