pre-clinical exams

The pre-clinical exams

Theory classes were the pits, especially the ones that started at 8 AM  and the after lunch sessions at 1:30 PM. People missed buses, slept in rest rooms , arrived late and disrupted classes. Finally, the college hit upon a solution.

“You don’t really have to attend classes, “ announced the administration, “you only need to get 50% in the weekly tests.”

Many in the class did not bother with the portions at all. After all, the study holidays were enough to cram the non- clinical subjects and scrape through.

The “best out going student “was in great demand. A bunch of boys sat around him as he dictated MCQ answers.

“Question 1 B,  11 D etc.”

As soon as the gang was confident about 50% marks, they submitted their papers and left. Nobody bothered with the short notes. No one wanted merit certificates.

An American professor arrived to teach for a year. He was meticulous  and systematic. He soon discovered the identical answers and the ploy.

The next week, everyone received a different question paper. Consternation was writ large on all the faces. Then one medical student flipped over the first page and discovered that the professor had only pinned the pages in a different order. The questions were the same, only the order was different!

He stood up. “That B----“ he said, “just coming from the USA does not mean he is smarter than us.  The whole class is going to get 100%.” Since he was the class don, no-one protested. Even the ones  who normally attended classes and studied were too cowed down and outnumbered to protest. The best outgoing stood in front and dictated MCQ answers. He followed it  up with the short note.

There was no invigilator as it was an “honour system.”

(Honour among thieves!)

The pharmacy department gave up and never tried that trick again.

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