Pakistan Medical and Dental Council test pattern

You have to appear in two theory papers

1.Choose the best one..........150 marks
2.senario type short question.....25 question each of 5 marks.......total 125
Total 16 books are included in the test..
BASIC
1. Anatomy
2.Physiology
3.Applied biochemistry
4.Behavioral science
5.Pathology
6.Forensic medicine
7.Community medicine/Public health
8.Clinical pharmacology
CLINICAL
1.Medicine
2.Surgery
3.Gyne/Obstetrics
4.ENT
5.Eye
6.Pediatrics
7.Derma
8.Psychiatry

Marks Distribution from each book ....

Paper 1
Mcqs
Subjects Marks

1.Applied anatomy 5
2.Applied Physiology 8
3.Applied Biochemistry 5
4.Behavioral science 7
5.Patholgy 7
6.Forensic medicine 3
7.Community medicine 8
8.Clinical pharmacology 7
9.Obs/Gyne 15
10.ENT 5
11.Eye 5
12.psychiatry 3
13.Derma. 2
14.Medicine 30
15.Surgery 30
16.paeds 10
Total question 150
Total marks 150
Paper 2
SENARIO TYPE SHORT QUESTIONS
e.g
A 21 years G2P1 gestation 35 weeks present in emergency room with the
history of bleeding per vaginal, with out pain and decreased fetal
movement.
what can be the most likely diagnosis?
which conditions can cause bleeding in these conditions?
what will be the treatment.?

Question distribution for each book

1.Medicine 6

2.Surgery 5
3.Gye 1
4.obs 1
5.ENT 1
6.EYE 1
7.Community medicine 1
8.Behavioural science 1
9.Applied chemistry 1
10.Clinical pharmacology 1
11.psychiatry 1
12.dermatology 1
13.Applied anatomy 1
14.Appled physiology 1
15.Paeds. 1
16.patholgy 1

Total questions 25
Total marks 125
To PASS you people have to take 50% marks from both papers
After passing theory exam you have to appear in Viva Examination

Books included for Viva

1.Medicine,
2.Surgery
3.Paeds
4.ENT
5.EYE
6.Obs/Gyne

Total 26 Stations
Distribution as follow
1.Medicine 5
2.Surgery 5
3.Paeds 4
4.ENT 4
5.EYE 4
6.Obs/Gyne 4

For every subject on their respective station the criteria will be as follow
e.g
For Medicine

Table 1=There will be a patient..you have to take history/examination

professor will ask relative question
Table 2=There will be x ray or instruments. prof will ask about x ray reading
and relative question about that disease
Table3,4=There will be table viva
Same like this for all the subjects have 4 table each having a patients for
history and exam,instrumest and open viva..
You have to take 50% to pass
BOOKS
For Objective paper
You can consult these books having senario type question.

For medicine, surgery, paeds, gyne, obs......

You can consult
Pretest books single choice type question.

For thoery Paper

Medicine....... Davidsons and inam danish for revision
Surgery .. .....Bailey and love M shamim for revision
Paed............ Mosby or Kundi's book of paeds
Gyne.... ........Rashid latif
Obs.... ..........Ten teachers
ENT...............Dhingra
EYE...............Renu jogi or Parson book of eye
Diagnosis,Medicine ........Hutchisons
For Bed sides techniques & for revision
of surgery.........Norman Browse

when you people will come in pak for internship you must know these
things from each book..this will give you confidence and respect..
1.Medicine: Bedside examinations,
2.Surgery: Examinations of patients:
Breast examinations,Hernia,thyroid,swelling,abdomin like
appendix,pancriatitis,cholecystitis,varicose veins ( along with theory)
3.EYE. eye examination,cararact,gloucoma,rital diseses,errors of

refraction,disease of lids,and lacrimal appratus

4.ENT....Acute and chronic supporative otitis media,otits media with
effusion,otomycosis,Menier disease,DNS,nasal
polyps,tonillitis,pharangitis,tonsillectomy,tracheostmy,
5.Paeds almost all
6.GYne.Abortion,cervican carcinams,ovarion
tumors,endometriosis.contraceptives,ectopic pregnany,hiustory taking like
menstrual history,
7.OBs.....antenatal care,examinations,multiple pregnancies,preeclampsia
and eclampsia,antepartum and post partum hemorhages,diese
complicating pregnany
Pattern Of Viva Question
Gynae.
Take mestrual history
Take history of a 9 month pregnant women with bleeding
antenatal care . what is benefit of screening in first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
what r causes of APH and PPH
management of 3rd stage of labour.
Pediatrics
Station 1
there was a child of thalasemia
command was to palpate the abdomen
tell d/d of thalasemia
treatment of thalasemia

Station 2
take history of diarrhea
what is some dehydration
criteria 4 treatment .
remember plan a,b and c
Station3
instrument viva:............... ETT [tell name]
advantages
disadvantages
how to insert
Station4
one question asked everytime is vaccination......just remember that table
defination : wat is low birth weight
effect of low bith weight
effect o prematurity
ENT
Station 1
examine the child nose: there was pt of DNS
what r types of dns
symptoms
how to treat
[read this topic in detail]
Station 2
examine the pt throat
wat is tonsillitis

indications of tonsillectomy
types of acute tonsillitis
post operative complications
what is waldayer ring
Station 3
instrument viva: jabson horn probe
tell its function
how to treat pt of wax
wat r complications
tell structure of tympanic membrane
Station 4:
professor taking viva
wat is epistaxis
tell tell 4 methods of controlling nose bleed
define litter area
causes of nose bleed
what r causes of dysphagia?
Station 1
take history of pt wid progressive loss of vision
Station 2
check extraoccular movements
occulomotor exam complete
Station 3
there was picture of cataract
causes of cataract
how to treat cataract

what is new method of treatment

MEDICINE
Station 1
ascultate the back of pt [pt have a copd]
tell ur findings
causes of bronchial breathing
causes of increased vocal resonance
Station 2
palpate the abdomen {pt wid ascites n hepatospleenomedaly]
causes of spleenomegaly 10 causes
causes of hepatomegaly 10 caus