Lesson learnt: be prepared for very unexpected cases in exams. Don't panic, stay calm and think with a clear mind. Work from first principles and reason your way out. Try your best and leave the rest to luck.
If you are fortunate, you get examiners who will prompt and lead you back onto the right path; but if you are unlucky, the smiling tigers will lead you onto the wrong path and then maul you alive.
If you are fortunate, you get nice patients who will drop hints and assist you in whatever way they can; but if you are not so lucky, patients might give you less helpful information or even bring you down the wrong path.
Whatever the case, the golden rule of the game is to hold your nerves steady throughout. Listen carefully to what the patients are saying because most of the time, they are telling you the answer. Even if you screw up one station, quickly forget about it and recover for the next.
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