For All Those Who Did Q.2 On The Bmat (2009 Entry)

[Baki]

Wow, my points were much more different than the others.

Umm, talked about Doctors knowing their limits (ie. a futile battle) and also about Doctors ensuring that they do not get too emotionally invested in their patients.

Like I said, totally different angle (lol, now I'm worried).

PS: I still feel as though euthanasia is not wholly relevant to the question.

[Special-R]

I talked about how, by not recognising when death is near, doctors are subjecting patients to suffering from side-effects of "useless" treatments. Also, that you're giving them false hope, and wasting money on treatments, which could be used instead for palliative care (trust me to go economist on it lol).

I didn't see the relevance of euthanasia either Baki, except maybe for the way blobby used it.

[magicsam3]

Heya - I talked about palliative care, Litigation(I don't know why, I can't even remember what I talekd about), GMC's good medical ethics - the doctors' duty and limits) and I mentioned euthanasia in the last Six words or so - I ran out of bloody paper!!!

[Baki]

I talked about how, by not recognising when death is near, doctors are subjecting patients to suffering from side-effects of "useless" treatments. Also, that you're giving them false hope, and wasting money on treatments, which could be used instead for palliative care (trust me to go economist on it lol).

I didn't see the relevance of euthanasia either Baki, except maybe for the way blobby used it.

Sounds similar to the angle I came from. Except I didn't mention Pallitative care.

[sloughscull]

I also talked about the waste of money, which can be used to help other people who can be saved.
I also talked about reducing the suffering of the patients. I talked abt human cryogenics, and how the patient may not want to be 'reanimated'.
Did not think I did well, thought I repeated some points and waffled a bit. But managed to get a reasonable ending.

[Andeh]

Ha... If only all of you knew what I wrote

A patient's lifestyle should be considered before treatment can be decided upon.. And other random crap...



Why oh why?

[hark]

I cant even believe i bothered with the BMAT considering my negligible chances for Oxford, but anyway, I talked about how doctors need to understand death is inevitable but they should try their best etc, and they need to take into account the illness being treated and costs etc, and the success rate.. i.e. if theres a big chance of dying in an op, then is it worth it etc?

(surprised i managed to write anything at all.. not an essay person :-( )

[tilleyk02]

I spoke about how the NHS is wasting money in trying to increase the longevity of the population and how the National Institute for Clinical Excellence needs to prioritize and spend it's money more efficiently.

Arghhh the BMAT scores get released to the universities today!!

[Dr Zeus]

Hello! New to this!!

Anyway, I am very worried about my BMAT essay!!!

I think i tried to be too original with the essay and possibly ended up sounding confused.
I talked about the Hippocratic Oath and how doctors must always do their best for the patient. However, they should also realise their limitations in tyring to avoid death, namely the time limit they have to work with. (Here's where it all started to go wrong!!!!!!) I compared strokes with Transcient Ischeamic Attacks (TIAs). Mentioned that doctors dealing with stroke sufferes had to deal with curing the patient after they have suffered one. In this case, there possibly might not be enough time to rectify the effects of the situation and so the patient may die. Then with TIAs, i mentioned how preventitve medicine was important and how there was a significant increase in the amount of time a doctor had to treat a patient compared with strokes. Changes in lifestyle should be implemented to avoid suffering from a more serious strokes as the two are very strongly linked. In both cases, the main difference was the type of treatment used (one dealt with prevention and the other with curing) and the time limit. Then I mentioned that even if time limit isn't a factor, patient autonomy may be. With TIAs, although the doctor can advice a change in lifestyle to avoid a stroke, it is essentially the patients choice to choose to implement these changes.
Conc was how doctors should do the best they can but realise that time limit plays an important role in deciding if death is inevitable, and if it's not the case, other factors such as autonomy might do.

I'll be lucky if i get a 6!

I'm really worried I didn't answer the question!!!!
Arghh!!!
And sections 1 and 2 were nasty too!
EPIC FAIL!

[Dr Zeus]

I cant even believe i bothered with the BMAT considering my negligible chances for Oxford, but anyway, I talked about how doctors need to understand death is inevitable but they should try their best etc, and they need to take into account the illness being treated and costs etc, and the success rate.. i.e. if theres a big chance of dying in an op, then is it worth it etc?

(surprised i managed to write anything at all.. not an essay person :-( )

I've always understood that the Oxford Medical School was very heavily essay-based. Something like an essay a week i think.