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I like pass/fail for several reasons...

First and foremost, the assessment in medicine is atrocious - or at least has been so far - in respect to allowing us to show what we know and don't know. I find a lot of exam questions vague and it's very difficult to know what the examiners are looking for (in terms of written exams). In our OSCAs so far, there is still a sense that it's contrived, it's a set scenario with actors ...

My first entry in this series served to shed some light on two common problems facing medical students entering medicine: elitism and inferiority complexes. This second entry will be of the same vain but this time aiming to dispel unrealistic expectations about having a career in medicine. When I started, like many of our members who will soon to be starting medicine, I knew surprisingly little about what being a doctor entails. Of the ...

Seems a funny place to start a blog; I'm not sure it's the right place, but it might be.

I tried before, but the internet failed, or I got tired and incoherent or I tried to write about something interesting, but it was too much like starting something half way in, and nowhere near the start.

Probably I should - really - try to write the kind of blog that gets people jobs, the writerly kind of jobs. Which would ...

Finally ‘getting in’ to medicine redefines the way you think about your future career and life but things have only just begun. Now you’re on the path to becoming a doctor it’s time to start questioning again.

As we welcome in the next New Year, a fresh generation of MSOers will begin their studies as medical students, fulfilling their most desperate of desires from yesteryears past. Now that you’ve finally ‘made it’ though, ...

Hi All,
Happy New Year - I hope this year has started well for all of you.

Today, I'm pelased to announce one of a number of new sections to be launched on MSO - the Profiles Section.

In this section, we will be profiling/interviewing medical specialists, trainees, allied health professionals and students. We aim to release 2-3 profiles per week and we hope this will prove to be useful for prospective students and junior health professionals.

The first profile is in this ...

Dear All,

Firstly, you would have noticed MSO’s new design and layout. Read more about the new design here and about the new social media features here. I would like to acknowledge the work of the MSO Moderators and the Development Team who have made this possible. I would especially like to acknowledge the hard work of Shizzy who has worked tirelessly in developing the new design.

Today, I’m also pleased to announce our first sponsorship partner, GRC Dental. GRC Dental is Australia’s latest dental loupes supplier. They ...

Well after many hours work and after many weeks delay we have finally updated MSO. There are a lot of new things to take in so I'll help you along by listing just a few of them. We've integrated MSO with some social media networks, most notably we now have Facebook integration. Click here for full info on all that new fun stuff. Another big change is that now every user can start their own blog so get your writing caps on and get blogging!

With the new update comes some big changes ...