First post of the month, yippee!
That's probably about the most joyous statement I can muster today; I'm smack bang in the middle of my StuVac, and let me tell you, Uni cramming is NOTHING like HSC cramming. I've managed to write up 10 000 words of concise PBL summaries so far (up to my 6th PBL out of 11) in the past 4 days, and I'm behind by one PBL, by my schedule. So not really feeling happy about my progress so far... on top of that I still haven't finished my Week 12 (i.e. last week) contribution - the writing up of the final learning objectives, so I really hope I'm not delaying 10 other people's study - I'm about halfway through.
So I've realised that despite being relatively more prepared than I was for the HSC (I started cramming for HSC trials a few days in advance, whereas this time I started a week and a half away), and despite this being the very first Semester of the very first year, I'm still managing to be behind. *sigh*
Oh, and I got snapped for my JFPP interview. Self-prophecy much, but I knew I didn't have that much of a chance; I know the people who did apply for it are really keen on the program, so kudos to them; at least next year I'll have a fair idea of what to expect (and make sure not to forget my citizenship documents, heh...). That leaves me with an empty schedule for the summer holidays (so far away, I know) so I'll be looking to fill it up with the newly announced UWS Summer Research Scholarship deal; or perhaps USyd's research program; or perhaps just go into the hospital system and see what I can scrape.
And finally, my external monitor for my eeePC is starting to die (15" monitor, second-hand when bought). At 1am yesterday it started flickering all shades of orange; so I'll be looking to replace it with a new monitor ([!] that's kind of a good thing! Big 23" LCD monitor, here I come!).
So yeah. I think the best thing to happen to me now is to manage to finish my exam preparation in time, and snap the exams so I can look at ways to solve all these problems, and then break out a new resolve to continuously stay on top of stuff for the much, much, much more arduous (but hopefully also much more interesting) second semester. I do realise though these are relatively miniscule worries in the big scheme of things. But for the moment... "I can't wait.....for the weekend to beginnnnnnn"
Showing posts with label john flynn placement program. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john flynn placement program. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
John Flynn Placement Program
I nearly failed the JFPP interview on Wednesday immediately, when I forgot to bring my proof of citizenship/permanent residence on the day; and not only that, but not realise that our med building had an almost hidden 4th floor which was were the JFPP interviews were held; so at 1:30pm (interview scheduled at 1:40pm) I was running around like a chicken without a head around our med building, trying to find the interview. So yes, not a good start at all.
Found the 4th floor (which can only be accessed either by lift or through a stairwell inside the 3rd floor's administrative staff room) at 1:35pm, thinking that I'm probably not going to get a spot now that I'm all flustered. There were 3 people who were at the actual interview, and one came out to invite me in (I immediately raised the issue of the missing documents, and he brushed it off and said I could bring it in tomorrow, which was rather nice, as that would've been an easy way to cull down the numbers...); it appeared that of those 3 people, one was the actual marker, one a previous/current JFPP scholar, and one a community contact, such as a rural/remote practicing GP, or the like.
The interview went alright, I spent 20 minutes which was a fairly long time (reports were an aaverage of 15min for an interview) for a JFPP interview. My odds were given to me straight uup - 15 candidates, 11 spots. Not a bad chance, I'd say; knowing me though, my chances are always much less than that. I tend to fail pretty hard at interviews for some reason, not sure why. Anyhow, I answered most questions, got stumped for one of them which I won't reveal, and so now I'm waiting for 4 weeks for ACRRM to process the interview results and see what the outcome is. So watch this space in 4 weeks, I guess.
Found the 4th floor (which can only be accessed either by lift or through a stairwell inside the 3rd floor's administrative staff room) at 1:35pm, thinking that I'm probably not going to get a spot now that I'm all flustered. There were 3 people who were at the actual interview, and one came out to invite me in (I immediately raised the issue of the missing documents, and he brushed it off and said I could bring it in tomorrow, which was rather nice, as that would've been an easy way to cull down the numbers...); it appeared that of those 3 people, one was the actual marker, one a previous/current JFPP scholar, and one a community contact, such as a rural/remote practicing GP, or the like.
The interview went alright, I spent 20 minutes which was a fairly long time (reports were an aaverage of 15min for an interview) for a JFPP interview. My odds were given to me straight uup - 15 candidates, 11 spots. Not a bad chance, I'd say; knowing me though, my chances are always much less than that. I tend to fail pretty hard at interviews for some reason, not sure why. Anyhow, I answered most questions, got stumped for one of them which I won't reveal, and so now I'm waiting for 4 weeks for ACRRM to process the interview results and see what the outcome is. So watch this space in 4 weeks, I guess.
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