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Paediatrics Paper-1 :

Format of examination:

Total number of questions: 50

MCQ-25

SAB – 25 

A. ANATOMY

1.Cell biology: structural details of a cell with functional implications, cell cycle, cell division and its anomalies.

• Recommended books: Junqueira's Basic Histology Text & Atlas, Histology: A Text and Atlas by Michael H Ross, Gray’s Anatomy.

2.Developmental anatomy (general) : Anatomical relevance of the following physiological aspects period of life, teratogenesis, sensitive period of life, fetal circulation and changes at birth, placental function, multiple pregnancies and general and proportional growth and development of body features from birth (as differentiated from adulthood) with emphasis on sexual maturity.

• Recommended books: Langman’s Medical Embryology, and Human Embryology by Moore.

3.Developmental anatomy (Special): development of different parts and organs, specially the gonads, vital organs and bones; mechanism of developmental anomalies of different organs.

• Recommended books: Langman’s Medical Embryology, Human Embryology by Moore.

4.General anatomy (systemic approach to the body structures):

Basic ideas on tissues

Osteology-histology, development and its anomalies, important ossification centers with age of appearance.

Angiology including lymphoid system circulation through special organs like brain, heart, Jungs, kidneys, liver, spleen, gut and gonads. General plan of the lymphatic drainage, and important groups of clinically important lymph nodes and their drainage region.

• Recommended books: Junqueira's Basic Histology Text & Atlas, Gray’s Anatomy.

5.Topographic anatomy (including surface anatomy): General body features including secondary sex characteristics; topographic anatomy of different parts and organs of a child including the variation in a newborn.

• Recommended books: Gray’s Anatomy, Last’s Anatomy-Regional, and Applied.

6.Histology: Light, dissecting and electron microscopic features and their functional implications of following structures - liver, kidney, GI tract, pancreas, respiratory passages and alveoli, endocrine glands, heart, blood vessels, muscles, lymphoid organs (the learning objective of this chapter will be to learn the general histology covering the functional principle of the 4 basic tissue. In practical examination these parts will be assessed using projected photomicrograph and printed photographs).

• Recommended books: Junqueira's Basic Histology Text & Atlas, Histology: A Text and Atlas by Michael H Ross, Gray’s Anatomy.

Applied anatomy:

1.Applied anatomy of important systems with special importance on the development and related anomalies: e.g. respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, cardiovascular, hemopoietic, renal System, musculoskeletal, endocrinology and nervous system

• Recommended books: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Forfar&Arneil’s Textbook of Pediatrics, Snell’s Clinical Anatomy, Snell’s Clinical Neuroanatomy.

2.Basic anatomy of relevant physiological processes and related disorders: respiration,sucking, swallowing, vomiting, nasal regurgitation, peristalsis, defecation, micturition, walking, vision, hearing, equilibration, olfaction, taste, reflexes.

• Recommended books: Moore’s Clinical Anatomy, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology.

3.Sectional anatomy and anatomy of imaging: Basic of sectional anatomy of different parts/organs relevant to pediatrics helping to identify the normal appearance leading to the identification of organ or its parts and the abnormal situations (Radiograph, USG, CT and MRI materials are to be used for relevant anatomy of imaging).

• Recommended books: Caffey’s pediatric Diagnostic Imaging, relevant introductory section and radiographs in Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics and Forfar&Arneil’s Textbook of Pediatrics.

4.Anatomy relevant to clinical procedures and related problems: lumbar puncture, tracheostomy, laryngoscopy, otoscopy, venipuncture, liver biopsy, renal biopsy, proteinogenesis and thoracocentesis.

• Recommended books: Moore’s Clinical Anatomy, Hutchison’s Clinical Methods.B, BEHAVIOR SCIENCE, MEDICAL ETHICS AND COMMUNICATION SKIL}

There has to be a brief introduction of the topic initially and elaborated in the second part. Later on most of it shall be covered in the first part. Communication skills to cover both patient-doctor, doctor-attendant, doctor-doctor and doctor to other professionals in the field Ethical issues cover the principles, guidance, and laws regarding medical ethics and confidentiality.

C. MEDICAL STATISTICS:

Definition of different terms commonly used in the practice, basic concepts, fundamentals of biostatistics and epidemiology, sampling, data, analysis, frequency tables, central tendency and measure of dispersion, distribution probability, test of probability, significance,confidence interval, data presentation, etc.

• Recommended books: Essential of Medical Statistics by Betty Kirkwood, Principle of Medical Statistics by Hill, AustinBradjord