Preparing for Postgraduate Entrance Examination

Preparing for PGET

Dr. Prahlada N.BMBBS, MS, MBA

What next?

Let us begin with the end!

Have goals!

S.M.A.R.T GOALS

• SPECIFIC

• MEASURABLE

• ACHEIVABLE

• REALISTIC

• TIME BOUND

Our Vision for the Year 2007-08

• To achieve $ 231 million in revenue.

• To be among the top 10% in our business in terms of profit after tax (PAT) and return on investment (ROI).

• To be one of the top 20 globally admired companies in our industry.

• To give a significant portion of our PAT to support primary education.

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.”

Earl Nightingale

• Success is a journey, not a destination• We never arrive• After we reach one goal, we go on to

the next and the next and the…….. ………………………………………

My success story

How I did it?

• Goal keeping

• Planning

• Execution

• Celebration

Goal Keeping

Planning

Execution

Natural Laws of Remembering

• Impression

• Association

• Repetition

Impression

Get a deep, vivid impression of the thing you wish to remember.

ConcentrateObserveDeep Observe

What you have to do?.

• Prepare

• Practice Practice Practice...

• Present

What You will get..?.

Confidence

Execution

• Morning – ½ Hour swimming.

• Good breakfast.

• 8 hours hard work at Hospital.

• 1 hour relaxation at Play Ground.

• 5 Hours intermittent reading.

Execution

Execution

Execution

Execution

Good beginning, half done

• The study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them.

Next

• Anatomy

• Physiology

• Biochemistry

Next

• Pharmacology

• Microbiology

• Biochemistry

• Forensic

Last

• Clinical Subjects– Standard Books.– Harrison/Davidson– Bailey

All the time

• Preventive and Community Medicine.

How I did it

• Common features

• Rare/Unusual feature

• Signs

• Tests of choice

• Syndromes

• Drug of choice

• Controversial issues

MCQs

• Mock tests

• Timing

• To pick up speed of answering.

• Only after finishing the textbooks.

MCQs Answering

• Understand clearly how and where the answers are to be marked.

MCQs

• Understand whether there is any negative marking system for incorrect answers. This is quite common in many competitive exams.

• If you do not understand the question properly look at the answer choices to make the meaning of the question.

MCQs Answering

• If two answer choices are almost alike and confuse you, look at the question again and get some clues.

• You may follow elimination method of answering and then make a calculated guess, when there is no negative marking system.

• Even in a negative marking system you may take a chance if say out of 4 choices you have already eliminated two choices and you are deciding one from the balance two choices left.

MCQs Answering

• If you are at guess work in answering a question without any clue, the longest response is correct answer in many cases.

• Another tip is normally choice ‘C’ is less risky than other blind choices.

MCQs Answering

• If you are not able to settle on the correct choice immediately, mark the question and come back later on rather than spending too much time.

MCQs Answering

• Having attempted the choice, if you get confused and think that some other choice should have been made, you can change the answer.

• However if you are equally uncertain about both the answers do not change the choice and keep the original answer as the correct choice.

MCQs Answering

• While attempting answers pay special attention to the words like ‘none’, ‘not’, ‘never’, ‘all’, ‘always’ etc.

MCQs Answering

• There is a possibility of some questions carrying multiple answers like ‘all the above’ or ‘none of the above’.

• For the first choice all previous answers choices must be correct and for the second choice all the previous choice answers have to be incorrect.

Ask

• If you don’t know, Ask !

• If you are unsatisfied, Ask !

• If you want to accomplish a goal, Ask !

• If you are confused, for good counsel, Ask !

• If you desire to communicate, Ask !

• When you expect good things in life, Ask !

Every success story is also a story of great failure

“Failure is the Highway to Success”

“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate”

Tom Watson Sr., of IBM

Life is full of Compromises

•Life is full of happiness & sorrow•Good and Bad•Dark Spots and Bright spots

Failed in business at at 21Defeated n a legislative election at 22Failed again business at 24His sweet heart died at 26Had nervous breakdown at 27Lost election for congress at 34Lost election for senate at 45Lost race for Vice-Presidency at 47Lost election for Senate at 49Won Election for Presidency at 52

Who is he?

Follow the genius….,

Who is he?

• Primary school – Slept all the time.• Middle School – Average student. • High School – Never went to school.• I PUC – Not allowed to take exams,

– shortage of attendance.• II PUC – Topped college.• MBBS – Among top 5• PG – Topper• Post PG – 2 years National level faculty• Post PG – 3 years International level faculty

Seven Deadly Road Block to Success

• Procastination

• Underestimation

• Laziness

• Not taking responsibility

• Wasting time

• No commitment

• Fear

“Perseverance”

Learn from Honey bee and developtheir qualities to succeed:1. Vision.2. Selfishness3. Persistence4. Discipline5. Ownership6. Orientation towards results7. Team work8. Pride without prejudice9. Equal opportunity.

Vision

Selfishness

When our true inner realities are expressed in our simplest and most ordinary acts, our lives become expositions of our Selves…"   Bud Harris

Persistence

Discipline

Ownership

Orientation towards results

Team work

Team work

Pride without prejudice

Equal Opportunity

In the beginning, the Pencil Maker spoke to the pencil saying,

"There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and you will become the best pencil you can be."

The Pencil ParableThe Pencil Parable

You will be able to do many great things, but only

if you allow yourself to be

held in someone's hand.

You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but

this is required if you are to become a better pencil.

You have the ability to

correct any mistakes you might make.

The most important

part of you will always be what's inside.

No matter what the condition, you must continue to write. You must

always leave a clear, legible mark no matter how difficult the situation.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you; always remember them and never forget, and you will become the

best person you can be.

The pencil understood, promising to remember, and went into the box fully understanding its maker's purpose.

You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going

through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going

through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through them.

You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through them.

The most important part of you will

always be what's on the inside.

On every surface you walk, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to serve

God in everything.

Everyone is like a pencil...created by the Maker for a unique and special

purpose.

By understanding and remembering, let us proceed with our life on this earth having a meaningful

purpose in our heart and a relationship with God daily.

CCaring

LLearning

AAchieving

SSharing

SSocial

Responsibility

Be Class of your own

Thank you