Instructions for Addressing Special Figure-reading Questions BMDC Special figure checklist

 

Instructions for Addressing Special Figure-reading Questions

• . Format of question in the card: 

       Special figure-reading question: Read the figure & Mention why you find it 'special'.

   

  B. Checklist for answering (by examinees) and for marking (by examiners).
  a)	IDENTIFY the 'form' of the figure and JUSTIFY your answer. Examples: Photograph / Realistic (including 'semi-realistic', realistic with schematic component) diagram / Schematic diagram (i.e., simplified  shapes, not 'real'-like, using symbols etc.) / Low-power photomicrograph / High-power photomicrograph / Transmission electron micrograph / Scanning electron micrograph / Composite 3-D diagram (i.e., computer-generated complex 3-dimensional figure).      If a figure contains multiple ‘figure-parts’ with different ‘forms’, then the examiner needs to ask the examinee to mention the principal ‘form’.	0.5+0.5
  b)	IDENTIFY the 'view' of the figure as one of the following (if there are multiple, identify each): Examples: Viewed from the Front/Back/Right/Left/Above/Below/Antero-superior angle/Postero-inferior angle/Antero-lateral angle/Postero-medial angle etc./ Not applicable (e.g. figures from Cell Biology & Histology).      If a figure contains multiple ‘views’, then the examinee should mention the principal ‘view’.	1
  c)	DETERMINE whether there are any ‘sectional view(s)’ in the figure, and if so, SHOW. Examples: Sagittal section/coronal section/transverse section/longitudinal section.   •        If a figure contains multiple figure parts with different ‘sectional views’, the examinee should  mention any one ‘sectional view.’ •        If there is no sectional view in the supplied figure, the examinee must say ‘There is no sectional view.’ Otherwise, he/she will not get marks.	0.5
  d)	IDENTIFY the ‘principal issue’ dealt with in the figure. Examples: development and related anomalies, detailed structure in different layers, structure-function relationships, clinical correlation of anatomy	1
  e)	DESCRIBE what you see in the figure.            (Do not describe anything except what you can see).	1.5
  f)	MENTION why you find this figure 'special'. What understanding does the figure offer that would have been almost impossible to gain just by listening to someone or reading a text?  Examples: interconnections between different cell types of the retina (in a schematic diagram), interrelationships between podocytes and capillaries at the glomerular filtration site (in a transmission electron micrograph), 3-dimensional structural details (in a 3-D composite drawing).              If the figure has multiple 'special' issues, examinee must mention any two issues.	2

   

   

   

   

  Examples of different forms of Special Figure:

  	Checklist for answering	Marks
  a)	IDENTIFY the 'form' of the figure and JUSTIFY your answer. Examples: Photograph / Realistic (including 'semi-realistic', realistic with schematic component) diagram / Schematic diagram (i.e., simplified  shapes, not 'real'-like, using symbols etc.) / Low-power photomicrograph / High-power photomicrograph / Transmission electron micrograph / Scanning electron micrograph / Composite 3-D diagram (i.e., computer-generated complex 3-dimensional figure).      If a figure contains multiple ‘figure-parts’ with different ‘forms’, then the examiner needs to ask the examinee to mention the principal ‘form’.	0.5+0.5

   

  1.    Photograph

  A figure that is a reproduction of an image created using a photographic camera is termed a 'photograph.'

  Mode of answer: This figure is captured by a photographic camera from real structures, viscera, models, skeletons, bodies, prosected specimens, etc. (not taken from other pictures/images, such as diagnostic images or microscopic images).

   

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