Writing a written answer

Written questions are where most marks are lost, and almost none of that is because the student did not know the material. It is because of how the answer was laid out.

The short version

Answer in points, not in prose. A mark scheme is a list, and it is marked as a list.
Give one point per line, and give as many as the question is worth.
Say the specific thing: the side, the direction, the number, the name of the structure.
Then read the model answer against yours and count what you missed, not what you got.

Why it works

A mark scheme awards marks for specific points, and a marker finds those points by scanning. An answer written as a single flowing paragraph contains the same knowledge as an answer written as six lines, and reliably scores less, because points get buried inside sentences that are doing three jobs at once. Writing in points is not a style preference — it is how the thing is marked.

The other half is precision. Schemes are strict about exactly the words that carry the meaning: left or right, superior or inferior, how many, which structure. Clinicoid's marking has three levels of leniency, and none of them will accept 'inferior' where the scheme says 'superior' — because an app that let that pass would be teaching a future doctor a wrong fact. Being vague is not a safe hedge; it is how you lose a mark you had earned.

Doing it in Clinicoid

One — Read the marks, then decide how many points to make: A four-mark question wants four points. This is the single highest-value habit on this page, and it takes two seconds.
Two — Write in note form, one point per line: No introduction, no closing sentence, no full sentences at all if you do not want them. You are marked on what you said. Dictation is fine too — press the microphone and say the points out loud, then tidy the text before you submit.
Three — Be specific where the scheme will be: Name the side, the direction, the number, the exact structure. If you know it is one of two, say the one you mean rather than gesturing at both.
Four — Submit, then read your own answer back with the highlights on: The marks you earned are highlighted inside your own text, so you can see which sentence won each one. That is the fastest way to learn what a scoring line looks like.
Five — Read the model answer for what is missing: Each point you did not make is shown as the scheme wrote it. Those are your revision notes for that question — not the ones you got.

Where it goes wrong

Writing a paragraph because it looks like a proper answer.

Points score. Prose hides points inside itself. Write the list.

Turning the marking down to Coach and feeling better about the score.

Coach is genuinely useful early in a topic, when you want credit for the idea. Move back to Examiner before you decide you are ready — that is the level that marks the way your department will.

Stopping at the number of marks you got.

The number is the least useful part of the result. The missed points are the whole reason to have written it.

Hedging: naming two structures and hoping one counts.

Commit. A specific wrong answer teaches you something; a vague one teaches you nothing and scores the same.