GRADUATE EVALUATION … NEED FOR A CHANGE

Authors

  • Muhammad Shamim Anwar

Abstract

After a ward round on a very busy emergency daywhen I entered my office the ward clerk dropped twohuge postal packets wrapped in thick cloth, tightlysewed-up by some master tailor and covered withthick official seals. For a moment I could feel myheart thump inside my chest, my mouth became dryand I had a sticky feel in my throat. These wereMBBS descriptive essay scripts from the universitysent for checking. The bundles were capable ofgiving a prolapsed disc to a robust young man if hetried to be brave and pick them up. I was thereforenot going to try. The accompanying letter said:

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Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2007): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

Section

EDITORIAL

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