Medical PBL Index

PBL tips

• Hypothesis testing

Study tips

• Flinders GEMP 1 & II (the pre-clinical years)
• Flinders GEMP III (the clinical year)
• Analysing PBL cases - making learning issues
• Analysing a PBL case - worked example
• Making study manageable
• Integrating knowledge across disciplines
• Disease-based PBL
• Excellent group presentations
• Pre-reading
• Exam technique
• Clinical Integration

Past Exam Papers by case (GEMP 1)

• ES
• DH
• SA
• JC
• KN
• NA
• GL
• FM
• AC
• HR
• GL
• GS
• MS
• KN
• Statistics
• JM1
• JM2
• KL
• AB
• BS

Exam Papers by case (GEMP 2)

• TB
• MF
• SH
• NN

Pathology

• Pathology for non-pathologists
• General pathology
• Surgical pathology

Immunology

• Basic Immunology
• Intermediate Immunology
• Advanced Immunology
• Clinical Immunology

Microbiology and infectious diseases

• Infection / Sepsis
• Past IMD exam papers

Pharmacology

• Basic Pharmacology
• Advanced Pharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacology

CVS

• Atherosclerosis
• Coronary Artery Disease

Respiratory

• Oxygenation

Renal / Electrolytes

• Body water compartments
• Dehydration
• Renal physiology outline

GIT

• Upper Abdominal Pain
• Peptic Ulcer
• Upper GI cases
• Malabsorption
• Malabsorption - clinical approach
• Malabsorption cases
• Diarrhoea
• Jaundice
• Chronic Liver Failure / Cirrhosis
• Portal Hypertension

Endocrinology

• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Type II diabetes
• The myth of lactic acidosis
• Hypothalamic-Pituitary Hormones
• Thyroid disorders
• Sex hormone pharmacology

Haematology

• Anaemia - pathophysiology
• Anaemia - clinical assessment
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Haemostasis
• Clotting disorders
• Clotting pharmacology

Neurology

• CNS Overview
• Spinal cord anatomy
• Autonomic nervous system
• Somatic motor system
• Somatic sensory system
• Motor control
• Disorders of movement
• Spinal cord syndromes
• Stroke syndromes, cerebral blood supply, cortical functions
• Cranial nerves
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Upper limb peripheral nerve lesions
• Cerebrospinal fluid, Intracranial pressure

Psychiatry

• Psychology and Anxiety
• Differential diagnosis of major psychiatric disorders
• Psychiatry
• Psychiatric assessment
• Dementia

Transitioning to clinical practise

• An overview of the clinical process
• The diagnostic process
• Assessing severity of illness
• Assessing organ severity - clinical
• Assessing organ severity - tests
• Common reasoning errors
• Principles of management
• Developing clinical learning issues
• Doing a basic case presentation
• What every doctor needs to know

Ward rotations

• Understanding the hospital ward
• Seeing patients

Professional issues

• Tips for gunners