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Hardwork and persistency

[posh @poshtimms]

@DrKoredee Why do you want then to fail? Do you know the effort and money they spent to write that exam?

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

Changed National Anthem that has been there for ages

Changed NYSC Khaki that Corpers have been wearing from day 1

The country has tons of problems that needs sorting out but no, let the Corpers start wearing Adire 💔

[Dr Prosper The Philosopher @ProsperThePhilo]

I compared the recent Physiology MB examination questions from both UNN and UniJos to see which one was harder.

What I found was actually surprising.

Both papers were for the same academic level and were written within the same session. They even had the same duration.

However, their philosophy of assessment was completely different.

The UNN Physiology paper had six questions, and students were required to answer five. In other words, there was one guaranteed drop built into the paper.

UniJos, on the other hand, set five questions, and all five were compulsory.

Now, looking deeper into the papers, the differences became even more obvious.

UNN examined eight different subtopics across eight different physiological systems.

There was:

- A question on insulin from Endocrine Physiology.
- A question on cardiac output from Cardiovascular Physiology.
- A question on acidification from Renal Physiology.
- A question on the reticular formation from Neurophysiology.
- A question on T-lymphocytes from Immunology.
- A question on gas diffusion from Respiratory Physiology.
- A question on secondary sexual characteristics from Reproductive Physiology.
- A question on bile duct disorders from Hepatobiliary Physiology.

It was broad.

Very broad.

The command words were things like:

- Discuss
- Describe
- Outline
- Briefly discuss

In other words, the paper mostly rewarded recall and explanation.

There was no clinical vignette.

No patient scenario.

Every question stood on its own.

Now compare that with UniJos.

UniJos wasn't nearly as broad.

Instead, it concentrated on fewer domains.

Renal Physiology appeared twice—once on tubular handling and again on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS).

Endocrine Physiology appeared three different times across the paper.

The paper also opened with a complete trauma case containing Hb, Hct, RBC count, ECG, blood pressure, reflexes, and vision findings, followed by multiple sub-questions that depended on interpreting that single clinical scenario correctly.

Miss the case...

...and several marks disappear together.

So, from my own analysis, this is arguable, but I think UniJos was structurally harder.

Why?

Not because the content was necessarily more difficult.

But because it gave students no escape route.

Students had to know Renal Physiology and Endocrine Physiology in much greater depth.

The questions demanded clinical correlation.

They demanded application.

They demanded analysis.

UNN, on the other hand, was broader.

Students had to touch more systems, but each question was more isolated and much more forgiving.

Overall, I would describe the difference like this:

UNN rewarded recall and explanation.

UniJos rewarded recall, comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and application.

That was the biggest difference I noticed after comparing both papers.

Now I'm curious.

Which style do you think is actually harder?

A paper that covers almost every physiological system but mostly asks you to explain...

Or a paper that covers fewer systems but forces you to think clinically and leaves you with no question to drop?

[posh @poshtimms]

@ayowisdom_ You go explain tire

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@Amarachukw36922 @channelstv Can we serve together?

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@channelstv Tinubu reforms

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@dammiedammie35 How does this people reason? Thanking president for winning governorship election in your state. God please intervene in Nigeria's politics

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@bigjosh_0 How much this exam cost now?

Plus did you travel to Ghana🇬🇭 too?

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@Real_Akinkunmi @channelstv God see brain wey person dey use cross road.... What a merciful God you are

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@_onlyscott Santi carzola

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@Unabombaar Nothing will still happen.

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@BestofDem_szn What's the title of this movie?

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@bernardooooV3 @CFC_OBED I love this response

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@yabaleftonline Where is her brain? Death that will still knock on your doors too.

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@akinalabi You for just dey look... Wetin you go talk before?

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@zamaniii00 She is just too happy during the course of this pregnancy

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@DOlusegun Tinubu remain the best president Nigerians could never have asked for, thank you for everything you've done so far sir. We are very grateful

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By this time next year 20th June, 2027. I should have achieved what I wanted already. Amen

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@OOlusore Though hospitals aren't well funded, but it doesn't have anything to do with judges quarters, they are also Nigerians that help to add value to lives. The govt just need to learn priority. So help them God

[posh @poshtimms]

@pst_Goodness Take a lot of water