1QP Supervisions in Part IB Pharmacology Arranging supervisions for the Part IB course is a matter primarily for the Colleges. However, the Department does have a view on effective use of supervision time.
Supervisions are much better suited than lectures to the teaching of problem solving.
Many students feel that this paper is one of the hardest they sit in Cambridge. It can seem very daunting to be confronted with new data and actually be asked to think about what they mean. It follows that a substantial portion of supervision time should be spent preparing students for this paper. One point we try to make very clear to the students is that they are all in the same boat on the practical paper. The questions are all compulsory.