General Finals advice

• Spend as much time as possible in the clinical environment seeking out and eliciting clinical signs and practising history taking and presentation.
• Always prepare a differential diagnosis (with Pros and Cons for each suggestion)
• Become skilled at suggesting rational investigation plans for any case you see.
• Consolidate the pharmacological and therapeutic knowledge to which you have been exposed over 4 years. It is an integral part of every case you see and will be a topic tested in the clinical final assessment.
• Use your overseas elective and your job shadowing to improve your clinical skills as suggested and to refine your ability to communicate accurately and with compassion with patients and relatives.
• Above all be prepared to identify and act to correct your own deficiencies by seeking help and advice.