Feedback summary from previous one day UltraMedicine revision courses
These comments were taken from feedback forms from the course days in 2005
See testimonials received from students from 2003 and 2004 here.
Feed back statistics summary for 2005 courses
Students were asked to rate aspects of the study day (Marked 1 -10)
Leeds Written weekend 2005
| EMQ |
MCQs |
Slides |
Overall |
| 9.1 |
9.1 |
9.4 |
9.3 |
Leeds OSCE weekend
| OSCE top 50 |
Slides |
Overall |
| 8.4 |
9.2 |
8.2 |
Newcastle Written Day
| EMQ |
MCQs |
Slides |
Overall |
| 91.8 |
91.8 |
92.4 |
92.5 |
Course feedback Comments from 2005 courses
Written Days
Things I liked most...
- 'Very useful to go through past papers'
- 'Easy explanations'
- 'Friendly and approachable lecturers'
- 'Excellent tips and exam techniques'
- 'Focused learning for exams'
- 'Good range of topics covered and all relevant'
- 'Excellent teaching'
- 'Very enthusiastic presentation, good range of topics, great explanations, loads covered'
- 'Slide shows this close to the exam was excellent for image interpretation'
- 'Highlighting key points and associations'
- 'Wide range of questions and loads of pictures'
- 'Tutorial format – can ask questions'
- 'Lots of topics covered'
- 'Slide shows were very useful'
- 'Covered a lot of material, good explanations'
- 'Course material to take away'
- 'Lots of questions in exam style conditions'
- 'Slide show- rare to get practice in exam conditions'
- 'Excellent mnemonics'
- 'Vast number of topics covered'
- 'Highlighting important points'
- 'Excellent images, very useful'
- 'Excellent revision preparation'
- 'Good structure, covered lots'
- 'Everything was really good'
- 'Focused questions and material'
- 'Everything'
- 'All good'
- 'EMQs and test format – good practice and length to asses overall knowledge'
- 'Slide show!'
- 'Good notes in folder'
- 'Format of going over common questions'
- 'Easy ways to remember facts'
- 'Lots of useful EMQ, MCQ and slide to focus revision'
- 'Learning 'key words' which have only one diagnosis'
- 'Focusing on exam favourites'
- 'Explanations, pneumonics'
Things I liked least...
- 'Pushed for time, but very useful'
- 'Sometimes a bit too fast however I appreciate the time limit'
- 'When you kept saying 'come on, dead easy' etc!!' (apologies for this)
- 'Nil' or frequently no comment
- 'The cakes'
OSCE Days
Things I liked most...
- 'Lots of tips on how to score highly and not just pass'
- 'Slide shows very good'
- 'Obscure things that come up'
- 'Lots of cases, details, tips and helpful hints'
- 'Working through cases'
- 'Explanations about how to examine and actually what things indicate abnormality'
- 'Knowing what they will and won't ask you to do'
- 'Knowing what cases typically come up'
- 'House office skills session'
- 'Informative, concise'
- 'Slide shows were excellent as were the OSCE tips and differential diagnoses'
- 'Going through OSCE protocols and marking schedules'
- 'Covered a lot of ground in a short time'
- 'Excellent teaching style by both doctors'
- 'Learning what options there are for each system examination'
- 'Covering Relevant facts'
- 'Examinations'
- 'Very orientated to the exam'
- 'Focused on the most likely topics'
- 'Lots of good tips on what to expect'
- 'Slide show very useful'
- 'Patient examination'
- 'Explaining CNS examination'
- 'Practice filling out drug charts, fluid and observation charts'
- 'Course folders'
- 'Live patients'
- 'Slide material under exam conditions'
- 'Respiratory and cardiac examinations'
- 'Clinical slide cases'
- 'Slides were varied and excellent'
- 'Food especially the cakes'
Things I liked least...
- 'Very hard going' (sorry)
- 'Too fast' (sorry, difficult not to)
- 'Too much detail' (no apologies for this)
- 'Cost too much' (Just wait until you take ANY post graduate membership course!)
- 'I think it unfair to make people pay post and package on book sales when they could buy it cheaper on the day' (Try seeing how much it costs to send a 350 page book by first class delivery.)
