Final Year Medicine Exam - Important and high-yield topics

Final Year Medicine Exam - Important and high-yield topics

(Special thanks to Tauseef bhai)

Medicine paper A. 

Cvs, GIT, Hepatobiliary, CNS, Respiratory, Hematology, Oncology.

Medicine paper B. Derma, Psychiatry, Endo, Rheumatology, Infectious dis, Poisoning, Renal.

Medicine Paper Pattern For The Year 2012;

Total marks=600 including 60 marks of internal assessment
Internal Assessment;
3rd Year=15 marks
4th Year=15 marks
Final year=30 marks
Written Paper;
Paper A=135
Paper B=135
Both Papers, A and B have same pattern ...as follows;
MCQ's=30 (45 marks)
SEQ's= 3 (total 30 marks;each carrying 10 marks)
PBQ =1 (30 marks)
LEQ =1 (30 marks)
CURRICULUM;
Paper A;1:CVS
2:GIT and Hepatobiliary
3:Respiratory System
4:CNS
5:Renal System
6:Haematology
Paper B:1:Dermatology
2:Psychiatry
3:Endocrinology
4:Diabetes Mellitus
5:Rhematology
6:Infectious Diseases including DENGUE
7:Fluid And Electrolytes
(Note;from derma and psychiatry there will be no LEQ's only SEQ's will be taken.)
VIVA;
Total Marks=270
1:OSCE=10 stations( 30 marks...3 at each station)
Drugs=2 stations
instruments=2 stations
X-ray/CT Scan/ECG=1 station
Clinical scenarios=3 stations
Interactive stations(e-g pt counselling..)=2 stations
2:Short Cases;There will be 2 Short cases each carrying 60 marks....total marks=120
3:Long Case;One case carrying 80 marks
4:Table Vivas:There will be 2 vivas taken by external and internal examiners...may be along with short cases or seperately...depends on the respective examiner...
each carrying 20 marks...total marks=40
BEST OF LUCK:)

CNS

• Stroke(CVAs), 
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage, 
• Multiple sclerosis, 
• Mysthenia gravis, 
• Meningitis (all types),
• Transverse myelitis, 
• GB Syndrome, 
• Alzheimers disease, 
• Parkinsonism, 
• Motor neuron disease, 
• Spinal cord compression, causes n clinical pic of Raised intracrainal pressure,
• Epilepsy. 
• Headache & migraine, 
• Diff bw upper n lower motor neuron lesion, 
• Paraplegia

CVS

• Causes of chest pain, 
• Heart failure, 
• Rheumatic Fever, 
• Endocarditis, 
• Valvular heart diseases esp MS,MR,AS,AR, 
• Myocardial infarction,
• Angina,
• Atrial fibrillation,
• Hypertension,
• VSD,
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,,
• Myocarditis 
• Pericarditis.

GIT topics

• Indications,contraindications n complications of Colonoscopy n upper GI endoscopy,
• Dysphagia,
• Acute upper GI bleed vimp,
• Causes of lower GI bleed,
• Chronic diarrhoea,
• Ulcerative colitis,
• Crohns disease,
• Peptic ulcer,
• GERD,
• Coeliec disease,sprue,whipple disease,
• Protein losing enteropathy,
• Abdominal TB medical managment,
• Irritable bowel syndrome(IBS).

RHEUMATOLOGY/BONES:

• Classication/Causes of Mono,poly n oligoarthritis, 
• Osteoarthritis, 
• Rheumatoid arthritis, 
• Felty's Syndrome, 
• Ankylosing spondolytis, 
• Psoriatic arthritis, 
• Gout, 
• Septic arthritis, 
• Osteoporosis treatment, 
• SLE, 
• Mixed Connective tissue disease, 
• Sjogren Syndrome, 
• Giant cell arteritis, 
• Wegners granulomatous(briefly)

BLOOD/Hematology :

• Anaemia(classification), 
• Fe deficiency anaemia, 
• Causes of splenomegaly,
• Thalasemia,
• Multiple myeloma, 
• ITP, 
• Hemophilia, 
• DVT

Do Add Madam Samina Naeem's Notes from 4th Year Pathology..they cover everything

LIVER:

• LFTS, JAUNDICE (imp) , 
• CLD (Chronic Liver Disease ie ascites,portal hypertension,hepatic encepahlopathy,its grades,cirrhosis, Child Puggh Classification of cirrhosis, hepatopulmonary syndrome) , 
• Upper GI Bleed (vimp), 
• Hepatitis B n C (imp), 
• Wilsons disease, 
• Primary biliary cirrhosis, 
• Liver abscess (medical management).

ENDOCRINE /Diabetes mellitus:

• Features of Acromegaly,
• Gigantism, 
• Diabetes insipidus, 
• Addison's Disease, 
• Cushing's Disease, 
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism, 
• Causes of hyper calcemia, 
• Complications of uncontrolled diabetes, 
• DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS(DKA), HYPEROSMOLAR NON KETOTIC COMA (HONK), diabetic foot,its care n prevention, featurs of diabetic neuro n nephropathy. 

RENAL SYSTEM 

• Nephrotic ,Nephritic Syndrome,
• Pyelonephritis,
• Acute & Chronic Renal Failure - Management and Causes
• Acute Tubular Necrosis, 
• Causes of chronic interstitial nephritis,
• Post stretococcal Glomerulonephritis, 
• GoodPasture Syndrome, 
• Minimal Change disease,
• Focal segmental GN,
• Membranous nephritis,
• Causes of Proteinuria, 
• Causes of Hematuria,
• Factors predisposing to kidney Stones: Investigations n their managemnt.
• Renal function tests, 
• Classfication of Glomerulpnephritis, 
• Names of drugs causing renal damage,
• Pyelonephritis, 
• UTIs, 
• Renal tubular acidosis, 

*all glomerulonephrits r v imp.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: 

• Asthma,
• COPD - Acute exacerbations of COPD, 
• TB, 
• Pneumonia, 
• Corpulmonale, 
• Causes of dysnoea(from table), 
• Causes of hemoptysis,
• Light's Criteria of Pleural Effusion, 
• Respiratory failure type1,type2, 
• pulmonary embolism 
• Bronchiectasis.

DERMA

• Morphological descrption of skin lesions from table, 
• Impetigo, 
• Herpes Zoster,
• Scabies,
• Eczema(Dermatitis),
• Psoriasis,
• Urticaria,
• Acne vulgaris,
• Erythema nodosum,
• Erythema multiforme,
• Steven Johnson Syndrome,
• Pemphigus vulgaris, 
• Malignant melanoma,
• Vitiligo.

Psychiatry

• Definitions from 1st chapter of USMLE STEP 2 book 
• Delusion,
• Hallucinations,
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD),
• Depression, 
• Obssessive Complusive disorder,
• Conversion disorder,
• Mania,
• Hypomania, 
• Drugs used to treat psychiatric diseases and Extrapyramidal side effects of these durgs,
• Schizophrenia 
• Deliruim