I am in dilemma

**Bambi** · 29-08-2009, 07:54 PM

You know most med schools don't give any feedback at all! You should count yourself lucky if they tell you anything at all to be honest. I know that's bad but it's the way it is for everyone, you just have to deal with it. University courses in general give very little feedback, the only thing I ever got during my whole first degree was my % for each exam, even though the papers were sitting next to my personal tutor when he gave me my marks I wasn't allowed to see mine.

**Eleeeepil** · 29-08-2009, 11:31 PM

bambi, are you sure most medical schools dont give feedback at all?

**Bambi** · 30-08-2009, 03:41 PM

Yes. Some only tell you whether you pass or fail an exam, some will tell you the %, a few will tell you your station breakdown in osces but not many, and very few, if any, will tell you anything more than that.

**Eleeeepil** · 31-08-2009, 04:52 PM

Which med schools dont tell students anything?

**Gizmo says -** · 31-08-2009, 05:06 PM

if you are required to resit, you should make it your mission in life to excel at those exams.

mek sure you do that next year, and spend the year out doing sumfing to add to your CV, macca.

**Bambi** · 31-08-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Eleeeepil

Which med schools dont tell students anything?

Depends what you mean by anything. Everywhere obviously tells you if you pass and these days most places will tell you your % but not everywhere. I don't know of anywhere that gives any kind of written feedback. Obviously I only go to 1 med school but I know people at loads and I seem to get more feedback than any of them and we just get % and osce station breakdown at the mo.

**Eleeeepil** · 01-09-2009, 03:46 PM

gizmo: thank you for the advise.

bambi: are you referring to feedback given to students who passed? how about students who failed? do they not get any additional feedback?

**Bambi** · 01-09-2009, 08:24 PM

All students. Some places will give a very general thing about how the year did as a whole and if there are any common weak spots but no one gets more than that as far as I know. Exactly what each school gives doesn't matter, what your school gives is all you should be worrying about. All I'm saying is that you shouldn't be making a big deal about not getting feedback, it's the same for everyone and if you can't pass on the same footing as everyone else then you aren't good enough to pass.

**thepriceofreality** · 17-04-2010, 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by Bambi

All I'm saying is that you shouldn't be making a big deal about not getting feedback, it's the same for everyone and if you can't pass on the same footing as everyone else then you aren't good enough to pass.

I'm sorry, but that is an absolutely poor and defeatist attitude to take. How can people be expected to improve without being given feedback on the bits they need to improve on? The whole point of revising a subject is to spend time on the stuff that you're not so good at. This is particuarly important when re-siting an exam.

Your argument of "well, it's the same for everyone" is just plainly rubbish - why don;t we force people to take medical exams in Braille, after all everyone would be in the same boat eh?

Just as we, as medical students, have a duty to work hard and act professionally so does the medical school. They have a duty to train us with the skills to make us safe doctors, and part of that is offering regular, constructive feedback.

"if you can't pass on the same footing as everyone else then you aren't good enough to pass." Huge, huge generalisation there. The fact is, not everyone *is* on the same footing. Some students have access to past questions some don't, some students have more friends in the year above some don't etc etc - not to mention the fact that some students may have had recent bereavements etc etc. Furthermore, it's unfortunate that Eleeeepil has failed, however, the words "you aren't good enough to pass" is NEVER helpful.

For the record, my uni does provide feedback, but does not allow for us to look at our paper.