30 Day Plan For FMGE/MCI EXAM

Since the last 30 days are the most crucial days in your preparation so as to get a good score in your exam, one has to plan accordingly.

The FMGE paper consists of 300 Q’s and one has to score 150 marks in order to qualify the exam.

SCORING 0 OR 149 DOESN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Getting that one extra mark 149+1 will change the result .

Here are a few tips you wish you had known them before:

You need to integrate the subjects in order to cover all the 19 subjects in 30 days. For example, when you are studying the cardiovascular system (CVS), you also need to study the cardiovascular system in all the other subjects, like CVS of Anatomy, CVS of Physiology, CVS of Pathology etc. Doing this it’ll help you to connect all the subjects simultaneously and also makes it easier for you to solve the clinical/case related questions asked in the afternoon session.

DO NOT LEAVE SHORT SUBJECTS!! Short subjects are high yielding scoring subjects that will help you get that 1 mark. So there you go..

Solve MCQ’s on a daily basis, and this point of time one must be able to do at the least 50 MCQ’s/day. This will not only trains your brain to think analytically but also preps you for the real exam. We recommend ‘FMGE SOLUTIONS by Dr.Deepak Marwah’ book to refer to solve MCQ’s. If you are unable to solve the question..we suggest you go back to your notes and refer the topic again.

If there’s a doubt regarding a question, please do not try to find the solution in WhatsApp/Facebook/or in other materials, doing this will only make you more confused. Instead, refer to the standard textbook.

DO NOT READ LINE-TO-LINE NOTES.and save yourself time. Do quick revisions and concentrate/prefer only one particular material. Prefer that one book that works for you.

In your extra time or at times when don’t feel like studying-study one-liners of the on-going topic (at the end of the book, if you are referring fmge solutions book)

Make sure you involve a good amount of sleep (that’s sometimes is not possible with all the burden one has regarding the exam, But still try and get some proper sleep). Study in the morning and sleep at night. In doing so, you’ll get used to stay awake and active during your real-time exam.

Maintain a healthy diet. A diet that helps you and your brain to stay active.

And last but not the least PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY!!! and thank us later 😉

Schedule:

SUBJECT	No. OF DAYS
ANATOMY	2 Days
PHYSIOLOGY	2 Days
ENT	1 Day
PROAFS	5 Days
PATHOLOGY	2 Days
PHARMACOLOGY	2 Days
MEDICINE	3 Days
BIOCHEMISTRY	2 Days
SURGERY	3 Days
PSM	2 Days
MICROBIOLOGY	2 Days
OPHTHALMOLOGY	1 Day
OBG	2 Days
PAEDIATRICS	1 Day

NOTE: This is a tentative study schedule, you can change it according to your strong and weak subjects.

Example: If you think your medicine is strong, you can minimise the number, of days given for medicine and add it to your weak subjects.

Likewise, if you think you are lacking in subjects that are mentioned at the last and want to study them first, you can always change them accordingly. Whatever works for you.

Since we know…giving only days schedule will be not fair, we have also decided to give you the topics that you MUST read in the given time.

NOTE: We are not promising that only these topics will be asked in the exam. But, these are the topics one must definitely study.

Anatomy

Head and Neck: All the triangles, Important foramen at the base of the skull, the circle of Willis, muscle of mastication, N/S, B/S.
Lower limb: N/S & B/S of muscles, Origin and insertion of thigh & gluteal muscles, Ankle joint, Knee joint, Perforaters, Femoral canal/triangle, Adductor canal, Popliteus canal, Sciatic N.roots
Upper limb: N/S & B/S, Origin and insertion of muscles of the arm, shoulder joint, Brachial plexus & its injuries, Elbow joint, Cubital fossa, Wrist joint, Anatomical snuff box and its contents, Carpal tunnel syndrome
IBQ- Lumbricals, Intraosseous muscles
Thorax: Position of Heart, Lungs, Diaphragm, Perforation of IVC, Esophagus, Abdominal aorta at the diaphragm.
Abdomen: Abd muscles, the relation of kidney, spleen, ureter with adjacent organs. Rectus sheath, Inguinal ring/canal, Appendix positions, Bladder, Urethra, Testes, Hernias
Embryology: Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis, Gastrulation, Descendants of testes, Primitive pit, Folding of the embryo, Interatrial septum, Development of the genitourinary system, implantation of the embryo, Remnants, Chorionic villi, Organ development, Mid-gut rotation
Neuroanatomy: Cranial nerves, Brain, Cerebellum, Functional areas, Thalamus, Ventricles, Cerebellar nuclei, Corticothalamic tract, Spinothalamic tract, Spinal nuclei,
Lumbar puncture procedure and position.

Physiology

General physiology: Structure and function of cells, Nerve and Muscle physiology, Action potential, Active transport, Passive transport, Extracellular fluid and Intracellular fluid volume.
GIT: Gastric gland cells functions, Neural control, Secretions, Motility, Disorders of git.
CNS: Motor functions of the Brain stem, Cortical,& Spinal cord, Cerebellum, Basal ganglia, Learning and Memory, States of brain activity-[Sleep-wake EKG, brain waves, epilepsy], ANS, Adrenal medulla, Neurotransmitters
CVS: Heart physiology, Cardiac cycles, Heart sounds,
Lung: Respiration physiology, Pulmonary ventilation, Regulation of respiration, Respiratory Insufficiency-pathophysiology
Kidney: Renal physiology, Renin-angiotensin system
Endocrine hormones-Mechanism of actions & response
Ear physiology, hair cells
Eye physiology, receptors and neural functions

Pathology

Cell injury, Necrosis, Distinguishing features of reversible and irreversible injury, Different staining techniques, Bacteriocidal in neutrophils-Resp.burst, E/M findings of Apoptosis, Apoptotic and Anti-apoptotic genes, Gamma gandy bodies, Heart failure cells, Examples of cANCA & pANCA, Hep.B graph, Nephrosclerosis [RPGN/FSGS/IgA]- clinically features
HLA-[Behcet syndrome/SLE/Psoriasis], Hypersensitivity reactions and examples, Activations of the classical pathway, Bence Jones proteins, Tamm Horsfall protein.
M/C tumours of Heart, GIT, CNS, primary/secondary.

Biochemistry

Cycles of Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Kreb cycle, Urea cycle & diseases associated with deficiency of enzymes,
Amino Acids classification[simple/branched/acidic/basic],
Primary/Secondary/Tertiary protein structures
*Rate-limiting enzymes
Gout/Lesch Nyhan syndrome/Alkaptonuria,
Electron transport chain
Heme synthesis/PPP
Types of DNA-stabilizing bonds, splicing activity, types of RNA, Gene slicing/switching/jumping genes, PCR-steps & enzymes used, characteristics of a codon, uses of FISH,
Northern blot/Southern blot/Western blot/Dot blot tests-uses
Fatty acid synthesis & metabolism
Role of HDL/LDL/VLDL/Chylomicrons
Albinism [enzyme defect/different types]
Defects in Xeroderma pigmentosa
Ame’s test

Pharmacology

General pharma: Efficacy and potency of a drug, schedules of drug regulations, clinical trials and it’s study designs, G protein-coupled receptors, first order and zero order kinetics, Half-Life of drugs, the volume of distribution, first pass metabolism
ANS: location of different receptors and its action, receptors present in the eye / anticholinergic drugs in the eye.
Atropine and organic phosphate poisoning.
Beta blockers, uses of neostigmine
Extrapulmonary symptoms and treatment
Side effects of antipsychotic agents
Non-epileptic uses of phenytoin, Valproate, topiramate
Drug of choice in seizures
Withdrawal symptoms in opioids and treatment
Lithium/SSRI/TCA-Side affects
ACE inhibitors/Renin Inhibitors- side effects and their role in hypertension,
Digoxin- Uses, mechanism of action, side effects
Bile acid sequestration drugs
Tetracycline- mechanism of action and side effects
The 4th and 5th generation of cephalosporins
Vancomycin-MRSA
Side Effects of anticancer drugs,
Diabetes-side effects of different drugs
oral insulin

Microbiology

Role of Glutaraldehyde in sterilization, Sterilization techniques for Bronchoscope/ laryngoscope,
Bacteria used for ionization radiation, Hot Oven
Bacteria: Bacteria cell structure, M/c bacterias infections clinically, Gram -ve/+ve bacterias, coagulase -ve/+ve,
Quilling reaction/ Neufold reaction/Naegler’s reaction
Citron body- clostridium
Motility types in bacteria,
Dick test/Shick test/Frei test/String test-uses
Different culture media
Difference between pointaic fever/Glandular fever/ Oraya fever/Glander’s disease
Atypical pneumonia- causes
Reverse camp test
Appearance of an organism [eg.kidney shaped org., drumstick-shaped org., half-moon shape org.]
Kanagawa phenomenon/satellitism
O 157-EHEC
Transport media
Inclusion bodies [ intracytoplasmic/ intranuclear]
General and systemic virology-[structure of viruses, DNA & RNA viruses, incubation/latent/window periods]
Fungi: characteristics, Septate/Non-septate branching hyphae, fungal infections seen in HIV
Parasites: differentiating between E.Histolytica/Giardiasis/Paragonimus Westermani etc., Parasites causing cancer, Shape of the eggs[concave/convex/barrel shaped]
NCC-staging [ESCOBAR staging], radiological appearance, treatment]
Casoni test/ Montegero test/Scotch tape test
Sabin Feldman dye test
Romana sign-Chaga’s disease

Forensic medicine

Medical ethics,
Consent, Duties of a medical professional
Autopsy-methods, techniques, incisions
General injuries-[thermal/bullet/road accident injuries]
Laws and section (just a read)
Toxicology
Hanging, Drowning, Homicide etc.
Premortem & Postmortem changes of the body
Sexual Offences
Common Snakebite poisoning/plant poisoning

Medicine

Heart: STEMI/NSTEMI, Atherosclerosis, Arrhythmias, ECG, Different cardiomyopathies, Endocarditis (*jones major/minor criteria)/Pericarditis, WPW syndrome-cases/management, Pulse types, Heart sounds/murmurs, Congenital heart disorders-C/F, radiological appearance
CNS: Basal ganglia, Cerebellum anatomy& dysfunction, causes of raised ICP-[clinically features/management], Cauda equina, Meningitis-[differntial diagnosis/management], CJB, Tabes dorsalis,
Glasgow Coma Scale, PD/AD/Epilepsies
Lung: Pulmonary function tests, Cor pulmonale, COPD, Thromboembolism, Pneumonia[typical/atypical]-CURB-65 scoring
GIT: Upper/lower git bleeding causes, Esophagus diverticulums, Peptic/Duodenal ulcers, Inflammatory bowel diseases[UC/CD-differentiation]-clinical features, management, Malabsorption syndromes[ Whipples dis., Tropical sprue, Bacterial over syndrome]-C/F/tests/management, Hepatitis, Mallory hyaline bodies, Jaundice[Gilbert/Criggler-Najer/Dubin Johnson/Rotor], Cholangitis, Wilson’s disease, Peutz Jehger syndrome
Kidney: AKI/CKI, Glomerular diseases[Nephritic/Nephrotic syndromes], HUS&TTP, Bartter/Liddle/Gitelman syndromes, Renal tubular acidosis, Vasculitis
Endocrine: DM/DI-case/complications, Adrenal insufficiency[symptoms/diagnosis/treatment],
Cushing/CONNs/Addisons’s[differential diagnosis, diagnosis, management], Carcinoid syndromes, MEN1/MEN2syndromes, *Cancers of thyroids
Haematology: Normal parameters of blood, Anemia of chronic diseases, Sickle cell anaemia, Iron deficiency, Megaloblastic, Hemolytic, Hereditary, G-6-PD, Thalassemias-[C/features, diagnosis, management], ALL/CLL, Myeloproliferative disorders, Lymphomas[Hodgkin/Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]

Surgery

Types of shock, grades of Hypovolemic shock, BPH & Ca prostate, Ca testis/Hydrocoele/Varicocele/Torsion of testis
Anal Ca-symptoms/Nigro regimen
Ca rectus-Duke staging
Maltoma/GIST-differentiation/symptoms/management
Sigmoid volvulus/Intussusception/Diverticulitis-[differential diagnosis, Treatment]
Serpiginous ulcer
Choledochal cyst, Caroli’s disease, Cholangio Ca
Catheter-associated UTI
Signs of surgical site infections
Burns-’Rule of 9’
Ca lip/base of the tongue
Ranula/Cystic hygroma
Staging and likewise treatment of Breast Ca
HPE of Thyroid Ca/Types of Thyroid surgeries
Ca pancreas

OBG

Anatomical support of the uterus
Types of prolapse& surgeries[e.g. Lefort Sx/Sling/Shirodhkar operation]
Gestational diabetes & infantile of Diabetic mother
Glucose challenge test/OGTT-values
Cancers: *Vulvar/Cervical/Ovarian/Uterine[HPE findings, staging]
Twinning[Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome]
Molar pregnancies
Ectopic pregnancies [site, triad, management]
Infections[Bacterial vaginosis, Candidiasis, Trichomoniasis]
Abortions
PCOD-diagnosis/criteria/radiological appearance
HCG-in pregnancy & ectopic pregnancy
Physiological changes during pregnancy
Amniocentesis, Cordocentesis-age & risk factors
Shake test
Normal characteristics of the placenta and associated pathology
Biophysical test/Non-stress test/Amniotic fluid index
Shoulder dystocia-different manoeuvres used for management
Signs of IUFD & their characteristics
Techniques of PAP smear/Tubal patency test
Secondary sexual characters development in Turner syndrome/MRKH
Amenorrhoea-primary, secondary
Ashermann syndrome/Sheehan syndrome-case based
Hormonal replacement therapy
Treatment of infertility
OCP

Paediatrics

Neural tube disorders
Neonatal jaundice-physiological and pathologic
Congenital heart diseases
Diarrhoea-management
ARI-control programme
Developmental milestones
Anthropometry
Congenital hypothyroidism

SPM

Examples of primary/secondary/tertiary preventions
Cohort/Case-control/Retrospective cohort studies-differences & uses
DALY(definition)
Definition of Elimination and Eradication
Sentinal surveillance/Iceberg phenomenon[ex. What diseases show iceberg phenomenon?]
Elimination of confounding factors [ex. Randomization]
Vaccines and their strains[*Rabies, Malaria, Yellow fever, JE, Mumps, Measles, Varicella, Dengue fever]
Vaccines storage/transportation/live/killed
Side effects of vaccines
ASHA/Multi-purpose workers/Anganwadi workers/CHC/PHC
Waste disposal techniques
Colour coded kits for STI & their uses
Vision 2020 pyramid
Different health programmes in India[ex. ESI act, to control blindness, control of the spread of infections etc.]
Water chlorination & disinfection
Pearl index
Contraceptive of choice[ex. OCP preferred in lactating women, in newlywed etc.]
Hospital waste management-colour coding & disposal techniques
Different food adulteration
Classification of pre-term child Vs overweight newborn
Rickettsial diseases
Difference between herd and contact immunity
Difference between index and primary cases
Demography[early Vs late expanding]
Incubation/Infective periods
TB-treatment/changes
Zika virus

Ophthalmology

Structure of eye, muscles of the eye, N/S, normal parameters
Lens-associated pathology
Retina-associated pathology
Cornea-associated pathology[cataract-types/surgeries]
Glaucoma-symptoms/management

Dermatology

Image-based-[recognize morphology and distribution of diseases]
Focus mainly on common skin diseases, infections
STD, Leprosy, Pemphigus Vulgaris/bullous, Psoriasis
Disorders of Nail/Hair
Disorders of pigmentation

Orthopaedics

Fractures of the upper limb: radius, ulna, condylar fractures, wrist fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome, compartment syndrome-managements, methods used
Fractures of the lower limb: femur, tibia & fibula,
M/C tumours of the bones
Nerve injuries
Types of fractures-management

ENT

Anatomy and physiology of ear, nose & throat and associated pathology/management

Psychiatry

Schizophrenia, Organic mental disorders, Substance abuse and withdrawal symptoms, Mood disorders, OCD, Personality disorders
Bulimia nervosa/Anorexia nervosa
Sleep disorders

Anaesthesia

General anaesthesia: Intravenous and inhalation gases
Sellick’s manoeuvre/Mendelson’s syndrome
Physical properties/Systemic effects/MOA/Contraindications of anaesthetic gases
Blood-Gas coefficient values
Pin index/Colours of cylinders

Radiology

Basics/General properties of MRI, CT, X-ray, Doppler, Mammography, PET
T1-T2 weighted differentiation,
Investigation of choice, C/I of MRI, CT, X-ray
Radiological appearances of associated pathology

NOTE: If there is anything you haven’t read before, any topic mentioned above-please do not stress on reading it in the last moments. However if time permits, you can just go through the topic and get an idea about it.

THIS IS A 30 DAY SCHEDULE ONLY!