Exam Fever a.k.a. Pyrexia of Undergraduate Overwork

A summary of Continual Assesment 3:

Community Occupational and Family Medicine - COFM:
Similar to reading tea-leaves in a cup, except you read a bunch of numbers and graphs. But still very doable.


Pharmacology:
Make a list of 10 different major disorders such as asthma, hypertension, etc.
From each major disorder, make a list of 10 classes of drugs.
From each class of drug, make a list of 5 of these drugs.
Of these drugs, make a list of about 3 theories on its mechanism.
And 5 adverse effects.
And the 1 to 3 different routes of administration.
And a list of 3 pharmacokinetic parameters.
That gives you a total of 10*10*5*(3+5+2+3)= 6500 factlets to know and memorise.
No wonder the notes and textbook are so damn thick.

Needless to say, I'm either barely passing or barely failing it.

Neuroscience:
One of the main lecturers is believed to have descended from the Royal Family of Hamsters, sharing the same ancestry as Hamtaro. This family is known for their hamster-like appearance and kind and helpful disposition.
This would have been an impossible subject to study, but our kind lecturer led us on to what topics will be set, thus allowing the students to do well, even despite neuroscience being such a heavy topic.
Generations of medical students continue to show their gratitude to this descendent of the Royal Family of Hamsters.