ICM Shelf Exam
[my previous shelf exams: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Behavioral Sciences, Physiology, Microbiology, Neurosciences and Pharmacology]
at 1pm today (in the new building) we take* the Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis Subject Examination. our antepenultimate exam at MUA.
according to the NBME, we can expect to see just about anything on this exam related to our class that was intended to introduce us to clinical medicine and the art of diagnosis-ing. almost every disease, disorder, genetic abnormality, step of embryonic development, psychologic factor, facet of ethics and patient interaction is fair game.
yikes.
if you measured, i think my EKG would be off the charts right now.
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*i still struggle with “take” vs. “write” an exam. Brandon thinks it’s weird to say “write” because we aren’t actually writing the questions. i think “take” sounds off because, um, where are we taking it? it stays on that little desk under your pencil.
break the tie: which do you use??
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March 17th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I vote for “write” – because you’re writing answers to questions on the exam… but I’ve never really thought about it that closely before and I’ve probably used both in the past.
March 17th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I say “take”, but when I think of it, “write” makes more sense. But anyway, my vote is for “take”, I guess. :)
March 17th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
write!
March 17th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Good luck to both of you when you TAKE your exam! My Canadian friends introduced me to “writing” exams, but me, I still say “take.”
Regardless of how you say it, I am sure you will do great. You’ve definitely earned your ticket off the island! Congratulations!
March 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
3rd vote write.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:57 am
There’s no debate. The correct term is “write the exam”. ‘Taking the exam’ occurs during the act of writing the exam.
Stick to numbers Brandon!
March 18th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Well I am pretty sure if you poll the US versus Canada it would be take for the Americans and write for the Canadians. Therefore that gives us 300 million votes to your 33.2 million, so I think we win. However, the actual usage of the word may or may not be correct : )
March 18th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Well, I don’t think Americans are that well known for their grasp of the English language, so that’s not helping your case much!
March 18th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Not all exams are written ones though!
March 18th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
shut up you traitor!
and since we’re on the topic and I like to be a grammar nazi, it’s “gone” not “went”
as in” I should have GONE to the store.
Brandon!!
March 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
^^ Grammar Nazi that doesn’t like punctuation. :p
March 31st, 2009 at 7:50 pm
take a test, write an exam.
don’t ask. i don’t know why, either.