1. Always try to teach others what you have studied, specially those who do not know about your field and encourage them to question or challenge you. You'll be surprised by the different ways you get the questions and the different ways you try to find the answer for it finally to know you have mastered the topic. I always do this with my poor husband. So all those out there who want to take revenge, get your spouse to help you in your career by listening to you for 30 min (a better way to build a relationship too) or if there's no one out there...........use your doll...sounds crazy huh...try out
2. Always take part in group discussion. theres plenty out in Facebook, skype and other social media. this helps more than you think, but forget to use the idea during the end of the test. Do it while you are preparing.
3. Always give the last 3 days for rest. You never know how your mishandled anxiety can treat you. Am suffering with unexplained body aches and fatigue and too tired to even revise my stuff. And there's just one day left for the exam. So never plan till last minute and never push yourself through the final days.
4. always look for key words and mark them down or scribble them down. Key words are most important. They are specifiers like "should, best, first, next,
and in the answers
(acknowledge, validate, explore, clarify, assess, refer, etc.
When approaching questions:
(1) Acknowledge feelings first if given the option (you may also want to
validate this is similar to acknowledge, validate what they are FEELING only)
Remember acknowledge simply means you are aware and state what you
see
Validation means you can understand how they feel. Sometimes we
acknowledge but not validate.
(2) Explore the situation before you clarify
(3) Identify before clarify, and when you clarify make sure the client is
with you and it is mutual so you can be sure they understand
(4) Get client's perspective first (e.g. the client asks the question, what do
you think, get client to say what he/she thinks before you give your
suggestions)
(5) For the group related questions always bring it back to the group
(unless danger to self or others, mandatory reporting, etc.)
(6) If it is very sensitive in nature the topic the client wants to discuss and
you are concerned about the client sharing such sensitive information offer to
discuss individually any sensitive topics that may cause harm and/or
embarrassment when shared in a group setting.
Below, is a question and an
example on how to put the key words on scrap paper.
Mr.jones is having dialysis and has missed his last two
treatments. In addition, his wife is in
poor health and he is the primary caregiver for her. In discussing his situation, he sees it
as hopeless and shows other signs of depression. The client states he
wants to quit dialysis and die. A multi-disciplinary team meeting is
called. The social worker should advocate for:
A. letting the client (mr.jones) exercise his right to die
B. evaluating the client for depression
C. suggest that he see a therapist for the depression
D. tell the physician to increase his medicine
Answer B, from these choices is evaluate for depression. The key
words in these answers are:
letting
evaluating
suggest
tell physician
I would evaluate before I did any of the others. This man needs
to be evaluated for depression he will also need to be evaluated for suicide
potential and the answer that says evaluation gets closest to that.
The team needs this information to make an informed decision on how
to best assist this client.
