Hi guys, I am taking part in the biomedical challenge for
secondary school students and it will be held next week. This means
quite a lot to me as I really want to be a doctor when I grow up
and prize winners get to go for an attachment. I was wondering if
anyone who has taken the biomedical challenge organised by the Yong
Loo Lin School of Medicine and ACJC could give me an idea of what
the paper was like in the previous years.
Knowledge required for this years olympiad are fundermental
understanding on:
- the functional anatomy of the cardiovascular system
-primary cardiovascular diseases devolped as a result of primary
lung conditions and vice versa
-the process of blood clotting and its relavant disorders
-the roles of microorganisms and immune system in respiratory
diseases
-common diagnostic immaging and major drug groups
Thanks :)
I am in Biology Oylimpiad where it is set by NUS Department of
Biology in conjunction of YLLSoM
basically, anticipate hard questions
the scope can be
- Anatomy (may be really in depth, do you know great cardiac
vein ? )
- Cardiovascular diseases (e.g. Marfan syndrome - arotical bulb
dilation, ASD, VSD, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_disease)
- Blood clotting (details up to factor XIIA may be needed)
Disorders - check any of the clotting factors ?
- Respiratory conditions (maybe antihistamines / initiator
capases. cytokines , humoral and cell mediated immunity, Helper T
cells, and for microbes , maybe viruses (Influrenza - know up till
details like nucleocapsid, haemagglutinin, neuraminidase till
chronic bronchities)
- Diagnostic imaging (PET CT (SPECTRA, Ru 82), X - rays, NMR/
MRI) and etc
All these are possible aspects only, don't worry too much
