Well, after a week of running around I have news to report back from my exam reviews:
PHAR3602 Dispensing
- Marks are unscaled, as has been with previous years. Coordinator said everyone did well, so everyone deserved a good mark, i.e. their raw mark
- I did not manage to ensnare that second HD. I was really scared because I could almost have gotten zero for quite a few hefty markers, but luckily I had the course coordinator who was nice and could see where I was coming from, so yeah. Fairly hard marking though, I guess that was necessary in order to distinguish btw ppl as it was a very easy exam
- Average was 83, which is my mark. So I'm a bit hmph about it but at least it's a good mark on my transcript after last semester's disaster and I obviously won't be conveniently mentioning to any future employers that this is an unscaled mark.
- Top mark was 98, shared by 3 ppl
- I will kick myself--keratolytic is an agent to remove skin, not to remove "keratinous tissues such as nails and hair" because when would you need to remove nails and hair? Emollient is a soothing and softening agent.
- I now understand the meaning of solubility--yep, I thought something with a solubility of 1 in 1500 was practically insoluble...no it's not if you dissolve it in enough solvent. That's my 10 marks gone. At least I wasn't the girl who answered all of the question correctly...except forgot that it's an external preparation and therefore needs to be put in a poisons bottle not a dispensing flat, realised it at the last minute and was about to change it...when time was called. So, she lost 10 marks just like that.
PHAR3615 pharm prac--I got a comprehensive breakdown of my marks. Discovered I passed OSCE (which is what caused me to fail last sem) by a hair and I'm so grateful for it.
Patient interview (OSCE)--9/16 <--talk about close!
Doctor interview (OSCE)--10/16
Written (OSCE)--50/100 <--talk about close!
Overall raw mark (OSCE)--53%
Average raw mark for my particular OSCE case study--63% so yeah I'm right on the end...
Scaled OSCE mark--60.5% (it was a slightly harder case)
OSCE as part of overall mark--21/35
MCQ--26/35
Tutes--16/20 which included attendance (10/10) plus participation which was scaled down as my tutors were lenient
Externship--10/10, everyone would've gotten this
Overall raw mark--73
Overall scaled mark and what appears on my transcript--70
Average overall scaled mark--69, so yep, I passed the average by a hair
Yep, as you can see, a lot of scaling got done--between OSCE case studies, between tutes, and overall combined raw marks. The top scaled mark was 87. 7 people failed, and that was because they outright failed either MCQ or OSCE. I know of 2 of them already, both due to MCQ. The coordinators were really kind--they realised that a lot of people were facing borderline fails, so anything they could add, to push them over the line, was done (they stated this themselves) and I really believe them because I was expecting a much higher failure rate.
I will never forget now that if anyone has a family history or personal risk or documented diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, AND migraine (particularly with aura), AND they're on the combined oral contraceptive pill, they should be taken off the pill and put on either the mini pill or progestogen implant.
Now all I have to do is wait till Feb for my non standard enrolment to be approved, hopefully they will, but thank goodness transport concessions are valid till end of March.