If one were to take time to sit back and notice one's surroundings... One might realize that in all actuality - you're never really alone in this world.
EVERYONE CHEATS. Regardless of what and where you study, be it law, business, engineering, computer science, medicine in Russia, India, US, UK, Australia, China or Malaysia.
The only difference is... to what extent?
Don't get me wrong - cheating is still pretty bad and the end doesn't always justify the means. Reason why I'm placing so much emphasis on the whole cheating culture here in Moscow is because this is not just any specialty we're talking about. It's MEDICINE.
Graduates of Moscow Medical Academy will not just be graduates. We are FUTURE DOCTORS! By cheating now.... Chances are that you would be cheating a patient of his life!
And although I believe that eventually everyone does catch up and has the potential to be a good doctor, the main difference between one who cheats to score and one who doesn't cheat and still scores well... is the pile of bodies behind them.
I rest my case.
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Has it always been common Russian practice for the MCQs to be handed out prior to exams? What about the native Russian students? Are they awarded this privellege?
Before graduation, do you have a 'proper' final examination where all you learnt in med school is evaluated? Or are all the exams conducted in similar fashion to the colloquims? Sorry, but they're many things i don't know bout the russian system.
I applaud your efforts to ensure that your medical education is as complete as possible despite the circumstances. Only the strongest of us are able to do that.
In all essence, it has been common practice for a select few subjects. This works both ways for russian as well as english medium students. As I mentioned before, there is actually a forum for russian medium students where they not only discuss cases - but also post the 'variants'(a.k.a exam papers) up for others to download (in other words, the russians are slightly more high-tech in their method of distribution)
Essentially, there will be a proper final exam for all. Again, if one manages to stay under the radar for their whole 6 years - the possibility of passing would be relatively high. So eventually, everyone would graduate knowing something. Whether or not it's enough for the life of a HO... Well, time will tell.
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