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Hi guys, my name is capable of and some of you guys know me from my previous videos.
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I'm a clinical tutor and I'm also a registrar here in Australia.
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So I thought why not talk about five tips to pass the clinical exam as to
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what you should do and what you shouldn't do while you're preparing for your exams.
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So today, um now again, I'd like to just disclose that.
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These are just based on my personal experience and how
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I passed the exam and I am quite proud to say
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that I did pass the exam in my first try and I did put a lot of effort into that.
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Now before I do continue, I'd like to encourage all of you guys out there.
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Please do like my videos and subscribe to my youtube
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channel as this really does motivate me to more,
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put more videos out there and get more content out there for you guys
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and for all of you guys who have been subscribing and following me.
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Thank you so much and let's stop. Alright, so
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five tips deposit clinical exam by some or All right, so let's talk a little bit about
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clinical exam. So, as you guys know the clinical exam is a very subjective exam
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unfortunately.
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So what that means is that it depends how you school,
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it depends on the examiner of the day and of that station.
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However,
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there are parameters that do protect you that if you do
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say or and you follow they have to give you the
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mocks and if and if they do fail you and you
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feel very confident you can definitely appeal for the case.
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So that's very important.
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So let's start with the first tip on what I did when I was preparing for the exams.
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So first tip would be
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practice practice practice. All right.
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And now it's just not enough to just practice all the recalls in the stems that
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you have seen in the last six months to one year or even two years.
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What really matters is when you practice, what are you practicing?
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So for example, the differential diagnosis, as many of you guys have noticed
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in my instagram and my facebook, um, I do pose a recall of the day and I asked,
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what is your differential diagnosis? And this is very important because
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the differential diagnosis that you're coming up,
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it's just based on the stem that is given to you,
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which is a very little bit of information unless it's a psych case
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and you have to come up with appropriate differential diagnosis in the,
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within the two minutes to ask the role player about it.
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And that is a huge task to ask because
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In those two minutes you're panicking, you're anxious, you're frustrated,
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you are just tired from all the practice in the study and you know what,
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it's not that easy for it to come to you that fast.
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So that's why when you do know the recalls practice doing the differentials.
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If I always practiced about 8-10 differential diagnosis per
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stem and then when I went for the exam.
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Oh I have really bad panic attacks.
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Um I actually was able to come up with 3-4 or even up to five for some stations.
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Um even in the nervous wreck of a person I was
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alright and state I was in. So um so that's one thing then. History,
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history is very important to practice. Why is that important practice?
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Because organization of the history is very important,
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not just blurting out anything and everywhere you get confused during,
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you have no idea if you have asked you waste time and you ask questions you
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already asked in the past and you don't really get much out of the case.
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So that is one way.
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Another thing if you stay organized, you also calm your nerves because
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become confident and that goes a long way
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and last but not least. PF. P.
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So p is very important because again, you have to stay organized
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alright.
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You must know the correct techniques for face to face exams, for online exams,
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practicing them in layman terms for the parent or for the students.
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Um Not for the students, sorry for any layman
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for students, for medical students and interns and for other medical doctors,
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it's okay to use the medical jargon.
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And that comes a bit more easier to us because
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that's what we have been practicing for all this time.
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So I would also, so I so what I did was I practiced it with my husband
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who was in the health care but not but not in medicine.
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So he stopped me every time I used the medical
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jargon and that went a long way during my exams.
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No
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what is the second tip of the day? It's a text. Second tip of the day.
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It's kind of touching base with my first step is the state organized.
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So one way to stay organized is look at the tasks
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stick to the order of the toss that is asked in the stem.
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Alright. It's a good way to guide you.
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And then history always have a format of how you would approach.
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Now I know that a lot of there are a lot
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of tutors out there and there's a lot of notes out there
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but follow one and pick that one. Be very familiar with that one.
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Practice with that one and
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know it very well.
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Alright. And organization is very important because that's how you stay calm.
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All right. And that goes for staying for P. And last but not least.
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The management and management is a bit more easier because you have
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a sequential order and I usually follow the Robins.
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I don't know if you guys know the textbook Robbins. I loved it.
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So um and also all the medical textbooks.
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I like to go with the first, the problem, differential diagnosis,
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explained the risk factors and the complications go to the
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investigations and then go to the management and then last
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but not least ended with the five hours and that's
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my approach and that's see I have a format,
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I have a way of organized it and that's something that's comfortable with me.
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And I practice for years and teach my students as well. So that is very important.
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All right. So let's move, let's move on.
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And we have the third tip of the day which is recalls.
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No matter what
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it is,
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you must familiar familiarize yourself with the recalls and I would
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generally say it's about six months recall is really good.
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Um
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And if you have more time you can go up to one year.
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I did about six months rico and knowing these recalls are very important
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because
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you get similar cases.
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But again, do not memorize the recalls because they do change the recalls.
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And the diagnosis and the proper diagnosis varies just
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by changing a symptom or a sign or two.
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Alright, so that is very important.
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Um The other thing about recalls is that
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we all come from different countries and we all come from.
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We have our own experiences and we haven't treated
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and practice and seen different kinds of diseases and
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the disease that you see in your home country
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are different from what you see in Australia.
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So it is very important that you familiarize yourself with the diseases here
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and that's the first thing that comes to your head and that can only
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be kind that can only be done if you familiarize yourself with the recalls.
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Alright
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The 4th tip of the day
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14 by the day's communication.
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This is very important. Why is this important?
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Well what happens after you finish the AMC clinical exam
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you're going to practice as a resident medical officer or an
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intern or whatever position you get even as a GP.
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It's very important.
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You must be able to build rapport with the patient,
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you must be able to engage with them.
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And this is important not only because
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for the example because it's because that's what you are
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when you're a doctor you get the best out of
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the patient and the most out of the patient so
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you can treat the patient the most optimal way.
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And that is very important. Empathize with the patient.
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They are going through a tough time.
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They're at their most vulnerable state when they come to you.
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And this is very important. If you are unable to communicate with your patients
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you're not going to be able to communicate with them in real life.
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And that's why they put so much stress into this
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last but not least reassurance
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reassure the patient when you're vulnerable.
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You like someone coming to you and saying it's
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okay don't worry we've got this and that's very important
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And communication is very important for a couple of reasons. one
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to be a good doctor, everyone knows that too in business point of view.
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If you're going to be a G. P. You need your patients to come back for a viable business
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three
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you need to be empathy.
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You need empathized with your patients so that they feel
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a connection and also your able to treat them well.
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So communication goes a long way.
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All right.
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And also communication is important if you're planning to specialize
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And last but not least my 5th tip would be routine routine
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routine and this kind of goes in hand in hand with organization.
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So I love routine because it helps me calm my nose and what I mean routine,
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I don't mean about how to organize history, physical examination.
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No no no no no what I mean is before my exam I
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have a routine actually before I said to study I had a routine
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I get up, I had my breakfast,
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I took a shower and I watched tv for half an hour just to clear my brain.
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And then I would start at a particular time and I would end at
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a particular time after I end I have a bit of a break where
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I watch tv a particular show for a bit of time and I have
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my lunch and make sure I enjoy my lunch is because I'm a big foodie
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and last but not least I go and then again I planned for the next session
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so that's kind of routine that I had
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developed as I was preparing for the clinical exam
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and I know a lot of you guys out there have other responsibilities so it's
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really good to have a routine in place so that it becomes second nature.
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So you get your studying done especially moms out there with kids.
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It's it does go a long way and that's how I get most of myself done now.
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I have a one year old um you guys have seen in
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the previous video so that's how I get my studying done.
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Me getting to work. I have presentations do for my work so things like that
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last but not least please please avoid burnout.
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It's so important to avoid burnouts because
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If you burn out just before the exam you just can't give you 100%.
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That is very very important. Okay
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um I hope these tips help you and I hope you're able to
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understand and see where I'm coming from and hope
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this helps you for your exam prep as well.
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Um If you want to talk to me and get
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some comments and feedback and even just get some advice,
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you're more than happy to contact me through
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my instagram or through my facebook group.
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It's the best way to contact me. I usually reply within a day.
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Um And if you want to watch more
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videos please subscribe to my youtube channel leave some
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comments in the comment section below about regarding
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other videos that you'd like me to make.
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I will definitely get on it. Um I am prepping one for the G. P.
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Example
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one,
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and also, if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask,
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it does help everyone around you, and I will definitely try my best to help you.
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Alright, so take it and I hope these tips help you.
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Bye.