Viva tip: answer the question they asked, then stop

Examiners in the WACS viva ask short questions for a reason. They want to see whether you can hold a thought under pressure.

Three habits carry you through. First, answer in one clean sentence before you decorate it. If they ask what the Mallampati score predicts, define it before you discuss its limits.

Second, when you do not know, say what you do know and where it stops. A calm 'I am not sure, but here is my reasoning' costs less than a confident guess. Third, pause before you answer. Two seconds of thought reads as care, not weakness.

The panel is not hunting for failure. They are deciding whether you are safe to leave alone with a patient.

General education, not medical advice.