2009-11-27

mayoraasei: (Angry)
2009-11-27 12:53 am
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wtf?

Why is it that when I'm doing the practice questions for gastro block it seems that the lectures only covered 1/10 of the material that's being tested? I've read all the relevant lecture material on it and I still can't answer the questions =@

And I love how they test stuff at greater depth than the stupid physiology textbook. Does knowing trypsin cleaves at the C-terminal of an arginine or lysine really going to affect my medical career? I'm not here to become a biochemist!! UGH.

And this:
"The major component of liver and gallbladder by weight is bile salts."
FALSE. They are 80% water. Bile salts is the major organic component by weight.

FRIGGIN 強詞奪理 You'd think they'd test your knowledge instead of testing your ability to sort through stupid word puzzles. YES even the average person knows that the human body is like 80% water. Can we just skip that part now?!

I hate epidemiology. I hate the fact that they use epidemiology data from 1993 =__________= WTF. I hate the fact that any epidemiology and EBM we learn now can become inapplicable by the time we practice. Ugh.

(Sorry it's hot and it's late and there's still a stack of notes I need to go through and ......this is really pissing me off)
mayoraasei: (Angry)
2009-11-27 07:59 pm
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wtfness x2

Okay, how is one supposed to study when the questions contradict each other?

Q1: Which of the following causes hyponatraemia and hypokalaemia?
Ans: Vomiting

Q2: Causes of hyponatraemia include vomiting, true or false?
Ans: FALSE. Gastric secretions are low in sodium.

.......WWWWWWWTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFF.

My notes agree with the 2nd statement, which is why the first question totally screwed me up.

Apparently diarrhoea is not a cause of hyponatraemia??!! WTF?!!! Using "MOST" diarrhoea is caused by water loss only is not a frigging good excuse! So what happens to the SOME diarrhoea that's caused by massive chlorine dumping accompanied by sodium and water flow into the lumen??!??! As well as inability to absorb ions because of intestinal disturbance/damage to brush border/whatever??!?! That's not A CAUSE?!?!

UGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I HATE MULTIPLE CHOICE. YOU CAN'T EVEN JUSTIFY YOURSELF.