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Table of Contents
Why this? ................................................................................................................................................... 2
How are the questions allocated? ............................................................................................................. 3
What is the syllabus? ................................................................................................................................. 5
Dermatology .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Head & Neck/ Eye/ ENT ......................................................................................................................... 6
Neurology............................................................................................................................................... 7
Orthopaedics & Rheumatology.............................................................................................................. 9
Cardiovascular & Circulatory ............................................................................................................... 11
Respiratory ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Gastrointestinal & Abdomen ............................................................................................................... 13
Breast & Endocrine .............................................................................................................................. 15
Obstetrics & Gynaecology.................................................................................................................... 16
Haematology ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Renal/ Urology/ Male Reproductive System ....................................................................................... 18
Mental State/ Intellectual Function/ Behavioural Problems/ Major Psychiatric Disorders/ Drug &
Alcohol Abuse ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Development, Growth/ Paediatrics ..................................................................................................... 20
Nutrition & Metabolism ....................................................................................................................... 23
Infectious Diseases............................................................................................................................... 24
Clinical Pharmacology .......................................................................................................................... 25
Clinical Oncology .................................................................................................................................. 26
Clinical Immunology............................................................................................................................. 27
Critical Care/ Anaesthesia/ Emergency Medicine ............................................................................... 28
General Practice/ Public Health ........................................................................................................... 29

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Why this?
Welcome to PassAMCQ!
This study companion is created to guide your preparation for the Australian Medical Council
(AMC) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) Examination. The information provided is free and is
done strictly according to the AMC MCQ Exam guidelines as possible. However, this is by no
means an official document affiliated with the Australian Medical Council.

Why?

We reckon it is crucial for candidates embarking on their study journeys to know what they are
up against. This companion shows the approximate breakdowns and allocations of questions
by specialities, including the commonly tested topics and the examination syllabus so that you
can study around and become familiar with them before writing the exam. However, it is by no
means exhaustive and all-inclusive.
Before commencing your study, we recommend looking at the extent of the syllabus and
identifying areas where you need to focus your efforts. It is also good to allocate timeframes
for each topic to ensure you have sufficient time to cover them all.
It is also highly recommended to go through the official AMC MCQ Examination Specifications
to understand the exam structure and the list of recommended readings.
The question bank has been built with candidates’ learning experience in mind. Therefore,
before commencing your practice, we suggest taking up the ‘Free Trial MCQs’ consisting of 30
questions to have a rough gauge of the standard of the questions expected in the exam.
Subsequently, you should spend a reasonable amount of study time completing all the
questions in the ‘AMC MCQ’ section.
There are two trial exams – ‘Mock Exam 1’ & ‘Mock Exam 2’, both timed 150 questions mock
papers simulating the actual exam. We, therefore, recommend that you attempt them after
completing your study or when it is closer to your exam dates.
If you have any comments or questions, please reach out to us at support@passamcq.com.
We hope you find this helpful, and best of luck!

PassAMCQ Team

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How are the questions allocated?

Approximate weighted based on Task

30%
35%

35%

Data Gathering Data Interpretation Data Management

Approximate weighted based on Patient Group

13%

30%

13%

12%

20%
12%

Medicine Surgery Women's Health Child Health Mental Health Population Health

Reference:
AMC Handbook of Multiple-Choice Questions
amc.org.au/assessment/mcq

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 Approximate weighted based on Systems

• Dermatology
• Neurology
• Respiratory
• Breast & Endocrine
• Haematology
1.5% each
• Renal/ Urology/ Male Reproductive System
• Nutrition & Metabolism
• Infectious Diseases
• Critical Care/ Anaesthesia/ Emergency medicine
• General practice/ Public Health
• Head & Neck/ Eye/ ENT
• Orthopaedic & Rheumatology
3% each
• Cardiovascular & Circulatory
• Gastrointestinal & Abdomen

• Clinical Pharmacology
1.2% each • Clinical Oncology
• Clinical Immunology

• Obstetric & Gynaecology (50%/ 50%)

• Mental State/ Intellectual Function/ Behavioural
12.5% each Problems
• Major Psychiatric Disorders/ Drugs & Alcohol Abuse
• Development, Growth/ Paediatrics

Reference:
AMC Handbook of Multiple Choice Questions
amc.org.au/assessment/mcq

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What is the syllabus?
Dermatology
May include common skin disorders, dermatology, subcutaneous tissues, burns, wounds,
wound healing, and plastic and reconstructive surgery.

THEME CHECK

PRINCIPLES OF DERMATOLOGY
- BENIGN SKIN LESIONS

SKIN CANCERS
- PRECANCEROUS, MELANOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL, BASAL CELL CARCINOMAS

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS

- GAS GANGRENE, SHINGLES, MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM, IMPETIGO, STAPHYLOCOCCAL
SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME
- DERMATOPHYTES, PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR
- SCABIES, LICE, ERYTHRASMA

DERMATITIS
- ATOPIC, CONTACT, SEBORRHEIC, LICHEN SIMPLEX CHRONICUS

WOUNDS
- STAGES OF HEALING, TREATMENT

BURNS
- CLASSIFICATIONS

ACNEIFORM ERUPTIONS
- ACNE VULGARIS, ROSACEA

PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES
- LICHEN PLANUS, PITYRIASIS ROSEA, PSORIASIS

VESICULOBULLOUS DISEASES
- PORPHYRIAS, BULLOUS PEMPHIGUS, PEMPHIGOID, DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS

HERITABLE SKIN DISORDERS

- ICHTHYOSIS, VITILIGO, NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES

SKIN EMERGENCIES
- TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, STEVEN-JOHNSON SYNDROME, ANGIOEDEMA

OTHERS
- APHTHOUS STOMATITIS, ALOPECIA, PHOTODERMATITIS, ERYTHEMA NODOSUM, ERYTHEMA
MULTIFORME

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Head & Neck/ Eye/ ENT
May include ophthalmology, head and neck, otorhinolaryngology, pharynx, salivary glands.

THEME CHECK

OPTHALMOLOGY
- TRAUMATIC EYE INJURIES, ORBITAL DISORDERS
- DISEASES OF LACRIMAL APPARATUS
- EYELIDS INFLAMMATION, CONJUNCTIVITIS, PTERYGIUM
- SCLERITIS, EPISCLERITIS
- CORNEAL DISORDERS, UVEAL DISEASES & MELANOMA
- LENS DISORDERS, CATARACTS, ENDOPHTHALMITIS
- RETINAL DISEASES, OCCLUSION, DETACHMENT, MACULAR DEGENERATION
- GLAUCOMA, PUPILLARY PHYSIOLOGY
- KERATITIS, OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS, STRABISMUS
EAR
- ANATOMY
- HEARING LOSS
- OTITIS EXTERNA, MEDIA
- CHOLESTEATOMA
- OTOSCLEROSIS
- MENIERE DISEASE
- TINNITUS
VERTIGINOUS DISORDERS
- DIZZINESS
- BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
- VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS
- ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
- PHOBIC POSTURAL VERTIGO
NOSE & SINUS
- RHINITIS
- SINUSITIS
- EPISTAXIS
- NASAL PAPILLOMA
THROAT
- ACUTE TONSILITIS, LARYNGITIS
- LARYNGEAL CARCINOMA, PHARYNGEAL CANCER
- JUVENILE NASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA, ADENOID HYPERTROPHY
NECK
- DEEP NECK INFECTIONS
- CONGENITAL NECK MASSES
- THYROID DISORDERS
- DISEASES OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS

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Neurology
May include brain, cranial nerves, cerebrospinal fluid, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, regional
anaesthesia and autonomic nervous system.

THEME CHECK

HEADACHE
- MIGRAINE, TENSION, CLUSTER
- RAISED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, BRAIN HERNIATION
- IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION, HYDROCEPHALUS
- CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION
SYNCOPE
- APPROACH AND MANAGEMENT
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
- INDICATION, INTERPRETATION

CRANIAL NERVES
- PALSIES, TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIAS, BELL’S PALSY
VISUAL
- INTERPRETATION OF DEFICIT AND VISUAL PATHWAY
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
- PARKINSON’S DISEASE & MANAGEMENT
- PARKINSON-PLUS SYNDROME
- HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
- DYSTONIA, TREMOR, TOURETTE SYNDROME, SPASTICITY

CEREBELLAR DISORDERS
- CEREBELLAR SYNDROMES, SPINO-CEREBELLAR ATAXIA
- WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY & KORSARKOFF SYNDROME
INFECTIONS
- MENINGITIS, ENCEPHALITIS, ABSCESS
SPINAL DISORDERS
- SPINAL CORD INJURIES (COMPLETE VS INCOMPLETE)
- SYRINGOMYELIA, SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
- BULBAR AND PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY
- CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
- MEDIAN, ULNAR, RADIAL NEUROPATHY
- PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES
- DIABETIC NEUROPATHY, NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY
- POLYNEUROPATHY AND CAUSES
MOTOR NEURON DISEASES
- AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY

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NEURODEGENERATIVE & DEMYELINATING DISORDERS
- HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
- GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES
- MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, LAMBERT-EATON DISEASE
- BOTULISM
MYOPATHIES
- MYOTONIC SYNDROMES
- PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
PAIN SYNDROMES
- COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES, ANALGESIA LADDER
SEIZURE DISORDERS & EPILEPSY
- FOCAL AND GENERALISED SEIZURES
- MEDICATIONS
SLEEP DISORDERS
- NARCOLEPSY, RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME, OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
CEREBROVASCULAR SYSTEM
- STROKE, LOCKED-IN SYNDROME
- LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME
- CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS, CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS
- CAROTID-CAVERNOUS FISTULA, EPIDURAL HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
- SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, EXTRADURAL HEMORRHAGE
BRAIN TUMOURS
- ASTROCYTOMA, MENINGIOMA, ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
OTHERS
- TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA, SKULL BASE SYNDROMES
- CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
- MYELOPATHY

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Orthopaedics & Rheumatology

May include bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, physical medicine, trauma, geriatrics,
rehabilitation.

THEME CHECK

IMMUNOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY

- ADAPTIVE VS INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
- AUTOIMMUNE ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES IN RHEUMATOLOGY
- IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT
CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES
- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
- SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS, SJOGREN’S SYNDROME
- INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES
- MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
SERONEGATIVE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
- SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
- REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, REITER SYNDROME
- PSORIATIC ARTHROPATHIES
- ENTEROPATHIC ARTHROPATHY
VASCULITIDES
- KAWASAKI DISEASE, GIANT CELL ARTHRITIS
- GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS (GPA), EOSINOPHILIC GPA
- THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS, HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA
- RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
CRYSTAL ARTHROPATHIES
- GOUT, PSEUDOGOUT, HYPERURICEMIA
DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASES
- OSTEOARTHRITIS
- DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASES, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS (DISH)
NON-ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM
- FIBROMYALGIA, POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
BONE TUMOURS
- BENIGN VS MALIGNANT
TRAUMA
- COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
- FRACTURES & MANAGEMENT, DISLOCATIONS
- BICEPS TENDON TEAR, BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES
- MENISCUS TEAR/ RUPTURE, SPORTS INJURIES
- SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, OSTEONECROSIS OF FEMORAL HEAD
- ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE

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INFECTIVE & INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS
- CELLULITIS, NECROTISING FASCIITIS
- SEPTIC ARTHRITIS, OSTEOMYELITIS
- OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS
- TENOSYNOVITIS, EPICONDYLITIS
OTHERS
- THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
- PAEDIATRIC INJURIES/ FRACTURES
- TORTICOLLIS

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Cardiovascular & Circulatory
May include heart, circulation, hypertension, haemorrhage, shock, pericardium, great vessels,
peripheral arteries, veins, lymphatics.

THEME CHECK

CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST
- BASIC & ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT PRINCIPLES

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
- INTERPRETATION
- ARRHYTHMIAS – ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR
TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
- DYSRHYTHMIAS – SYNCOPE, PREMATURE COMPLEXES, SICK SINUS SYNDROME,
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS, LONG QT SYNDROME
- ANTI-ARRHYTHMICS
HEART FAILURE
- APPROACH TO OEDEMA
- ACUTE VS CHRONIC HEART FAILURES, MANAGEMENT
- CARDIOMYOPATHIES
- HEART FAILURE MEDICATIONS
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE & ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS, ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES, MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
- CARDIAC CATHETERISATION, CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
HYPERTENSION
- PRIMARY VS SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
- RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS
VALVULAR HEART DISEASES
- AORTIC – STENOSIS VS REGURGITATION
- MITRAL – STENOSIS VS REGURGITATION, PROLAPSE
- INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS, RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
PERICARDIAL AND MYOCARDIAL DISEASES
- PERICARDITIS, MYOCARDITIS
- PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, CARDIAC TAMPONADE
AORTA & LIMBS
- THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM, AORTIC DISSECTION
- PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA
- CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS, ENDARTERECTOMY
- CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE

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Respiratory

May include respiration, gas exchange and transport mechanics, lungs, bronchial tree,
mediastinum, chest, and chest wall.

THEME CHECK

APPROACHES TO SYMPTOMS
- DYSPNOEA, WHEEZE, STRIDOR
- COUGH
- ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND VENTILATION
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES
- ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, MEDICATIONS
- BRONCHIECTASIS, CYSTIC FIBROSIS
- OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
- PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS
- TUBERCULOSIS, EMPYEMA
LUNG CANCERS
- SMALL CELL VS NON-SMALL CELL, GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT
INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY DISEASES
- INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES
- PULMONARY EMBOLISM, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
- PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, COR PULMONALE
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
- SARCOIDOSIS, ASBESTOSIS, SILICOSIS, COAL
PLEURAL AND MEDIASTINAL DISORDERS
- PNEUMOTHORAX, PLEURAL EFFUSION
ALLERGIES, ANAPHYLAXIS
- HYPERSENSITIVITY, ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS
- HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS

OTHERS
- LUNG FUNCTION TESTING
- ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS INTERPRETATION

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Gastrointestinal & Abdomen
May include digestion and excretion, oesophagus and diaphragm, stomach, duodenum, small
bowel, colon, appendix, rectum, anus, peritoneal cavity, acute abdomen, liver, biliary tree,
pancreas, pelvic floor, perineum, abdominal wall, hernias, inguinoscrotal region.

THEME CHECK

APPROACH TO SYMPTOMS
- NAUSEA & VOMITING
- DYSPHAGIA
- ACUTE ABDOMEN
- GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
- ALTERED BOWEL HABITS
- JAUNDICE
ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, DUODENUM
- ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, PERFORATION
- BARIUM SWALLOW, ACHALASIA, DIVERTICULA, MECKEL DIVERTICULUM
- GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE, PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
- ATROPHIC GASTRITIS, GASTRINOMA, ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME
- GASTRIC CANCER
- BOERHAAVE SYNDROME, MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME
PANCREAS
- ACUTE VS CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
- PANCREATIC MALIGNANCY
SMALL & LARGE INTESTINES
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS
- CROHNS DISEASE, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
- COLORECTAL CANCER, COLONIC POLYPS
- LYNCH SYNDROME
- BOWEL OBSTRUCTION, BOWEL SURGERY
- HERNIAS – ABDOMINAL, INGUINAL, FEMORAL, INTERNAL, INCISIONAL, DIAPHRAGMATIC
- MALABSORPTION, COELIAC DISEASE, LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, INTESTINAL ISCHAEMIA
DIARRHEA, GASTROENTERITIS, INFECTIONS
- DIARRHEA, FOOD POISONING, BACTERIAL VS VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS
- NOROVIRUS, ROTAVIRUS, BOTULISM, E. COLI, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
- AMEBIASIS, GIARDIASIS
ANORECTAL DISORDERS
- RECTAL PROLAPSE, HEMORRHOIDS, THROMBOSED EXTERNAL HAEMORRHOID
- ANAL FISSURES, ABSCESS, FISTULA, CANCER
- PILONIDAL CYST
LIVER
- CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
- ASCITES, PORTAL HYPERTENSION
- WILSON DISEASE, HAEMOCHROMATOSIS, AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
- INFECTIVE – HEPATITIS A/ B/ C
- HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA, BENIGN LIVER TUMORS & CYSTS
- PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS

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GALLBLADDER & BILIARY TRACT
- CHOLELITHIASIS, CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS, CHOLECYSTITIS, CHOLANGITIS
- PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS, PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
- CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
- INHERITED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA (GILBERT'S SYNDROME)
OTHER
- PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
- PANCREATIC AND HEPATIC SURGERY
- CARCINOID TUMOUR

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Breast & Endocrine

May include breast, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, calcium, bone

metabolism, adrenal, diabetes and pancreatic islets, gut hormones, neuroendocrine
interactions, metabolic responses to injury.

THEME CHECK

DIABETES MELLITUS
- HYPERGLYCEMIC & HYPOGLYCEMIA CRISES, INPATIENT MANAGEMENT
- ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS, INSULIN
DYSLIPIDEMIA & DISORDERS OF LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISMS
- LIPID DISORDERS
- LIPID MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING DRUGS
- OBESITY
THYROID & PARATHYROID DISORDERS
- THYROID GLAND AND PARATHYROID GLANDS, GOITER
- ANTITHYROID DRUGS, THYROID ANTIBODIES
- HYPERTHYROIDISM, GRAVES DISEASE
- HYPOTHYROIDISM, HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS
- THYROID NODULES, THYROID CANCERS
- THYROID SURGERY
- HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
ADRENAL DISEASES
- ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY, PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM/CONN SYNDROME
- CUSHING’S SYNDROME, CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA
- PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
METABOLIC BONE DISORDERS
- OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS, OSTEOPOROSIS, PAGET DISEASE
- BISPHOSPHONATES, LABORATORY EVALUATION OF BONE DISEASE
HYPOTHALAMUS & PITUITARY
- HYPOPITUITARISM, HYPERPROLACTINEMIA
- ACROMEGALY, CUSHING’S DISEASE
- PITUITARY ADENOMA
GONADAL DISEASE
- HYPOGONADISM
BREAST DISORDERS
- BREAST CANCER, BENIGN BREAST TUMOURS
OTHERS
- MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA (MEN)
- SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (SIADH)
- DIABETES INSIPIDUS
- INSULINOMA, GLUCOCORTICOIDS

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

May include the female reproductive system, uterine disorders, tubes,

ovaries, vagina, fertility, contraception, hormones, menstruation, obstetrics, pregnancy,
labour, abortion, eclampsia, obstetrical haemorrhage, menopause, pelvic infection, vaginal
discharge, pruritus, gynaecological malignancies.

THEME CHECK

MENOPAUSE, UROGYNAECOLOGY AND PROLAPSE

- DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN GYNAECOLOGY
- MENOPAUSE
- PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
- URINARY INCONTINENCE – STRESS, URGE, MIXED
- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
- ANOMALIES OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT
CANCERS & TUMOURS
- HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION (HPV)
- CERVICAL & BREAST CANCER
- VULVAR AND VAGINAL CANCER
- OVARIAN TUMOURS
MENSTRUAL CYCLE, PUBERTY, HORMONES
- MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE ABNORMALITIES
- HYPOGONADISM, ESTROGEN AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES
- DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT
VAGINAL & OVARIAN DISORDERS
- ENDOMETRIOSIS, ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
- UTERINE LEIOMYOMA (FIBROIDS)
- POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS)
- VULVOVAGINITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
CONTRACEPTION, PRECONCEPTION & INFERTILITY
- INFERTILITY
- NONHORMONAL CONTRACEPTION, HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES
- PRENATAL CARE
- PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY LOSS, ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
ANTENATAL CARE, FETAL WELLBEING AND MEDICAL DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY
- HYPERTENSIVE PREGNANCY DISORDERS, GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
- GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE
- PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY
- MULTIPLE PREGNANCY
- INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION
- PHARMACOTHERAPY DURING PREGNANCY
- CHORIOAMNIONITIS, NEONATAL INFECTION AND OMPHALITIS
LABOUR, BIRTHING & EMERGENCIES
- CHILDBIRTH & MECHANICS
- UTERINE RUPTURE, PRETERM LABOUR AND BIRTH
- CONGENITAL INFECTIONS (TORCHES)
- BIRTH TRAUMAS
- POSTPARTUM & ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE
PUERPERIUM
- POSTPARTUM CARE, PRENATAL & POSTNATAL PHYSIOLOGY

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Haematology

May include blood cells, proteins, blood products and transfusion, fat
embolism, bone marrow and blood production, coagulation and anticoagulation, haemolysis,
haemostasis, bleeding disorders.

THEME CHECK

APPROACH TO SYMPTOMS
- ANEMIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA
- SPLENOMEGALY
- LYMPHADENOPATHY
ANEMIAS
- IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
- HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, THALASSEMIA
- GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY (G6PD)
- VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY
- PORPHYRIAS
- HAEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME (HUS)
HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
- HODGKIN & NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS
- MALT LYMPHOMA
- ACUTE LEUKEMIAS
- CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA, CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
- MULTIPLE MYELOMA
- MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS
- MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES (CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA)
COAGULOPATHIES
- HAEMOSTASIS AND BLEEDING DISORDERS
- HAEMOPHILIA, HYPERCOAGULABLE STATES
- DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (DIC)
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
- MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
- POLYCYTHAEMIA VERA, ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOSIS
BLOOD PRODUCTS
- TRANSFUSION
OTHERS
- THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
- AMYLOIDOSIS
- ANTIPLATELET AGENTS
- PARENTERAL ANTICOAGULATION, ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS
- ERYTHROCYTE MORPHOLOGY AND HAEMOGLOBIN
- ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
- ASPLENIA

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Renal/ Urology/ Male Reproductive System

May include fluid and electrolyte renal homeostasis, nephrology, renal

function, urology, urinary collecting system, disorders of kidneys, bladder, prostate, male
reproductive system, diseases of testis, epididymis, penis.

THEME CHECK

FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES

- SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM DISORDERS
- SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE SECRETION (SIADH)
- DIABETES INSIPIDUS
ACUTE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DISEASES
- ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
- PYELONEPHRITIS
- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, URETHRITIS
- NEPHROLITHIASIS, HEMATURIA
CHRONIC KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DISEASES
- CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
- RENAL CELL CARCINOMA, UROTHELIAL CANCER
- URINARY RETENTION, URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION
- VESICOURETERAL REFLUX
- RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS
- RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS
GLOMERULAR & TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASES
- IGA NEPHROPATHY (BERGER DISEASE)
- POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
- RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (RPGN)
- NEPHROTIC VS NEPHRITIC SYNDROME
- PROTEINURIA
HEREDITARY RENAL DISORDERS
- CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEYS
- POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE, RENAL TUBULAR DISORDERS
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, PROSTATITIS, PROSTATE CANCER
- BLADDER EXSTROPHY, ABNORMALITIES OF THE MALE URETHRA, AND WEBBED PENIS
- DISORDERS OF THE GLANS PENIS AND FORESKIN
- SCROTAL ABNORMALITIES, EPIDIDYMITIS, TESTICULAR TUMORS
- CARCINOMA OF THE PENIS
- GENITOURINARY TRAUMA, TESTICULAR TORSION
- PRIAPISM, PENILE FRACTURE
- ERECTION AND EJACULATION DISORDERS, SEMEN ANALYSIS
OTHER
- RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY
- DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATIONS IN UROLOGY

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Mental State/ Intellectual Function/ Behavioural
Problems/ Major Psychiatric Disorders/ Drug & Alcohol
Abuse
May include mental deficiency, personality disorders, psychosomatic, psychosocial problems,
anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychosis, organic brain disorders, alcoholism, substance
abuse.

THEME CHECK

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, TOURETTE SYNDROME
- EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
- DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS
PSYCHOSOMATIC & PSYCHOSIS
- SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND RELATED DISORDERS
- SCHIZOPHRENIA, DELUSIONAL DISORDER, ANTIPSYCHOTICS
- BIPOLAR DISORDER, LITHIUM
DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
- MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- SUICIDALITY
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
EATING DISORDERS
TRAUMA & STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS
- POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
ELIMINATION DISORDERS
SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS
- SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC MEDICATIONS
SEXUAL DISORDERS
- SEXUALITY & SEXUAL MEDICINE
SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
- ALCOHOL USE DISORDER
- SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
- WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY AND KORSAKOFF SYNDROME
NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
- MAJOR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER
- DELIRIUM
- ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, VASCULAR DEMENTIA, FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
- PARKINSON-PLUS SYNDROMES
OTHER
- PSYCHOTHERAPY AND DEFENCE MECHANISMS
- ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
- ANTICONVULSANT DRUGS

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Development, Growth/ Paediatrics

May include genetics, embryology, normal growth and development, developmental errors,
child health and paediatrics.

Neonatology

THEME CHECK

ASSESSMENT AND CARE AND MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE NEWBORN

- THE NEWBORN INFANT, BIRTH TRAUMAS
- NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
- TERATOGENIC BIRTH DEFECTS
- CONGENITAL VISCERAL MALFORMATIONS
- HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE FETUS AND NEWBORN, VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY & BLEEDING
- SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
- NEONATAL JAUNDICE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PREGNANCY AFFECTING THE NEWBORN
- CONGENITAL TORCH INFECTIONS
- HIV IN PREGNANCY, PERINATAL HEPATITIS B
- CHORIOAMNIONITIS, NEONATAL INFECTION, AND OMPHALITIS

Child Development, Milestones, and Growth

General Paediatrics

NORMAL GROWTH
- CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND MILESTONES
- VACCINATION, IMMUNISATION SCHEDULE
CARDIOLOGY
- ACYANOTIC & CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
- ANEMIA, THALASSEMIA
- ACUTE LEUKEMIA
- NEUROBLASTOMA
- WILMS TUMOUR (NEPHROBLASTOMA)
- RETINOBLASTOMA
ENDOCRINOLOGY, NUTRITION AND GROWTH
- PUBERTY, DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT
- TALL STATURE AND ABNORMALLY RAPID GROWTH
- METABOLIC SYNDROME, DIABETES MELLITUS
- SHORT STATURE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA
- SCARLET FEVER (SECOND DISEASE)
- FIFTH DISEASE (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), ROSEOLA INFANTUM
- CHICKENPOX
- ATOPIC DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
- ACNE VULGARIS
- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIONS
- MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM

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 - IMPETIGO, STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME
- DERMATOPHYTE INFECTIONS
- TINEA VERSICOLOR (PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR)
- SCABIES, LICE INFESTATION
- FEVER AND INFLAMMATION, FEBRILE SEIZURES
- MENINGITIS
- POLIOMYELITIS
NEUROLOGY
- CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
- HYDROCEPHALUS
- CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION ANOMALIES
- NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
- SEIZURE DISORDERS
- GENERALISED EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD
CHILD PSYCHIATRY AND NEURODEVELOPMENT
- DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS
- CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS, CEREBRAL PALSY
- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
- CHILD MALTREATMENT
RESPIRATORY
- BRONCHIOLITIS, CROUP
- PERTUSSIS, ACUTE BRONCHITIS
- ASTHMA, HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
- ANGIOEDEMA
- OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA
- CYSTIC FIBROSIS
GASTROENTEROLOGY
- HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS
- ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, DUODENAL ATRESIA AND STENOSIS
- HIRSCHSPRUNG’S DISEASE
- NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS, INTUSSUSCEPTION
- VOLVULUS AND INTESTINAL MALROTATION, MECKEL DIVERTICULUM
- INGUINAL HERNIA
- TESTICULAR TORSION, OVARIAN TORSION
- HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA
- CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA
- MALABSORPTION, CELIAC DISEASE
- CROHN DISEASE, ULCERATIVE COLITIS
- LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
- BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS, DIARRHEAGENIC E. COLI, ROTAVIRUS INFECTION
- DEHYDRATION
OPTHALMOLOGY AND ENT
- CONJUNCTIVITIS, ORBITAL CELLULITIS
- STRABISMUS
- ACUTE VS CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA, OTITIS EXTERNA
- ACUTE TONSILITIS, LARYNGITIS, EPIGLOTTITIS
- SINUSITIS, RHINITIS
NEPHROLOGY
- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
- NEPHROTIC SYNDROME VS NEPHRITIC SYNDROME
- CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEYS, BLADDER EXSTROPHY, ABNORMALITIES OF THE
MALE URETHRA, AND WEBBED PENIS
- VESICOURETERAL REFLUX

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 - POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA
- ENURESIS

MUSCULOSKELETAL
- DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP, LEGG-CALVÉ-PERTHES DISEASE, SLIPPED CAPITAL
FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS
- OSGOOD SCHLATTER DISEASE
- TRANSIENT SYNOVITIS, JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS
- IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
- SEPTIC ARTHRITIS, OSTEOMYELITIS
- PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
- SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
CONGENITAL AND INHERITED DISORDERS
- BASICS OF HUMAN GENETICS
- DOWN SYNDROME (TRISOMY 21)
- EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME AND MARFAN SYNDROME
- INHERITED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
- INBORN ERRORS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
- CONGENITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS
- CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE (CLEFT LIP)
- CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA
- INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
- CHOANAL ATRESIA
- NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES

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Nutrition & Metabolism
May include metabolism and nutrition, normal fluid and electrolyte balance and disorders,
acid-base balance and disorders.

THEME CHECK

NUTRITION
- VITAMINS, B12 DEFICIENCY
- FOLATE DEFICIENCY, MALABSORPTION
METABOLISM
- INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
- LIPIDS AND FAT METABOLISM
- GLYCOLYSIS AND GLUCONEOGENESIS
NORMAL FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE
- INTRAVENOUS FLUID THERAPY
- ELECTROLYTE REPLETION
- SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM DISORDERS
ACID-BASE BALANCE
- ACID-BASE DISORDERS

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Infectious Diseases

May include bacterial infectious diseases, parasites, viruses and viral disease.

THEME CHECK

PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY & GENERAL MYCOLOGY

SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
INFLUENZA
HIV/AIDS
- HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
- HIV-ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
- NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
- SYPHILIS, CANDIDIASIS, GONORRHEA
- CHANCROID
- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIONS
- CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION
- CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS
- PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
- GRANULOMA INGUINALE
LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE
ZOONOSES AND ARTHROPOD-BORNE INFECTIONS
- LYME DISEASE
- TYPHOID FEVER, PARATYPHOID FEVER, LEPTOSPIROSIS
- DIPHTHERIA
- LISTERIOSIS
- DENGUE, MALARIA, ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION
- TOXOPLASMOSIS
- YELLOW FEVER
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION & OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
- IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
- PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA
- TRANSPLANTATION
- ASPERGILLOSIS
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS/EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS
OTHERS
- TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA
- IMMUNISATIONS FOR TRAVEL
- VACCINATION, IMMUNISATION SCHEDULE
- OVERVIEW OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY, ANTIVIRAL AGENTS, ANTIFUNGALS
- CHLOROQUINE AND HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
- STAPHYLOCOCCAL DISEASES
- TETANUS

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Clinical Pharmacology
May include physiological regulation, pharmacology and pharmacokinetic,
psychopharmacology, therapeutics, synaptic transmission, toxicity and poisoning.

THEME CHECK

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOLOGY
TOXICITY AND POISONING
- SALICYLATE TOXICITY
- METAL TOXICITY
- ORGANIC SOLVENT TOXICITY
- POISONING

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Clinical Oncology

May include histology and ultrastructure, disordered cell growth, degeneration, calcification,
neoplasia, medical and surgical oncology, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy.

THEME CHECK

GENERAL ONCOLOGY
- TUMOUR MARKERS
ONCOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
- DISORDERS OF CALCIUM BALANCE
- SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME
- SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION
- BRAIN METASTASES
PALLIATION
- OVERVIEW OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
- OPIOIDS
- ANTIEMETICS
PRINCIPLES OF CANCER TREATMENT
- CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES

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Clinical Immunology
May include lymph nodes and lymphatics, immunology, transplantation, spleen and
reticuloendothelial system, allergy, immune deficiency disorders.

THEME CHECK

IMMUNOLOGY
- ADAPTIVE & INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
- CONGENITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS
LYMPHATICS
- LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
- APPROACH TO LYMPHADENOPATHY
TRANSPLANTATION
- COMMON ANTI-REJECTION DRUGS & SIDE EFFECTS

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Critical Care/ Anaesthesia/ Emergency Medicine

May include general, regional and local anaesthesia and analgesia, consciousness, pre- and
post-operative care, perioperative pain relief and complications, trauma, emergency medicine,
intensive care.

THEME CHECK

TRAUMA
- MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA PATIENTS
- PENETRATING TRAUMA VS BLUNT TRAUMA
- SPLENIC RUPTURE
- GENERAL TREATMENT OF FRACTURES, COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
- NON-THROMBOTIC EMBOLISM
- RHABDOMYOLYSIS AND CRUSH SYNDROME
ANAESTHESIA
- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND VENTILATION
- PAIN MANAGEMENT, OPIOIDS
- LOCAL AND REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA
- NON-OPIOID ANALGESICS, INHALATIONAL ANAESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHETICS
- SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS
- BENZODIAZEPINES
OTHER
- MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
- HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE

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General Practice/ Public Health
May include community, family and hospital medicine, general practice, demography,
statistics, public health, informatics, social and preventive medicine, forensic and legal
medicine, health economics and ethics.

THEME CHECK

LABORATORY MEDICINE
- INTERPRETATION OF COMMON X-RAYS AND CT FINDINGS, ECG
MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS
- PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS IN AUSTRALIA
- QUALITY AND SAFETY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
- BIOSTATISTICS, RESEARCH METHODS
- HEALTH ECONOMICS
- STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OR CONTROL OF DISEASE
- ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH

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