Some of our students may be in the thick of studying for exams at the moment and wondering when is it all going to end?! Some are celebrating with their well-earned results in hand, honouring the long held tradition of rushing the RCSI Library on results day, in which case - congratulations!
Whatever stage they are at, studying for exams is synonymous with college life. No need to fear them though! All that blood, sweat and tears will
be worth it in the end.
Here in Heritage Collections we hold an array of material relating
to exams including past papers from the early 1900's onwards and examination results registers going all the way back to 1793. Ever wonder what type of questions were students being asked at RCSI exams 100 years ago?? Take a look:
Sample First & Second Professional Examinations, 1917. Click on image to enlarge.
And after the exams come results! Going by these examples you can see that just like today, students back then were striving for the best results they could achieve.
One of our earliest registers:
The registers below look a bit cleaner & newer than the one above but their function remains the same.
Conjoint RCSI & RCPI Third Professional and Final Examination results. Some of the subjects examined include Pathology, Materia Medica Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Public Health Forensic Medicine and Surgery. Click on image to enlarge.
RCSI First Dental Examination results 1913 noting student, result, fee paid, examinations (Anatomy, Physiology, Medicine & Surgery) and overall result. Click on image to enlarge.
And remember, as with all other years, exam papers & results of 2017 class will be archived and preserved so that in 100 years down the line they may be too used for a new blog post! Maybe some of our own 'Heritage' students will still be knocking around??
