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The Art of Solving MCQs | Sumer Sethi | TEDxAIIMS


the morning already great morning my

purpose of today’s talk will be Susan a

small topic today later than a 1/4 power

often talked about your optical hero

I’ve seen people struggle with the sweet

spot what cigarettes whatever just

mission what do we mean by this

now in here I would start off by saying

that if you want to become a doctor or

if you want to move to post-graduation

or if you want to go abroad and practice

especially in USA or UK what do you do

must what do you have to do first thing

you have to write an exam and so what is

the pattern of despotism it is a

multiple-choice question it is a

question whenever stem and four choices

now I have seen over the years people

charge multiple choice question paper

pattern Japanese some people will say it

is a bad pattern some people will say

it’s a good value

some people will criticize that wire

multicultural solution but nobody

actually tries to dissect what is

required for the satellites on now to

make sure that we are we same pace and

we understand each other way I also want

to draw your attention a series of

societies that happened in the recent

past we have some people who are regular

Springs this doctor it with the amiga

hype see you and I hate if somebody can

actually tell them this is the basic

that is game that needs to be done

probably they would struggle a little

less clock I can you know be over with

my part by saying then okay this wagon

is not work but but it is the Wagoneer

of the exam so if you have already you

have go here for exam and somewhere

there are some tiny things that you can

do to get through this example again I

don’t wanna push it to you what do you

think is the most difficult or shit in

the world what do you what is the most

difficult answer what is the ocean isn’t

any other idea is it a very good

question

engineering push you away and I use it

most of you have doctors or breakers for

it so what do you think is the most

difficult person in the world but trust

me most difficult person in the world is

it is to understand what the one takes I

struggled with it

all that night so trust me whatever I am

going to teach you today is not as

difficult as it is understanding what we

will take okay now to begin with now I

started my life how many after school

from my school people who are not

becoming Tom because they will not

become engineers there were no look

nobody you could move in its trees amps

of operative exams people around me

always told me that you will not be able

to prevail because your probiotics have

the every spoon you love remove removes

through this second phase of system

everybody uses it there is a big weight

but the exams and they said it is also

it was like a weight we go said in exams

there are some things that you cannot

decide then it seemed you know it seems

this kind of a secret think that some

people know some people do not go and i

also a place for it

average school average person average

family and I was not supposed to do

really ready competitive exam that is

where in my customers I started going on

a small idea and I mean comment my

three-step formula to our extras on eye

contact and misery common-sense ideas I

started

in constant using simple common sense

ideas is a charitable day I thought I

have not put that in the exams

I was I was very sure that I’ve got to

win the exams but I kept trying goodbye

common-sense ideas and I aim by

volunteering days i’m a henna on here

right over 288 roses I would see we see

at that time and my first response to my

line was under shop when they buy every

student like me getting a pop bragged

about here I might not be a machinist

when like every time you see people

taking over I pass I am a genius like

that

I am everybody goes for a joint possible

in college degree and when I was doing

my thing is I realized that MMOG is it

was very difficult to pass but in the

school can you guess the number of

distinctions I got in my business school

they made zero I have no distinction in

America school number of volcanism or

any none not even abandon her back yes

no actually happening ever ever don’t

you go over to the hey girl shake when I

was in I

like some of you I started preparing for

the exam now I have to reveal for

example post graduation so again the

pattern of its opposite see you and

again I felt I mean the right editing I

started using the same common sense

ideas that I’d share with you today and

I mean I had already arrived form and

that is where I realized that something

I am doing but is some people are

missing because it works should never be

me they were more people in my college

we knew more medicine than I do

there were more people in my school do

more physics question and I ever knew

but I could always get it right so what

is that power shielding you like mom

reading so I can call them or is common

sense and the pigley yoga swing through

number one rule of abates grant a tree

not a tree now this is what I use the

product at my neck this is a snapshot

from my notebook in my body the spoon

what is so unique about Islam book is I

have a small nominator on the top which

is a disease then that is a

the dream animal created branches on

that disease of you that disease the

vector stenosis it is autosomal dominant

these are the great findings that you

will have in this disease these are the

Guardian renal I just again a small

sample

now when you do another snapshot which I

put them and show you another sense of

this is again here for my notebook I

have created a more economic rather I

have a person in the sector our picture

I like to draw on such well and I have

divided so what will you have seen the

brain operation in the spine of this

patient then what are the other features

that you failure drop the rule number

one is and again it’s going to you the

rule number one is you read takes from

theory books but if you are going to be

a for example which is having multiple

choice you need to convert that text

into objective friendly MIDI no sir this

is objective conversion of text that

means I read from the book and I will

sell working in two points before I

write this is also important because in

the end when you OBM for the exam you

need to choose not for objective choices

what is the correct answer if I read in

activity like fashion I am supposed to

you know if I’m coming to judge which is

the correct answer but if I read like

this

so if you understand then the first step

always is to convert jury into objective

based fixed now singing seven the rule

number two this is slightly clicking you

understand to make sure that we follow

what we’re doing I mean should you are

pushing him until hero avoid presence

with upward is fancy mi of the brain was

done revealed a mass in the positive

part of the third ventricle what is the

most likely pathology in work now I will

make you inside what happens inside my

brain and we will rather what is the

second step so whenever I see this

version my mind starts shooting so first

I think this is the brain okay this is

pit lane and this is the area of a

papazilla so i superpose in my mind when

different system okay this is all

happening in Hawaii

so this is our banking system and for

those of you with mint in background you

can see this is the Ranger ventricle

fluid filled cavity in the brain oh

honey

American Idol question I had this is the

third ventricle and if I suppose it was

again an ACME this is the area of the

being implied if I am a superhero’s

important idea this is an MRI this is

the brain this is what you won now if I

kick you back again and phosphine what

happens it might bring at very hot speed

is this thing you see these are

different subjects of DC brain $20

government legal posted monitor critical

being here being a consumer and I go

back to pathology no and when you can go

together

then these are cells which are clear

sign of muscle glycogen crystals forming

the median sugar what – baby – didn’t

mean it you will be eligible for $20

positive upon what do you think this is

been here this is funny :

these are the little plane so if that

item gets compressed patient or Dora

Colleen good I am super for case the

patient under his policy now I take it

back at me okay

so what we’ve learned a lot over the

years is that gay Swansea is when the

theme determinate is compressed by

abdomen and posted models are vertical

which is menial and histology will be

kinda general sense want to be me John

symptom of serving over now why this is

all important in an occupied City

message this is how you stand in the

middle school in very useful you have

different subjects in first off you even

ask me then I will say that you have

physiology ophthalmology medicine

surgeon you really raised of this but

sometimes you forget it and the end of

the day the patient is going to be one

you have to love the unity important you

dealing upon base because that is the

keys of education system together more

vegetation into compartments for the

patient is going to be one okay and the

cases that I want you to know is what is

on medical multiple choice question what

is it it is an objective representation

of a patient’s situation your son is not

know it’s taking message that I want to

do to have this please learn to collect

results as a doctor as a physician we

have to be prepared for the over

what is the moment of truth the patient

is sitting in front of you so when I

want to test you on when I examiner once

a student example is he wanting one for

you to see he wants you to he wants you

to be able to handle a moment of truth

better how will you be able to get

handled better when you know how to

connect the dots so what does this mean

the idea is we know about Guardian can I

be in our first wrong we learn about God

in Physiology without about cardiac

drugs in a second wrong without about

cardiology in this final year and

restocks equations in an internship you

have to learn it is only one heart

so one person gets a good ride is able

to see the unity where others are able

to see loss is a concern but that’s this

point of the two things our network that

I want you to know it is of critical

importance in the rule of getting a very

good score in any exam when we put a

multiple-choice question is learn how to

guess so did you ever think that people

were equal in the exam by guessing if

you ever rodents

yes they are they see and with all my

community and I’m sharing the Gatorade I

always got a good night because I was

guessing better but they could never

to other people because it is such an

injector no that ain’t what they need to

be okay doesn’t feeling good right does

not mean absolutely engine the only

thing that means is I am able to get

sticker now I’ll show you an example

where now I want everybody to

participate irrespective of your

background so that we can see how we get

unknown situation what do you think what

do you see in front of it ocean what is

this this is the in quantum of knowledge

available to be okay so if I convert

into breaking this is the medical

knowledge the vehicle to be the one how

much do you think a on mobility you can

learn in a single lifetime how much the

social this is only human beings

difficult off this is what if you’re not

in the lightning you cannot grab the

ocean just and how much do you think a

medical student and learning like in the

five-year period what is your idea okay

he gets you spec on robos I have a

largely spec so that you can see from a

distance

trust me it is zero less than this now

once we understand we need the

availability and when we know that the

knowledge available

is to watch to you agree in any exam

there will be questions from here which

you would not be aware but what are you

supposed to prove those Russians guess

let us see so let me show you a

multiple-choice social pressure this

tissue harmonic imaging is a new

operating pension system Mr Al reason

and the language on how you need to get

show your basic skills one two three

okay now it’s even me please even me

this is the stimulant in Europe and I

want everybody block do not panic by the

multiple choice questions they’re

actually simple this is the only partner

in the world where they write the answer

in front of you but they only confuse

you by three more choices little there

focus easy if I inquire into three issue

she means the chauffeur body hedonic

raise our body look at is it how loony

is a principle that they do that someone

if you remember some travels and our

bollocks

okay when they can we go is school

school Peggy your estimate on me some

rebels and harmonics but it stays with

me somewhere in my subconscious okay so

the next CD cushion and suddenly harmony

I would do the word association it

clicks to me how many is it Assam out of

leaders is a long I willing to do the

choices answer is under something you

understand so now I need to know many

good-sized to on service no but what do

we I need a powerful subconscious I need

a powerful art of kissing now there is

is it so simple

actually it is I have seen people make

it complex by ooh more and more effort

this lucky motorhome they put themselves

under pressure not to summarize okay

summarizing these are the greetings if

you are waiting for any exam which is

having a multiple-choice push it back

you civil services we need any American

reference engineering USF medical

licensing exam the first thing to do is

start planting green surrounded

notebooks love to make objective

friendly notes they should be objective

figure out ways to decrease comes second

singing love connecting dots when you’re

a medical student why your

Pinnacle’s bombing itself it made adults

who look scattered trust me when you’re

reading in first rock you don’t know why

you can’t be winner in the second

professional you don’t know wait a

minute apology but by the time you reach

your reduction you are supposed to look

back putting the grading Steve Jobs if

you cannot connect the dots going

forward but when you reach a point you

look back now you don’t okay that is why

did not with the cigarette me that is

why I learned this in pathology and

you’re able to connect the dots learn is

how to learn I guess every time you are

seeing an unknown pushing the more

retract I see people retire I don’t know

I got one do the costume is alcohol but

I want to do and they start the art of

word association they break the words

pretty words connect the words and most

of times you will be able to answer

things from your subconscious mother

which you actually never knew before

that is the art of getting a good time

in my final words I want everybody to

know don’t make a pact

exams for your priests it is up to you

you can be critical of the exam system

you can say oh they are so bad people

they are asking multiple jurisdictions

all you can learn miss King the choice

is up to you but don’t let me back up

exam spoil your dreams thank you very

much and we show me best [Applause]

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