Dr Pepple
Dr Pepple

@drpepple_

3 Tweets 50 reads Sep 05, 2023
60 Day PLAB 1 STUDY PLAN:
Week 1:
Day 1: GMC website Sample MCQs
Day2:
CVS
•Chest pain
•Fatigue
•Heart murmur
•Hypertension
Day3:
•Palpitations
•ECGs
•Peripheral arterial disease
•Peripheral edema, breathlessness.
Day 4 &5:
Neuro
•Blackouts and faints (funny turns) 
•Cranial nerve problems
•Falls
•Headache
•Movement disorders including tremor and gait problems
•Peripheral nerve problems and abnormalities of sensation
•Seizures
•Speech and language disorder
•Weakness and fatigue.
•Peripheral nervous system.
Day 6 &7:
Mental Health
•Alcohol and drug use disorder and dependence
•Anxiety
•Deliberate self-harm
•Eating problems
•Learning and communication problems
•Medically unexplained physical symptoms.
•Mood (affective) problems
•Confusion
•Personality and behavioral disorders
•Psychosis
•Legal frameworks
Week 2:
Day 8:
Blood Gases
•Acid-base imbalance and blood gas abnormalities.
•Electrolyte abnormalities
Day 9:
Breast
•Breast lump and/or pain
•MCQs on CVS/Neuro/Mental health
Day 10:
Endocrine
•Abnormal blood sugar
•General endocrine disorder
•Thyroid abnormalities
Day 11 &12:
Child health
•Congenital abnormalities
•Developmental problems (Physical, Psychological, and social)
•Failure to thrive (Physical, Psychological, and social).
Day13 &14:
Digestive
•Abdominal mass
•Abdominal pain
•Anorexia and weight loss
•Facial pain and swelling
•Jaundice
•Lower GI symptoms
•Upper GI symptoms
•Nutrition
Week 3:
Day 15: Review Endo/Child health/Digestive
Day 16: MCQ Mix Bag
Day 17:
Infectious Disease
•Hospital-acquired infection
•Serious infection
•Travel medicine and tropical infections
•Viral infections
Day 18:
ENT
•Earache
•Hearing problems
•Hoarseness and/or stridor
•Nasal symptoms
•Vertigo
Day 19
Eye
•Eye pain
•Orbital swelling
•Red-eye
•Visual impairment
Day 20: Study ENT special tests & Eye in systemic disease .
Day 21:
GUS
•Urethral discharge
•Vaginal discharge
Week 4:
Day 22, 23:
Ethics and Professionalism
•Drawing from GMC explanatory guidance
•Drawing from Good medical practice (2013) Duties of a doctor
Day 24, 25 &26:
Skin
•Bites and stings
•Bullous 
•Dermatological manifestations of systemic disease
•Extremes of temperature
•Hair and nail problems
•Itchy and/or scaly rashes
•Infections
•Lumps
•Moles and pigmented lesions
•Ulcers
Day 27 & 28:
Respiratory
•Breathlessness
•Chest pain
•Cough and hemoptysis
•Wheeze/ Stridor
•Asthma & COPD
Week 5:
Day 29, 30 & 31.
Reproductive Medicine
•Contraception
•Fertility problems
•Normal pregnancy and care
•Problems in pregnancy including bleeding
•Irregular vaginal bleeding
•Cervical smear/ colposcopy
•Pelvic mass
•Pelvic pain
•Vulval and vaginal lumps/lesions
•Prolapse
•Urinary incontinence
Day 32 & 33::
Urology
•Groin/scrotal pain and/or swelling
•Urinary tract obstruction
•Abnormalities of the urine
•Urinary symptoms (UTI & Prostatic cancer).
Day 34 & 35:
Renal
•Abnormalities of the urine
•Renal problems
•Urinary excretion
Week 6:
Day 36:
Spill overs from week 1-5.
Day 37: Mix Bag MCQs
Day 38:
Older Adults
•Confusion
•Symptoms of terminal illness
Day 39, 40, 41
Pharmacology
.Clinical pharmacology (Antimicrobial stewardship, Prescribing safety).
Day 42:
MCQs on pharmacology
Week 7:
Day 43, 44 &45.
MSK
•Back and neck problems
•Connective tissue disorders
•Foot and ankle problems
•Hand and wrist problems
•Hip problems
•Knee problems
•Rheumatological problems
•Shoulder/upper limb problems
•Skeletal problems including fractures
Day 46 &47
Seriously ill patients
•Collapse
•Fever/ Infection
•Multiple trauma
•Shock
Day 48:
Pictures: Skin, Eyes in disease.
Day 49:
MIXED BAG MCQS
Week 8:
Day 50:
•ECG
Day 51:
Review Heart murmur & Chest Pain
Day 52:
Review Mental Health
Day 53:
Review Ethics
Day 54:
Review Neurology/Headache
Day 55 to 60
MCQs mixed Bag &
Mocks everyday

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