Cardiology

1. CARDIOLOGY .
Diverticular disease
(a) Principles of clinical (g) Pancreatic Disease
cardiovascular evaluation, history . Acute and chronic pancreatitis
taking and examination. . Pancreatic neoplasia
(b) Assessment of ischaemic heart . Neuro endocrine malignancy
disease (h) Hepatology
1. Pathophysiology . Hepatitis, viral and auto immune
2. Prevention liver disease
3. Diagnosis . Cirrhosis and portal hypertension
4. Investigation . Hepatic Failure
5. Management and treatment . Bilary disease
(c) Cardiac arrhythmias . Inherited liver disease e.g.:
1. Atrial arrhythmias haemochromatosis, Wilsons disease
2. Ventricular arrhythmias . Transplantation
3. Pacemaker indications . Alcohol and the liver
4. Ventricular implant devices (i) Enteric infection
(d) Valvular heart disease (j) Nutritional support
(e) Cardiomyopathy – dilated,
obstructive cardiomyopathy 3. ENDOCRINOLOGY
(f) Cardiac failure (a) Diabetes mellitus
(g) Pericardial disease . Glucose intolerance
(h) Hypertension and atheroscerosis . Diabetes mellitus
(perpheral vascular disease) . Diabetic ketoacidosis
(i) Heart disease in pregnancy . Complications
(j) Congenital heart disease . Management
(k) Cardiac Manifestations of
general medical disorders (b) Thyroid disorders
(l) Cardiac Rehabilitation and . Hypothyroidism
secondary prevention of cardio- . Hyperthyroidism
vascular disease
. Goitre
2. GASTROENTEROLOGY . Nodules
(a) History taking (main symptoms)
and examination (c) Adrenal disease
. Addison’s disease
(b) Laboratory investigations
. Cushing’s syndrome
(c) Diagnostic imaging, e.g.: barium
radiology, CT, MRI . Conn’s syndrome
(d) Special investigations e.g.: . Phaeochromocytoma
breath tests, manometry, pH studies (d) Pituitary disorders with
(e) Upper gastrointestinal disease knowledge of ACTH, prolactin,
. Oesophageal disease and dysphagia gonadotropins and growth hormone
. Dyspepsia, peptic ulceration, (e) Diabetes insipidus
Helicobacter pylori infection (f) Syndrome of inappropriate
. Malabsorption, coeliac disease antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)
. Gastro-intestinal bleeding (g) Multiple endocrine neoplasia
. Neoplasia (h) Metabolic bone disease –
. Infections hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis,
(f) Lower gastro-intestinal disease osteomalacia and Paget’s disease of
. Inflammatory bowel disease the bone
(i) Hormonal disorders of gonads
. Neoplasia
. Diarrhoea
4. RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
. Functional bowel disorders
(a) Airways disease
. Infections . Asthma
. Ischaemia
. Chronic obstructive pulmonary (d) Disorders of coagulation
disease . Disseminated intravascular
. Bronchiectasis coagulation (DIC)
. Haemophilia
(b) Infections
. Pneumonia (e) Blood transfusion and blood
. Hospital acquired products
. Community acquired (f) Management of neutropenia and
. Infection in the immunocompromised agranulocytosis
host 6. NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS
(c) Lung abscess, empyema (a) Principles of chemotherapy and
(d) Tuberculosis radiotherapy
. Choosing treatment modality
(e) Aspergillosis
. Medical complications of treatment
(f) Upper respiratory infection
. Communication skills
(g) Pleurisy
(b) Palliative care in hospital and
(h) Parenchymal lung disease at home
. Pneumoconiosis
. Farmer’s Lung
. Asbestosis
. Silicosis
. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
. Sarcoidosis
(i) Respiratory Failure
. Adult respiratory distress
syndrome
. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
. Sleep apnoea
. Lung transplantation
(j) Neoplastic disorders
. Lung cancer
. Pleural neoplasms
(k) Pulmonary hypertension
(l) Pulmonary embolism
5. HAEMATOLOGY
(a) Disorders of red cell blood
cells
. Anaemia
. Polycythaemia
. Haemoglobinopathies
. Porphyria
(b) Disorders of white blood cells

. Leukaemia
. Lymphomas
. Multiple myeloma
(c) Disorders of platelets

. Thrombocytopaenia
. Thrombocytosis
7. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND . Non-specific urethritis
INFECTIOUS DISEASES . Chlamydia
(a) Pathogenesis and epidemiology of . Genital ulcerative disease
infection . Assessment of patient with
. General principles sexually transmitted infection
(b) General approach to services (k) Travel related infections
. Pyrexia of unknown origin . Clinical and laboratory assessment
. Systemic inflammatory response of the febrile patient retuning from
syndrome abroad
(c) Laboratory investigation of (l) Chronic fatigue syndrome
patient with infection (m) Antimicrobial chemotherapy
(d) Common bacterial infections . Antibacterial, including
. Community versus hospital - prophylaxis
acquired infections (principles) . Antiviral, including HAART
. Emergencies in infectious diseases . Antifungals
. Mechanisms of antimicrobial
Neutropenic sepsis
resistance and it’s prevention
Necrotising fasciitis
Meningitis / encephalitis . Antimicrobial prophylaxis
Cerebral malaria
. Common bacterial infections
Meningitis
Bacterial endocarditis
Urinary infections
Food poisoning
Soft tissue and skin infections
(e) Mycobacterial infections
. Tuberculosis – management and
diagnostic work-up
. Mycobacterium other than
tuberculosis (MOTT) infections
(f) Viral infection (excluding HIV)
. Influenza
. Herpes viruses
. Measles
. Hepatitis
(g) Fungal infections
. Superficial
. Systematic
(h) Opportunistic infections n the
immunocompromised individual
. Primary immunodeficiency syndromes
and transplantation medicine
(i) HIV & Acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS)
. Clinical presentation, management,
including drug related complications
and prevention
. Post-exposure prophylaxis
(j) Sexually transmitted
diseases/infections
. Gonorrhoea
. Syphilis
(b) Assessment of patients with the
(n) Principles of vaccination following conditions:
(o) Infection control and prevention 1. Recurrent unexplained falls and
. Vaccination syncope
. Patient isolation 2. Dementia
. Protective clothing and hand 3. Acute confusional states
washing 4. Stroke and Parkinson’s disease
. Antimicrobial prophylaxis 5. Incontinence
(c) Ethical Issues in the ageing
8. RHEUMATOLOGY patient
(a) Osteoarthritis 1. Enteral feeding
(b) Rheumatoid arthritis 2. Enduring power of attorney
(c) Connective tissue disorders 3. Ward of court
. Scleroderma
. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 11. NEPHROLOGY
. Mixed connective tissue disorder
. Polyartheritis nodosa (a) Principles of clinical
(d) Other inflammatory arthritis evaluation
. Gout 1. History and examination
2. Laboratory investigations
. Ankylosing spondylitis
3. Diagnostic imaging
. Cryoglobulinemia
(b) Renal Failure
(e) Vasculitis
1. Acute renal failure
(f) Osteoporosis, measurement bone
. Management – non dialysis
density, treatment modalities
. Dialysis in acute renal failure
(g) Amyloidosis
with special reference to intensive
(h) Polymyalgia rheumatica, temporal
care unit
arteritis
2. Chronic renal failure
(i) Rheumatological diagnosis, . Management – conservative
investigation and management
. Dialysis – haemodialysis
including role of occupational
therapy and physiotherapy . Dialysis – peritoneal
. Renal transplantation
9. NEUROLOGY 3. Complications of chronic renal
Examination of the central and failure
peripheral nervous systems. . Anaemia – erythropoietin
(a) Infections . Renal bone disease
(b) Vascular disease (c) Metabolic homeostasis
(c) Demyelinating disorders 1. Disorders of acid base balance
(d) Neurodegenerative disease . Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis
(e) Space occupying disorders . Respiratory acidosis and alkalosis
(f) Peripheral nervous lesions 2. Water and electrolyte disorders
(g) Cranial nerve disorders
Disorders of sodium balance
(h) Peripheral neuropathies
. Hyponatraemia
(i) Disorders of muscle
. Hypernatraemia
(j) Investigation, management,
treatment and assessment of . Diabetes insipidus
disability
(k) Epilepsy Disorders of potassium balance
. Hypokalaemia
(l) Movement disorders including
extrapyamidal disease . Hyperkalaemia
10. GERIATRIC MEDICINE Disorders of calcium and phosphate

(a) History taking examination with . Hypocalcaemia
emphasis on functional status . Hypercalcaemia
(d) Glomerular disease
1. Nephrotic syndrome (g) Cutaneous reactions to drugs
2. Glomerulonephritis, primary (h) Connective tissue diseases
. Acute GN (poststreptococcal) (i) Neoplasia and the skin
. Mesangiocapillary (j) Lymphoreticular disorders
(membranoproliferative)
. Rapidly progressive
. IgA nephropathy
3. Glomerulonephritis, secondary
. Diabetic nephropathy
. HIV nephropathy
. Lupus nephritis
4. Vasculitis
. ANCA related including Wegener’s
granulomatosis
. Goodpasture’s syndrome
. Connective tissue disorders
5. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic
purpura/haemolytic uraemic syndrome
(e) Hypertension
. Guidelines for management
. Malignant hypertension
. Renovascular hypertension
. Endocrine causes
(f) Inherited diseases
. Alport syndrome
. Polycystic kidney disease
(g) Renal disease and pregnancy
(h) Tubulointerstitial disease
Urinary tract sepsis

1. Pyelonephritis, acute
2. Pyelonephritis, chronic
3. Renal tuberculosis
Interstitial nephritis
4. Interstitial nephritis
5. Toxic nephropathy
6. Nephropathy, light-chain
Obstructive nephropathy
Renal stone disease
12. DERMATOLOGY
(a) Recognition and management of

common skin, nail and hair,
infections – viral, bacterial,
fungal
(b) Eczema
(c) Psoriasis
(d) Pigmentation
(e) Manifestations of systemic
disease including
(f) Blistering disorders

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1. CARDIOLOGY .

(b) Disorders of white blood cells

(c) Disorders of platelets

10. GERIATRIC MEDICINE Disorders of calcium and phosphate

Urinary tract sepsis

(a) Recognition and management of

(f) Blistering disorders

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