Dr Sally AyesaNov 17, 20205 minLast minute chest viva tipsYou 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...
Dr Sally AyesaOct 31, 20205 minLevelling up your final exam preparationWhen you are in the thick of exam study you become completely immersed - and when you are immersed, sometimes you can lose sight of the...
Dr Sally AyesaMay 8, 20205 minFinding your own study stylePreparing for something as mammoth as radiology fellowship exams is no easy task. It takes months, and sometimes years, of dedicated work...
Dr Sally AyesaFeb 1, 20205 minDropping a case: seeing the plus sideWhile you are preparing for your radiology viva exams (and indeed for your time as radiologist), you cannot avoid the hot seat. You will...
Dr Sally AyesaJun 23, 20195 minKnowing 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,...
Dr Sally AyesaJun 8, 20194 minWhen it's your turnIt 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...
Dr Sally AyesaApr 27, 20192 minHacks for assessing chest CT filmsA 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,...
Dr Sally AyesaApr 20, 20193 minWhat 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....
Dr Sally AyesaApr 13, 20195 minThe Goldilocks ZoneWhen the information presented is not to brief and not too detailed, but just right. This is "The Goldilocks Zone" a turn of phrase I...
Dr Sally AyesaApr 8, 20193 minThe conundrum of cut filmThere 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...
Dr Sally AyesaApr 2, 20194 minTalking viva techniqueYou would have heard it time and time again over the course of your medical training to date - exam technique is the key to success....
Dr Sally AyesaMar 31, 20194 minHierarchy of learning - vivasThere are many ways to prepare for exams - where should you be putting your energy? There is no way of getting around that exam...
Dr Sally AyesaMar 31, 20193 minWhere'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,...
Dr Sally AyesaMar 30, 20192 min7 tips for tackling examsThis article was initially written and published in RANZCRs Inside News, March 2019. I was asked to write a report of sorts following a...