I cleared my radiology exam held in June.2014
I have been receiving inbox about the guidelines
on preparation so answering once for all over
here.
My main target was bcqs and Anatomy. I rattafied
asim shoaib (gynae surg med) chandkians & rabbia Ali. They helped me in paper 1.
The main
game is of paper 2 in every specialty and since we
are supposed to be dealing with human body's
imaging and diagnosis so that was my main
target to ace in anatomy. I didn't ofocurse master
it but I tried to absorb anat from every possible book.
The books which I read were
A. RJ last.
B. Clinical Snell's
C. Snell's review
D. Kaplan anat For anat try to deal region wise.
Abdomen + pelvis. We all know how much
important these regions are so why to take risk. I
did them from last+clinical Snell's and in the end
gave them a good read from Snell review and
Kaplan. And believe me u don't forget once what u have read the basics carefully. Only reading
topics from last and clinical Snell's saved me from
failing.
Upper and lower limb. Snll review is more than
enough with Kaplan
Back, head n neck & thorax- imp regions. Do it from clinical Snell's
Neuro anatomy is one thing which is luck. We got
gandi wali neuro in our paper and idk Allah
helped me from nowhere.
Do neuro from Kaplan
an high yield. Snell review bcqs are important too.
We got around 5 minimum bcqs from Snell review.
Understand one thing u r going to be a
radiologist so u need to focus on anatomy. We
got 85/100qs of anatomy in paper 2. First aid. Personally I ain't first aid fan I just did
first aid with superficially and didn't learn it. I did
blood and bones and reproduction from it. These
are imp topics for paper 2,radiology BRS physio + first aid should be targeted for a unit
like CVS etc. I don't like physio not at all. Patho is imp for us.
I did goljan and BRS patho and first aid too patho
section. Its very imp. Osetoprosis is there fav topic.
Patho for paper 2 like I said above is important
for us specially blood and bones! Gen anatomy- bd chaursia or from anywhere
Embryo-first aid
Histo-rabia Ali bcqs If u want to clear paper in radiology than just
remember
Grasp anatomy
Absorb anatomy
Love anatomy
Bcqs bcqs bcqs And u r done! Yes only with help of Allah though
most importantly.
Dr Asma Uzair
