It is exam season for Post-graduates (PG) in Medical Colleges across the country. The PG student whose practical exams have not yet conducted are waiting nervously for the day of the exam. Those whose exams had been completed are waiting anxiously for the final result. Let me share with you the story of one unique PG student.
Dr. John (Fictional Name), an orthopedics junior resident had failed in the previous final MS (Orthopedics) exam in a Government Medical College in Rajasthan. Since the exam result to large extent was dependent on the Head of Department (HOD) of Orthopedics and the other internal examiner, Dr. John was angry at them.
In the next examination held six months later, Dr. John was the only candidate in the orthopedics department as he was the only PG resident who had failed in the exam. On the day of the practical exam, while other PG residents were busy doing last minute revision, Dr. John was busy getting the corridor in front of his hostel room cleaned to a sparkle. Then he proceeded to arrange the flower pots in a row leading from the hostel’s main gate to his room. The other residents watched in amazement.
Finally, someone asked him what is the meaning of this strange behavior? Dr. John replied, “I am doing this as the examiners will come to my room to take the exam!” The residents were amazed at his statement and looked at him with disbelief.
The time for the practical exam to start was at 9.00 am in the orthopedics ward. The HOD and the other internal examiner reached the ward at 9.00 am and were furious that Dr. John had not yet come to the ward. The external examiners reached the ward at 9.30 am and yet Dr. John has not appeared for the exam.
The HOD Orthopedics anger slowly started to turn to worry. By 10.00 am when Dr. John has yet not come for the exam, the external examiners asked the HOD to produce the candidate or declare the exam annulled. Now a highly worried HOD sent one of the junior residents to go to Dr. John’s hostel room and bring him to the exam.
The resident came back after some time alone. Hesitantly he informed the HOD that Dr. John has refused to come to the ward to give exam and had said the examiners are welcome to come and take his exam in his hostel room if they promise to pass him.
The HOD grudgingly agreed to Dr. John’s demands and he convinced the other examiners also. The problem was that Dr. John was the lone candidate appearing for the exam.
If Dr. John did not appear for the exam and sign in the attendance sheet, the exam will be deemed canceled. If the exam was declared canceled, then all the examiners will not receive the examiner's fees for checking the theory paper and the thesis and for the practical exam. The traveling and other expenses of the external examiners will not be reimbursed. The external examiners coming from out of the city will have traveled in vain. The HOD orthopedics will have to foot the bill for all arrangements made for the exam from his personal funds.
Face with such monetary disincentives, the examiners went to Dr. John’s hostel room, took his exam there, wrote qualified on his result sheet, after which Dr. John signed the official attendance sheet.
It is not always the examiners who have the upper hand in an exam. With knowledge of the rules and regulations and certain chutzpah sometimes the examinee can gain the upper hand.
(Based on true incident)
— ND
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Wow what a brave students! Generally the students are always under tremendous pressure of exam and examiners. They never dare to make them furious, but here it was different story and rare indeed
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