Final FRCR Part B Viva: 100 Cases and Revision Notes Richard White, Robin Proctor, Ian Zealley
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fm1Final FRCR Part B Viva
100 Cases and Revision Notes
fm2Final FRCR Part B Viva
100 Cases and Revision Notesfm3
Richard White Consultant Radiologist University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, UK Robin Proctor Consultant Radiologist Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster, UK Ian Zealley Consultant Radiologist Ninewells Hospital Dundee, UK
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fm5Preface
This book will help you develop the viva skills that are needed to pass the Final FRCR Part B examination. It contains 100 typical examination cases with accompanying ‘suggested responses’ (model answers), along with succinct discussion of key points to think about during discussion of the case. The aim is to provide you with an armamentarium of well-worded phrases and statements that allow you to express yourself well in the stressful exam environment. You can then concentrate on the radiological abnormalities and their correct interpretation, without the additional burden of a struggle to find words to describe what you are seeing.
The cases have been selected by asking previous candidates what they encountered in their Final FRCR Part B vivas, grouping similar topics together into themes, and organising these themes according to their frequency of appearance in the viva. We then sought a typical case to represent each theme. So although the images are not the actual ones seen in past examinations, they are representative of the most frequently encountered types of case. These suggested responses will equip you for a much wider range of cases than could be included in a single book.
In addition to our ‘top 100’ cases, we include a section on preparation for the examination. We have developed this over several years by distilling hundreds of comments from past examiners and candidates. It suggests how to make the very best of your existing radiological knowledge and skills, for example by giving advice on how to deal with the cases you find hardest and how to avoid losing momentum.
The techniques described in this book have been used successfully by numerous past candidates. A typical comment from candidates is that they feel they have ‘stepped up a gear’ in their performance. They have done this not by knowing more facts but by developing a technique and phrase bank which allow them to concentrate on the images, without devoting unnecessary energy to thinking about what they are going to say next or how they are going to say it.
We hope that once you have read this book, you will have greatly increased your repertoire of phrases and will have developed a deeper understanding of how best to present yourself in the exam room. Try our approach; it really works. Good luck.
Richard White
Robin Proctor
Ian Zealley
February 2013fm6
fm7How this book works
If you are about to sit the Final FRCR Part B viva examination then there is one thing you really don't need to worry about, and that is whether you know enough radiology. By passing the Final FRCR Part A, you have just proved that you do.
That is not to say the Final FRCR Part B is an easy examination, and it is the viva component which candidates fear most. Despite the solid foundation in your knowledge, what you may not be so good at is verbally articulating it in a fashion that reassures the examiners you possess the requisite perception, interpretation and management skills to be a radiologist. There is already the substantial challenge of reading and interpreting the examiners’ cases in a stressful exam environment. In addition, there is the challenge of finding words with which to express yourself.
The goal of the suggested response sections in this book is to arm you with phrases and structured responses which will allow you to devote your attention to reading the images, not to worrying about what you are going to say as your discuss your findings. If you learn phrases from the scripts, you can focus on the ‘working things out’ bit while the eloquent descriptions flowing from you are, in fact, made up of phrases you have already learnt and rehearsed during practice sessions.
Reading this book will enable you to make the best out of what you already know. You will also learn how to avoid the terrible spiral of sequential bad cases. And if you do find yourself sinking without trace we offer advice to help you to dig yourself out of the deepest holes.