A way to prepare for PG entrance

ByDr. Rishi Lohiya

AT SAFE HANDS on 23 March 2008

SECRETS OF PG ENTRANCE

DESIRE CREATES POWER

DOCTOR….

“NO GREATER OPPORTUNITY OR OBLIGATION CAN FALL THE LOT OF A HUMAN BEING THAN TO BE A DOCTOR.

IN THE CARE OF THE SUFFERINGS HE NEEDS TO USE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDINGWITH COURAGE, HUMILITY & WISDOM. THE DOCTOR SHOULD OF HIS DESTINY NO MORE THAN THIS & SHOULD BE CONTENT WITH NO LESS”.

•MYTHS…

•ONE CANNOT CRACK CET WITH INTERNSHIP.

•ONLY TOPPERS HAVE A CHANCE.

•ONE CAN EITHER PREPARE FOR PGMCET OR A AIPGE BUT NOT BOTH.

•CLASSES ARE MUST.

REMEMBER

FIRST ATTEMPT IS THE BEST ATTEMPT.

POSITIVE ATTITUDE & SELF CONFIDENCEARE INDISPENSIBLE.

ITS ALL ABOUT YOUR PLANNING & SELF BELIEF.

CORELATION BETWEEN ACADEMIC & PGMCET RESULT.

•IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT THERE IS HARDLY•ANY ASSOSIATION BETWEEN THE TWO.

•IF YOU CLOSELY STUDY THE PGMCET 08 MERIT LIST,•OUT OF FIRST 20 RANKERS 10 OF THEM HAVE AGGREGATE•SCORE < 70%.

•AND THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO TOPPED IN ACADS •BUT COULDN’T DO WELL IN PGMCET.

•CLASSES…?...

•I WILL SUGGEST YOU NOT TO WASTE YOUR TIME &MONEY IN CLASSES.

•WHY???

•NO TIME FOR SELF STUDY.

•SEQUENCE OF SUBJECTS NOT AS PER YOUR CONVINENCE.

•COSTLY.

MY DREAM BRANCH….

AIPGE PGMCETPGMCETBRANCHCUT OFFS

RADIOLOGY

MEDICINE

PEDIATRICS

ORTHOPEDICS

SURGERY

OBS-GYAN

DERMATOLOGY

< 100

<750

<400

<300

<1200

<1500

<1000

<20

<100

<60

<25

<300

<300

<200

HOW TO BEGIN?

• FIX YOUR AIMS.

• CHALK OUT YOUR PLAN.

• START WORKING.

•PREPARATION…

•PREPARATION STARTS THE DAY WE BEGIN WITH1ST MBBS.

•EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

•IT IS 5 ½ YEARS OF EFFORTS THAT DETERMINESTHE OUTCOME.

•AND MOST IMPORTANT CLINICAL LEARNING HELPSA LOT.

PLANNING…

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE MUCH STRENGTH TO DO THE THINGS . BUT IT TAKES GREAT STRENGTH TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO, WHEN TO DO & MOST IMPORTANT HOW TO DO?...

THUS PLANNING IS MOST CRUCIAL.

STUDY PATTERN

DURING MBBS YEARS DURING INTERNSHIP

USE REFRENCE BOOKS ONLY.

NO SHORTCUTS.

PREPARE NOTES & MEMORY MAPS.

GET HABITUATED TO USE MNEUMONICS.

YEAR OF REVISION &NOT PREPARATION.

MOCK TESTE ARE MOST CRUCIAL.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES….

ACTIVITIES LIKE QUIZ,SEMINAR HELP A LOT.

HELPS TO DEVELOP CONCEPTS AND COMPETITIVE OUTLOOK.

PLANNING

IN TERMS OF-

TIME SCHEDULE

BOOKS TO BE USED

PATTERN OF STUDY

TIME SCHEDULE

• FIRST REVISION

• SECOND REVISION

• THIRD REVISION

• 15TH FEB TO 1ST OCT

• 2ND OCT TO 15TH DEC

• 16TH DEC TO 10TH JAN

•225 DAYS

•75 DAYS

•25 DAYS

TIME SCHEDULE

FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED WHILE PLANNING FOR TIME :-

WEIHTAGE TO THE SUBJECT

ONE’S HOLD ON THE SUBJECT

INPUT-OUTPUT RATIO FOR THE GIVEN SUBJECT

TIME TO BE GIVEN PER SUBJECT* • ANATOMY• PHYSIOLOGY• BIOCHEMISTRY• PHARMACOLOGY• PATHOLOGY• MICROBIOLOGY• PSM• FMT• SARP• ENT+OPHTHALMOLOGY• MEDICINE• SURG+ORTH• OBS-GYAN• PEADIATRICS• TUMOR

• 10 DAYS• 8 DAYS• 10 DAYS • 12 DAYS• 12 DAYS • 10 DAYS• 14 DAYS• 4 DAYS• 24 DAYS• 7 DAYS• 12 DAYS• 14 DAYS• 8 DAYS• 7 DAYS• 6 DAYS

* To be individualized

BOOKS TO BE USED

TWO APPROACHES-ANTEROGRADE APPROACH RETROGRADE APPROACH

ASHISH-AMIT+MUDIT PAPERWISE (5 VOLUMES) DISCUSSION

ACROSS SERIES* TOPICWISEDISCUSSION

* PREFERRED

MUST READ….

SURGERY- ASHISH AMIT

MEDICINE- MUDIT KHANNA

TUMORS-ACROSS

PULSE-ALL SUBJECTS

PATTERN OF STUDY

•PREPARE A TOPIC FROM ACROSS

•CLEAR DOUBTS IF ANY

•SOLVE RELATED QUESTIONS FROM PULSE

•SOLVE TEST ON THE GIVEN TOPIC

MOCK TESTS…

MOST IMPORTANT

MINIMUM NUMBER-30

POINTS TO BE NOTED WHILE EVALUATING –TIME REQUIREDOPTIMUM NUMBER OF ATTEMPTEDWEAK SUBJECTSSILLY MISTAKES

ONE TEST EVERY SUNDAY

GROUP STUDY….

DAILY DISCUSSION OF AN

HOUR ON IMPORTANT TOPICS

AMONG EQUALLY INTERESTED

FRIENDS DEFINITELY HELPS.

A WORD OF CAUTION…

NEVER FORGET EXAMS AND ACADEMIC SCORES ARE JUST MILESTONES & THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION IS TREATMENT OF HUMAN SUFFERINGS…

MAKE SURE ALL THESE EXAMS DON’T KILL THE CLINICIAN IN YOU.

DESTINY…

WITH HARDWORK DESTINY BECOMES

A MATTER OF CHOICE RATHER THAN

A MATTER OF CHANCE.

SOME DISTURBING TOPICS…

RESERVATION- THE BEST WAY TO DEAL

WITH IT IS ACCEPT IT.

BOND- DAILY CHANGE IN THE RULES.