Salam I am Dr Malik Arslan Shahid.. by the Grace of Almighty Allah i hv cleared my fcps part 1 in Ophthalmology in 2nd attempt in june 2014. people who r going to appear in ophthalmo are asking me about guidelines, so here i m posting my experience. i m not a good writer so kindly ignore my mistakes.
First of all calculate how many months u hv.. for instance i had 3 months....then u hv to study atleast 8-10 hrs daily with another 2 hrs for mcqs means total of 12 hrs...less than this means disaster...i am serious..
if possible join any library preferably cpsp lib...i hd joined cpsp lib..it has its own advantages.
u hv to give atleast 2 readings to ur syllabus of paper 1 so manage ur tym accordingly
i started my prep with paper 1..as i was a repeater so it hardly took 15 days to revise my syllabus...along with bcqs.
for Physio people use kaplan but i studied brs...its a very good book n help u to answer many bcqs regarding physio.
for Gen Patho i used Goljen....besssssst book
Special Patho only First aid is enough specially do blood thoroughly
for Anatomy Snells review, only do head n neck, thorax with liver kidneys n adrenals..no need of doing limbs n rest of the abdomen.
pharma, biochem n micro only from first aid.
do Histo, Embryo( general plus head n neck n neuro, leave rest) and Neuroanatomy from Kaplan anatomy
Biostats from first aid n high yield, it will take not more than 1 day so dont worry.
For paper 2 snells eye anatomy is ur main weapon...read it as much as u can coz its very volatile, i myself read 4 times in this attempt n 4 times in previous so total of 8 reads....i m only highlighting the importance of this book so u can give more time to this book.
eye physio plus pharma both from john ferris.....u can do it in just 3 to 4 days...very easy n retainable.
n addition to all these books i read smart series in ophthalmology..very good book regarding clinicals which often come in ur paper 2 n r very depressing. people read jatoi for clinicals but i didnt.
give some time around 2-3 days to first aid in the last month...its very helpful
last but not the least the mcq books.
i did chandkians with asim n shoaib all three books. do join fcps part 1 2005-2010...this is the best page i hv ever found..so do spend some time on this page daily.Do atleast 3 readings of these books otherwise u will keep guessing in ur paper, mind it.
pray regularly coz fcps part 1 is all about luck so dont ignore ur prayers for studying.
on the last day only do charts n sleep well.....coz i had not slept for whole night coz of loadshedding ended up in panadol extras in paper..so sleep early...dont take too much stress, in the end its only a step further not the end so b calm dont forget u r doctors already.
recite surah yaseen on exam day n mark ur mcqs with bismillah.
dont eat much in the lunch time n do take some coffee or tea it will help alot.
thats all i remembered so kindly notify the points i hv missed..
do remember me in ur prayrs
Regards Dr Arslan Shahid
