My experience of FCPS-1 Radiology

BismiAllahi-Rahmaan-Irahim

I passed FCPS-1 in Radiology (March 2016- Online exam), and yes, I passed in second attempt (my 1st attempt was in Nov 2015-conventional exam). I am a mother of two kids aged 4 and 2 years, I have been abroad for 3 years so I studied after this gap. First, It is one of the most difficult to pass exams, second, I believe, everyone can pass this. All one require is, HARDWORK, CONSISTENCY, REPITITION, OPTIMISM and COMMITMENT. Once you have decided to pass and u r firm in ur decision, you WILL definitely pass. The books I followed were the same that I started from beginning of my preparation. I got 72.5% in first attempt so I knew I had to fill a little gap to be successful. I felt depressed at failure after such a hard work, BUT I kept in mind that it’s just a phase, started again and kept pace. I didn’t change the text books and BCQ books or study pattern, I just repeated all I had studied again and again and again. And needless to say this page of FCPS prep. (batch 2005-10) helped me to my success every day.

I followed following books,

Anatomy: Snell clinical anatomy by regions (Big snell) For thorax, abdomen, pelvis and head & neck. These regions are really imp for radiology exam and are asked in detail. Snell review, for upper limb and lower limb, u don’t need to do these from big book. Plus RJ Last, I didn’t read this book in first attempt, and I found paper 2 difficult in first attempt, bought it and studied topics of abdomen, thorax, pelvis and head and neck. I just read this book topic wise, no need to read the whole of this book. This book made my concepts of anatomy very very clear and remember able. So If you have time DO RJ Last, atleast give two readings to topics from this book and in the end just stick to snell and snell review plus also do BCQs from snell review atleast once. Do topics of general anatomy from any book, I followed Last and snell and googled some topics. And for looking up any topic from BCQ books I checked in Last. But Big snell remained my primary text book and I added points from Last in Snell so it saved me time in subsequent revisions.

Neuroanatomy: I did Kaplan Neuroanatomy, all of it. After 2 readings from Kaplan I crammed neuro portion of FirstAid. It worked best for me.

Histology: Initially I read Kaplan Histology twice but only epithelia, connective tissue, muscle, nervous tissue, lymphoid tissue, and some topics of GIT, respiratory system and gonads. Then I just crammed rabia ali portion of histo including handy points in the end of the section.

Embryology: I did general embryology from Highyield embryology, and covered special embryology from firstAid, and while I read systems development topics I followed pictures from Highyield so that it cleared my concepts and helped me remember the topics.

Physiology: BRS physiology, I did all of it, and topics of blood I did from big book. After you have done BRS, the physio portion of FirstAid is enough for you. I especially liked reading endocrinology and renal physiology from FirstAid as it cleared my concept further. Its imp to have a strong grip on endocrinology.

Pathology: I did general pathology from BRS pathology, after 3 readings from BRS I just read general patho from FirstAid and added some extra points from BRS to firstAid, put BRS away and just repeated readings from FirsAid, it also included neoplasia. So I finaly crammed general path portion of patho from firstAid. For special pathology, I just read FirstAid, no need to do any other book for covering special path. Preferably also do Rabia ali portion of special path topic wise.

Biochem, Microbiology, Pharma, Biostatistics, Immunology, genetics, behavioural sciences: I crammed all these from firstAid.

FirstAid: Most imp book for both paper 1 and 2. Initially u will find this book difficult, but believe me, after u have given it two readings, you will begin to love it. It is my most favorite book, and I did all of it except psychiatry part. Elaborating a bit, I did first portion in depth, while second portion which deals with organ systems, I did it subject wise, like I covered only patho portions of all systems first, as I had read anatomy, physio parts from other books by that time. Then I did just the embryo portions, and then in my 3rd revision I read anatomy and physio parts which helped me revise these subjects quickly as these are very concisely and pictorially mentioned in firstAid. And eventually in my 4th and 5th revision I read the whole firstAid in one go twice. This helped me correlate all areas and work my mind in all subjects at the same time. It prepared my paper 1 and some of paper 2.

BCQ books: Most important, and without these books you can NEVER pass the exam.

Rabia Ali: do after every region / topic. Better to do all of it (except dentistry), but most imp are portions of anatomy, physio, general path, biochem, histo, biostatistics, pharma, microbiology and embryology.

Asim and Shoaib (surgery and medicine): I also did anatomy portion of asim & shoaib gynae obs. Rest I did anatomy, physio and patho portions of these books. U better do these books from the beginning so that once u have finished ur syllabus u have also finished these books once. These books are really imp in teaching u about the structure of questions as they come in paper, and how u have to attempt them. So do these atleast 3 times and do anatomy part atleast 4 times.

Chandkians: do all of it atleast twice after u have once covered asim and shoaib.in ur second revision mark bcqs u find likely to be revised, then the 3rd time do only the marked bcqs.

I also did just anatomy portions of Murad and Azeem Sheikh.

Study plan: I studied for a total of 4 months. Follow the radiology syllabus from cpsp, give time to topics according to their weightage. There is no specific plan, u should follow ur own as u studied before, don’t make a tight schedule just keep a plan to cover topics in time and do rabia ali at end of every unit (and cover it atleast twice), and in the evening when u r tired, relax and then give an hour or two to asim n shoaib and once covered then same time to chandkians. Check up the answers to BCQs with apparently wrong key in text book or online or post the question on this page. As u proceed further and in ur last month of prep, exceed the time for BCQ books so that in first half of the day u do theory and in second half u do BCQs, plus while solving BCQs also take help from google as it saved me a lot of time. Beside these, do some most recent past papers available online, and in last 15 days, solve about 3 to 4 times some questions given on cpsp online practice tests, this will orient u for exam n will boost ur confidence. Despite knowing about cpsp change of pool or format, remember more than 60% is always repeated so give ur best shot to preparation so that while u solve ur paper it will just seem as u r solving previously attempted BCQs. Online examination system is very good and easy.

Last but not the least, PRAY!!! Offer prayer punctually and do no harm to anyone, all u have to do is study hard n then leave the rest to Allah Almighty for its all in His hands and He is the best planner.

Just remember, U CAN DO IT!

Good Luck!

by Michelle Jo

Radiology Guidelines

AoA..

its Aliyaa,i have cleared FCPS Radiology Alhamdulillah,i know RADIOLOGY PPL hav to face problem as there is less guidnce and material available for RADIOLOGY.
starting with the name of Allah..
I'll try to be comprehensive
FCPS is not tough at all,it just needs 4 THINGS
BELIEVE IN ALLAH
FULL COMITMENT
STAY FOCUSED
NO TENSION AT ALL

I am sharing my experience,just do PAPER ORIENTED STUDY
1. maXimum MCQS practice is necessary to pass Fcps
2. Anatomy(snell review is enOugh,likh lo meri bat,NO BIG BOOKS,bs wo kro jo end days p compile kr sko,upper limb,thorax,pelvis perineum lymphatic drainage,abdomen aorta celiac trunk,lower limb muscle compartments with nerve supply......no origin insertion,just do for those jo bar bar pocha ja rha in mCqs..try to do it with rabia ali anatomy mcqs,snell review k bhi anatomy mcqs krna is better as we have less pool for anatomy mcqs)
its your choice follow diagrams of anatomy,NETTER,Google images ya notes bna lo..
3. priorities(Asim and shoaib for medicne and surgery both then chandkians)these mcqs shud be on finger tips
4.PAST PAPERS(page k file section ma hain,ma n ALLinOne Past PAPers file ki ar Radiology past papers)
5.DONOT WASTE TIME ON TEXT BOOKS OF histo,embryo,biochem,pharma,special patho etc jo mCqs ma ha TRUST ME kaafi ha
6. PHYSIO systemic FA or BRS jis s bhi concept banay,follow it
7. do MAXIMUM Mcqs with concept,mcq parho ar FA s topic dekho,thats it
8. 4 to 5 reads of above mentioned mcq books(asim both plus chandkians)
you'll pass IN SHA ALLAH
i emphasize on mcqs because sab perhty hyn,pr failure ki reason kum mcq practice ha,
mcqs maximum and do topic with that,thats it
MAY be kuch reh gya ho,you ppl can ask me,bs guys boht parho ar pass kro
only 2 months require,trust me ye duniya after 2months bhi waheeen rehy gi jahan ha,so stay focused
have faith in Allah,offer your prayers regularly.

Guidelines shared by Doctor Aliyaa Tahir - thanks to her

ENT GUIDANCE FOR FCPS PART 1

So this post is for all the ENT Candidates !!!

First of all get yourselves a copy of CPSP Syllabus(ENT) from any regional CPSP office.........I would suggest that take atleast 4-5 months for your preparation to be on the safe side.... This is an unforgiving exam and it gets really big on you!!! I cleared it in around 2.5 months but i literally went berserk at it.... But i was always short of time!!

BOOKS: PAPER 1

1.Anatomy(snell's review) for all other regions except Head and neck which you'll have to do from Big Snell(that's what we call it).

2. Physiology: BRS(more than enough)

3. Pathology: Only Basic Pathology from BRS

4. Embryology: High Yield

5. Neuroanatomy( kaplan)

6. Special pathology: First Aid

7: Microbiology, Biochemistry,biostatistics, Immunology, pharmacology, behavioral sciences from First Aid

8. First Aid complete( No one can underestimate the importance of this book for paper 1) and it also helps in paper 2(not much though)

9. BCQ Books are REALLY IMPORTANT....I found  Chandkians(complete)and Asim n shoaib(atleast surgery and allied and medicine and allied)more helpful than Rabia Ali.... My suggestion( Chandkians and Asim n shoaib)

PAPER 2: So here's the tough part ...... Paper 2 is the real deal and it's a tough nut to crack coz there is no material available on any forum for this part(or atleast i couldn't find any)...So here you go

1.Anatomy of Head and Neck should be on your Finger tips you'll get around 25-30 questions from this region.

2.Anatomy of Ear, Nose, Throat and Paranasal sinuses from dhingra(in detail) you won't find enough material on these even in snell or any other anatomy heavy weights so do it from Dhingra.

3. Respiratory Physiology, physiology of Hearing and taste from Guyton!! Nearly All the physiology MCQs were from guyton in June 10 2015 paper 2

3. Embryology Langmann(Head and neck region + development of ear only)

4. Microbiology: First Aid is more than enough( while going through microbiology part just mark the micro-organisms which are of significance to ENT and Head n Neck region like EBV is related to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, C.Diptheriae is CPSP's favorite)

5. Autoimmune diseases involving ENT and Head n Neck region like wegner's granulomatosis etc(you can find these in First Aid)

6. Common congenital anomalies of ENT you can find these in embryology or dhingra)

7. Tumors related to ENT(not in detail just the most common,most malignant ,most common in pediatric age group , most common in adults, risk factors and stuff like that, you won't be asked for staging and grading etc)

8. CPSP loves to ask about asthma ,you might be asked questions like what happens to pco2 in early asthmatic attack or what analgesic would you prescribe to an asthmatic patient etc

9. BCQ books will come into play ,coz there will be around 10-15 questions completely unrelated ENT so you'll have to do those books!!

10. There is a chapter in dhingra dedicated to THEEE FACIAL NERVE(must do that) and a chapter on common inflamatory conditions of head n neck region

11. Just give a read to the hearing loss chapter...

That was a little guidance for people appearing in ENT FCPS Part 1.... It might sound too much but this is what i did.... Good luck to all of you and i'm here for all the help you want!!!

(Shared by Dr Ansab Hasnain)

GUIDELINES ABOUT FCPS - I ANESTHESIA

GUIDELINES ABOUT FCPS - I ANESTHESIA by ANUM ANWAR

Books Need To Be Read;
1. Physiology from BRS (two readings should be given)
2. Anatomy from Snells 
3. Neuroanatomy from Kaplan (if you have time read chapter of spinal cord and tracts from Snells Neuroanatomy; From paper 2 point of view Neuroanatomy is very important. Half of anatomy mcqs come from Neuroanatomy in paper 2).
4. Pharmacology from Kaplan ( read anaesthetic drugs from Anaesthesia text books of Smith or Morgan).
5. Pathology from BRS ( do only general patho; no need to do special patho )
6. Physics from Basic physics for Anaesthesists by Parbrooks ( do selected topics from syllabus available from CPSP )
7. Embryo from High Yield
8. histology and general anatomy too ( just only major topics discussed in mcqs)
9. First Add (for comprehensive review)

MCQ Books:
1. Chandkans ( complete)
2. Asim & Shoaib ( I have done Medicine; pay concentration on Pharma MCQs more)
3. Murad** ( pay concentration on Anaesthesia part)
4. Azeem Sheikh** mcqs
5. Yadav MCQs ( if u have time; do Anaesthetic drugs)
6. Do past papers available on net
CONFIRM THE ANSWERS GIVEN IN KEYS BY SEARCHING FOR THEM FROM BOOKS OR INTERNET

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**Admins NOTE: DON'T waste your time on Murad or Azeem Sheikh, Instead solve Rabia Ali Secret of FCPS-1 (If you have time)

Guidelines for EVERYONE

Salam Everyone, I have been getting a lot of queries regarding course overview, so i thought i should write a post for all of you. i am writing this post cuz i was asked to, and i will share only what i found.
So Whatever i am sharing here is what i got to knew from my seniors from everywhere in Pak who have cleared FCPS in first attempts and are very knowledgeable and honest people alhumdullillah.
Most important thing to start is you should know your stamina, i have seen people clearing fcps by regular tough jobs. So its completely upto you! For eg: I know for myself that i cant study with job and stuff.
So decide urself and make a good plan for urself its just da matter of two to three months hardcore struggle which pays off in the end. Second thing is good choice of books. Here are the course guidelines which i have got from my seniors. Huge thanks to them.

Anatomy: Kaplan Anatomy + Snell review Antomy + Netters ATLAS
(No need to go for big books even for surgery people)
Gynae: Should do PELVIS chp from big snell and related topics.

NeuroAnatomy: Kaplans Neuroanatomy

Physiology: Kaplan Physio (Chp 1 and 2 from BRS Physio only-optional)
Only do BRS if you really love it! otherwise donot touch it

Pathology:
Pathoma Videos with book (Gen+Special but General is MUST atleast)
Special Patho: Kaplan Special Patho chps (if not done with Pathoma)

For Pathology candidates: GOLJAN is they key. But if you think its huge even Pathoma will suffice with few chps from Goljan only. As you go u will be able to select things.

Embryology: High Yield embryo
Kaplans Embryo chapters or whereever its given in the book

Histology: Kaplans Histology section (if time)
Histo notes in the group are enough

Microbiology: First AID
Biochem: First AID
Biostat: First AID

FIRST AID be done for all subjects, the only thing which u can skip in FirstAid Book is Special Pathology section-> (most of u wont agree but Special Patho is more than enough from Pathoma and Kaplan)
other than that do everything from FA like all main subjects and Pharma, embryo etc in short everything!!

What Else:
ASIM AND SHOAIB is the key (do atleast two books for eg med and surgery. if time than do all three)
PAST PAPERS posted on this group (must do)
Ganongs BCQS
Chandkian (if less time do past five years papers)
Rabia Ali (if less time do imp subjects only)

This is the general guideline for everyone. its not that medicine people can skip detailed anatomy and surgery people can skip detailed physio etc.
Papers are more generalized now for everyone excluding Optham Anaes etc for which i dont have much info yet.

What else? Study ur notes if you have made any and important things you find on this group like pictures and things. For first one and half month spend 80percent of ur time with books not here. but later you can use this group as per your schedule (for eg second half of a day till u sleep).Keep saving screenshots of imp questions and points from here and at bed time read those screenshots. Because when you study stuff like this u rem more like i retain the stuff more from my notes. If possible review ur subjects with ur friend at end it will help you use all your senses and you retain more.(research says)

You will meet two kinds of people: There will be people who did bcqs book more than text books and they passed. and than there will be people who have good knowledge n concepts and spent less time on bcqs and they didnt pass. So prepare urself for both circumstances. Stop confusing urself for what people say and different opinions. more than anything satisfy ur own soul. You are giving a professional exam, so u have to have good knowledge once u pass this exam. No wonder you have to prepare Bcqs also equally as this is FCPS and CPSP takes it! i hope u get my point.
So give enuf time to both. Its a game of Luck plus ur knowledge.
Luck is when you did only past papers plus few texts and one of the paper repeated and you passed or when paper came as good as u studied. So you cant really leave ur fate on any circumstances be prepared for both things! thats my honest advice.
No matter if this is ur first attempt or second or fifth, just follow ur aims and dreams and let them come true and you are the only one who can make it possible. Once you are done with ur goals no one will even remember how many times u didnt clear. ONE IMP THING ‪#‎Live‬ Your Dreams!
(the best surgeon i was inspired with in my hj was an average student in mbbs and didnt clear fcps until third attempt)

In the END , Before Doctor Be A Good Human Being!!
This is the profession through which you can gain a lot of sawab and naikiyan and for that You have to be a Good Person and closer to ALLAH. As being a doctor is not the end of life but surely A good soul will decide your hereafter!

JazakAlllaha everyone

Regards:

Sea Shell

Guidelines for Medicine & Allied

My advice to all hardworking aspirants of FCPS part-1


1- Many people would tell u fcps is by chance and by luck....but dats not the sole thing guys. First thing and very important is self belief on ur ability. if u can clear ur profs in good grades u can do anything. just a bit of right guidance and positive thinking with hard work would make it for u. No doubt luck and prayers count in every exam but that not the sole thing...u have to work hard. clear ur concept and then rely on luck and prayers.

2- regarding study its better to do group study and this forum provides best platform to all of u. Do chapterwise mcqs and discuss them with ur friends colleagues and seniors. Never rely blindly on any person unless u r satisfied with reference or explanation coz all here are same students like u and can err.

3- regarding books there are many files here suggesting books..pick the one which suits u best but do maximum mcqs to clear ur concept. and never try to rattafy the answer of key cox u wud never remember that. Always try to get the basic point asked or hidden in mcq which cant be done alone...so again grp discussion becomes handy there.

JUST HAVE FIRM FAITH IN UR ABILITY AND ALLAH....DO HARDWORK AND IT WILL PAY OFF FOR SURE...
BEST WISHES FOR ALL THE ASPIRANTS

Dr Hammad Shah

Guidelines for Surgery & Allied

Brief Advice:

Dear fellows em not going to state three months of my routine with you people because everyone has its own mind capabilities study method and potency to absorb things. But here are few advises which might would help:

1. Main factor is to spare maximum time for study. Quit what ever takes ur time whether its job or hobbies or social relations. Some people do it by quitting their jobs with hactic routines. But if u r having relax job so that you can give sufficient time to study then its ok, Personally, I qualified along with job.

2. Almost all of u would have course idea but from my point One must study Chandkians, Asim shoaib and Rabia ali and First aid atleast 4 times before attempt. MS takes alot of time and hell boring so not recommended. Nd core advise to study course as much as possible as it makes ur basis for MCQS books

3. Third most important advise is to come to this group for discussion after reading your course atleast two or three times. Because discussion without core knowledge will not help you and on other hand it will make u depress and u will waste alot of ur time surfing here. U can best utilize this group after studying your course.

Last but not least. Believe in urself and have regular prayers.

Thanks

Dr Shoaib Muhammad

Medicine & Allied Guidelines and FAQs

Medicine & Allied!

Here are the some most frequently asked questions with answers.

Q1: Books for Part 1?
A: [What I used] For
a) Physio: BRS [also watched Renal, CVS & Resp Kaplan videos]
b) Anatomy: Gross --> Snell. Embryo ---> general from High Yield, Systemic from First Aid. Histo: ONLY studied Wikipedia Epithelium page and ONE read to Kaplan Anatomy Lecture Notes FIRST Chapter.
c) Patho: General + Hematology : Goljan and the rest from BRS.
d) Micro + Biochem + Pharma + 4, 5 pages of Behavioral Sciences ; First Aid.
e) MCQs: Rabia Ali & Chandkian's 

Give at least 2 reads (if you're in those students who gv first read like reading newspaper  ]

Q: How should I start?
A: It is your choice but as we commonly believe that you should start from a subject which seem easy so that your study rhythm build-up. Physiology will not be a bad choice.

Q: MCQs with course book? or once I finished with course then MCQs?
A: Rabia Ali & Murad (Most seniors will not recommend this book because according to them the pool of murad's book is great - conceptual but No question from this book in paper) are the only books which are compiled chapter-wise. So Once you finished with a chapter in any book then do MCQs of that chapter in Rabia Ali. Chandkian's & Asim and Shaoib After u finish ONE GOOD READ. MCQs are important but first thing (Course books) first.

Q: how much time I should give to the study?
A: Tough question! Success in part-1 IS EQUAL TO Prayers + Luck + Hard-work. You can't pass without hard-work but you can fail even after hard-work . so make sure that for test you do what's on you (hard-work).

Q: Questions in exam will be confusing? answers (Options) will be very close?
A: Well! Answer to this question is "NO". 95-97% questions will be crystal clear. Yes the remaining 2-3% (5-6 MCQs) will NOT make any sense but who cares if you're confident about 95%.

Q: I am afraid that I will not be that perfect, I think I can't do it?
A: Welcome. We all thought in the same way. You know what if people like us, who has low IQ & less guidance can do it then you'll definitely do it. No body is perfect and we all have some flaws but at the end you will survive InShaALLAH. Have a little faith and believe in yourself.

Q: Bottom Line to this whole post?
A: Give One good read (along with Rabia Ali MCQs) to course then do more & more MCQs [Don't memorize it, try to understand the correct answer, explain it yourself, reason with yourself, if still have a problem ASK]. You guys/gals have a lot of time so make sure that you solve at least these 3 books series (Chandkian's, Rabia Ali and Asim & Shoaib) PLUS Ganong's MCQs. Give at least 2 reads to the whole course & MCQs (books mentioned earlier)

Best of Luck.

By Dr Mehtab

Gynae & Obs Guidelines

AoA.
I wanted to write thz all because once i was dishurted n disappointed...n some ones post like that helped me alot to raise my confidenc again...so may be my these little words serve sm1 too...in strt its too difficult to come up to ur rountine n opening all that mess of books again...bt try to think positivly..it vl boost u up..take inspiration frm othrs...cz life z name of moving on..nt standing still.
m sharing my exp abt gynae n obs...
.ok cming to tim fr prepearation...it depnds on u...repeatrs can cover quick bt most of time is wasted in depression..fr new ones it should be three mnths r 3 n half mnth......for nov u shd go thru course til end of july...augst fr frst aid...do it twice..n last 2mnths fr mcqs..
mcq bks r asim gynae...rabia ali 2nd edition..chndkian ...brs mcqs...past paprs....ms murad....
> strt wd physio cz it tak time....ist frm brs Or those who did frm kapln...i did frm kaplan..plus cell physio..neurophysio..cvs frm brs to..its up to u frm whr ur cncepts clears...cover physio portion of frst aid aftr doing frm brs kaplan....meanwhile do chptr wise mcqs frm brs n rabia ali..side wise take chndkian...remembr mcqs practice is vry imp m it take ur time if u chk book with difficlt mcqs...so do like thz
> patho (genral) frm brs plus i did heart blood repro also frm brs...n rest frm patho of frst aid..mean sp patho....also do blood frm frst aid cz latr on ur burdn of ful frst aid will be lil less...
> immuno ...micro....al frst aid...
> anatmny...abdomn pelvis perinm frm long snell with mcq"s at their end...
upprlimb lowerlimb head n neck thorax frm shrt snell...NOTE...KAPLAN ANTMNY IS VRY HELPFUL...READ ITS SIDE GIVN NUTSHELLS...PLUS TABLE OF INJURY OF NRVES IN UPPRLMB N LOWERLIMB FRM KAPLAN...BLOOD SUPPLY OF HEART...THZ BOOK IS AWSM..EXPLORE IT...
> embryo hiegh yield...plus frst aid...
> histo....1st chptr of kaplan antmny..in whch all the epithelium r givn...n amir book of histo...
>pharma..its vry imp n ignored by much of students...fr gynae u shd have cmplte grip on anesthesia...i did frm katzung..kaplan pharma , n neuropharma of frst aid...its enuff fr anesthesia..rest frst aid z sufficient fr phrma...n pharma of all the units givn at thr end
> biochm frm frst aid...all..
> biostates frst aid plus jamiat community medicn...som imp topics like matrnal mrtality..perinatal mortality..safemothr hood...indices of dispersion..types of stdy n sampling...
cpsp likes some topics so much..n u shouldnt be deficient in them in any way..TOPICS..CVS CARDIAC CYCLE(diagrm in frst aid)..adrenal gland..epidural anesthesia...chorionic villus smpling....amniocntesis...beingn n malignant tmrs...
i told u in strt that in last two mnths ul wrk on mcqs...i.e asim ,murad,azeem shiekh ,revision of rabia,chndkian...it vl be mcqs oriented revision of course...cz ul open ur bk n frst aid fr mcqs n thz ul memorize all...u should revise mcqs bks atleast 2times..
NOTE...thorough revision of frst aid atleast two times...
ppl r always cnfuse in end hw to cvr all cz evry1 studied thoroughly...remembr u should revise ur full frst aid n antmy of abdmn n pelvs perinm in last 3days...n ul get times if only u r done wd mcqs before...i made my handy points thru out some of course n revise them...
my friend also givn me her handy points..it helps in quick revision.
so thz z all...i might miss smthng..tried to explain fuly...prayers matr alot...Allah ke raza chae...remembr me in ur prayers...GOOD LUCK

By Dr Noor-e-Mobeen

Surgery and Allied Guidelines

This is how i prepared for FCPS-1 in Surgery and Allied and passed Alhamdulillah in First attempt.
First of all dont do any job and lock urself in a room. stick to study table.
First i started from Physiology.
First i watch the Video lecture of Dr. Najeeb chapter wise. e.g CVS physiology then same Chapter from BRS and same from First AID ( only physiology portion of that chapter).
after completing Physiology i Revised whole Physiology (from BRS only) once again and that revision really help me a lot.
Then comes Pathology.
I saw Dr. Najeeb video lectures of pathology chapter wise. Especially Neoplasia highly recommended.
Then i saw PATHOMA video lectures chapter wise.
Then read from BRS Pathology and First AID ( only patho portion).
After Completing this i give Revision to whole Pathology ( from BRS) only.
Then comes Anatomy: ( my favourite)
I just give a superficial reading to Snell review ( short snell)
Then give superficial reading to BRS anatomy.
Then again read Short snell in detail for second time.
Then again read BRS anatomy in detail for second time.
then i realize that BRS anatomy is far far better than snell review. so i BURN short snell in ashes and Pick BRS anatomy for third time and give PROOF reading ( means word by word, spending time on each line and paragraph and memorizing it along with NETER ATLAS )
The comes MicroBiology = from First Aid + Dr. Najeeb video lectures
Biochem = First Aid + Dr. Najeeb Video Lectures of Biochem
Pharmacology = First Aid
Didnt do Histology from any book. Just watch video lectures of Dr. Najeeb of Histology
Now NeuroAnatomy= Dr Najeeb Video lectures of Neuroanatomy.
(Its highly highly recommended believe me).
Then i read High Yeild Neuranatomy
Then i read Kaplan Neuroanatomy
Embryology= Dr. Najeeb Video lectures + high yeild Embryology + First Aid ( embryo only)
Then i again read whole FIRST AID
then again Revise whole First AID for second time
Now during this schedule of preparation i give daily 2 hours at night to MCQ books before sleeping.
i read Following MCQ books.
Chandkian
Murad
Azim Sheikh 
Asim shoaib surgery
asim shoaib Medicine
asim shoaib Gynae
Rabia ali
Raja shehzad Gul
and another important thing is that dont miss the MCQs of BRS at the end of each chapter.
Then after completing the theory i pickup MCQ books and completed all of them for the 2nd time.
Then only 20 days were left before exam and i revised whole course.
this is how i read the books for this preparation on following number of times
BRS physio x 3 times
BRS patho x 2 times
BRS anatomy x 4 times
Snell review x 2 times
First AID x 3 times
MCQ books x 2 times
Dr. Najeeb lectures x 1 time
Pathoma lectures of pathology x 1 time
Dr. Najeeb lectures are very lenghty, i watch them by fast farwarding with the speed of x 1.5 or 1.8 in VLC player. then a lecture of 1 hour completed in 35 minutes and save my time. and during extra and free time i open up Facebook and solve the mcqs and see discussions of mcqs in the group fsps prep batch 2005 and 2010 and really help me a lot in understanding trick of solving mcqs.
It took 4 months for all this. 
this is how i prepared and Alhamdulillah Succeded. I will not say its Luck. for me its only hard work. because i was a so dumb abd regular supply holder through out 5 years of MBBS. and i work hard and with help of prayers i passed in 1st Attempt. dear this is not easy exam. you have to put extra effort to pass this. plz dont take it easily. Thank you.

By Dr Nofil Zulfiqar

Radiology Guidelines

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

Gynecology & Obstetrics Guidelines

Alhamdlilah cleared FCPS 1 in gynae obs.
Books which I selected for my preparation are

Anatomy..abdomen,pelvis,perineum (big snell)...thorax,uper/lower limb (snell review)..neuro anatomy n embryo FrM Kaplan, in histo I did only epithelia tables

Physio..BRS ,blood FrM gyton

Patho..goljan ..n special patho FrM 1st add

Micro,imuno,pharma,statics,biochem all FrM 1st add
I Did first add 3 times
because I was gng to apear in gynae obs so I did genital infections n genital Cancers ( cervix,ovary,uterus,vagina) FrM ten teacher.
Bcqs books.. Asim shoaib (med,surgery,gynaeobs), chandkians,rabia ali.
I completed my slybus with ful 4 to 5read to every subject,n in last two months I did only n only bcqs.
Work hard n TRUST ALLAH ..nothing z impossible for Him..giv Ur 100% n ull c Hw miracle happens..har namaz me apne liye Dua kare aur Allah pe chor den He love his creation n most merciful ....good luck.!!!

Regards:
Dr Kunbhar Kunbhar

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FOR GYNAE PAPR 2.....

.specially for papr 2..
.1.anatomy PELVIS PERINIUM ABDOMEN from big snell...neuro anatomy from kaplan....
2. then do from snell review same these 3 things.....and left from snell reviw..
3. physio from BRS... at least 3 reads ....and memorize endocrinology and kidney chapter on fingertips...
4. genral patho from BRS..speciall from first aid ..only reproduction chapter from both BRS and guljan...no need to do heamatology from GULJAN FOr GYNAE...bc first aid is enough for it
5.embryo genral from langman and special from first aid ...if u have time take sharjeel and do superfecial read too.....sharjeel is best book for me. thats y i recommand it...
6.histology kaplan end summary box only vl cover ur histo. other epithelia i posted already..
7.community medicine from PARK( community question se bhi cover hojatii hai.... Per my bad mujhe samaj nh ati thi thats y i opened PARK.....per maine mention kia. Hai mostly repeayed ate hain ) and do mcq of it as many as u can. most of question are repeated.
DO TEN TEACHER.... ONLY THOSTOPICS WHICH IA PRESENT IN.SYLABUSS.. LIKE CHORIONIC AMNIOTIC VILOUS SAMPLING
8.MCQ BOOKS........
i..asim shoib gynea (i did 4 times )
ii..asim shoib surgery ( did 3 times )
ii.asim shoib medicine did (2 time .. bt u hav to do 3 times it too... )
iii..rabia ali (2 times )
iv. chandkian (3 times )
9.from first day of study of my study , did 100 mcq daily from asim shoib
10..and rabia ali chapterwise daily...first aid chapterwise daily.......
11. did reading in morning and first aid and mcq in evening and asim shoib in night.......
GOOD BLESS U....

Regards:
Dr Memon Sumaiya Roshan

Pathology Guidelines

Assalamoalaikum.. I would like to share my experience.. might it ll b helpful fr new comers...
plz first do istakhara for your field n decide about it.. after your decision..

Start ur study FOR PATHOLOGY PAPER TWO..
IMMUNOLOGY from Lavinson if u hve time otherwise must do from Goljan, BRS and First aid. MICROBIOLOGY from first aid(every page)
GENERAL PATHOLOGY .. gve read to goljan and do it from BRS too it will easy recalled .. ESPECIALLY: PATHOLOGY.. give read to BRS n do it from first aid too any how. whole of HAEMETOLOGY section must from GOLJAN plzz.. do goljan any how for haematology.. goljan will clear your concepts.. as this time conceptual questions regarding lukemias were came..
EPITHELIAS.. bfre my paper two i had read to epithelias n literally 4, 5 mcqs were came from it.. so [plz do it].. FIRST AID.. must must must krnii hai,,
biochem sy autosoml dominant, recessive disease.. inborn errors, aisyy main topic must read... n yup do mcqs.. i did all asim shoaib, chandkians,n azeem shaikh bt one thng must i share every mcq has diff marks.. as i attmpt wrng that were came frm asim shoaib.. bt i attmptt bulk of haem mcqs on the basis of my concepts,read...

ALL THE BEST( perform salat o hajat nafl daily)

Regards:
Dr Umbreen Hashim