Tips and Tricks to crack indian medical pg entrance

1. Disclaimer
• The entire presentation doesn’t resemble any person
living or dead. Please don’t take the class seriously as
it is purely meant to entertain you people and
doesn’t mean to criticize any body

2. Rules for the Class
• NO BREAKS
• Class timings as per me; class officially ends at 9 pm
but almost at 7.30 pm those who want to go may go
• Please ask your doubts/ any issues please discuss in
class; no questions in break
• MCQs individual club/ e book folder of DAMS
• When I say don’t write don’t riot!!!!!
• Please maintain the decoRUM of the class: sit
properly; no chit chat; silent phones etc…………

3. Divide the Copy into 4 Equal Parts/
Quartiles
• Part 1: Concepts (25 pages)
• Part 2: Important One liners (25 pages)
• Part 3: Trash (7 pages)
• Part 4: Infectious Diseases***(25 pages)

4. Rule of PG Examination: 7 – 7 RULE
Be strong in these
• ANAT
• PHYSIO
• BIOCHEM
• PATHO
• PHARMA
• MICRO
• PSM
You will get these
• RADIO
• ORTHO
• SKIN
• OBGY
• MED
• PAEDS
• SURGERY

5. What is the take home message
from PSM for your PG Preparation?
PLANNING

6. Reference Period for MCQs
2015 (Best) for those appearing in 2020
5 years from year of exam
Like if I give the exam in 2022 so I will solve only
from 2022 – 5 = 2017
Going back than these will cause your chances of
success less by 10% for every extra year

7. Chapter Wise Needed for
Sl Chapter Status of MCQ’s
1 Epidemiology MCQ’s to be done from chapter
wise MCQ (DAMS CRS/ MCQ
Book) books (mandatory)
2 Screening
3 Health Programmes
4 Biostatistics
5 POGPAG Optional
6 Demography
7 Health care in community
Additional (MANDATORY):
1. 5 years AIIMS Guide (DAMS
Cloud)
2. PGI guide (DAMS PGI Session)

8. Chapter Wise Not Needed for
1. History of Community Medicine
2. Health & Disease
3. Infectious Diseases
4. Non communicable diseases
5. Nutrition
6. Environment
7. Sociology
8. BMW
9. Occupational Health
10. Disaster
11. Genetics
12. Mental Health
13. Communication
14. Management
15. International Health

9. AIIMS Nov 2018 Analysis
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PROGRAM STATS BMW INFECTIOUS DISEASE VACCINES MISCELLANEOUS
QUESTION DISTRIBUTION
TOTAL 22 QUESTIONS
QUESTION DISTRIBUTION

10. Analysis of AIIMS Paper: Chapter Wise
Nov 2017 May 2017
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Chapter Wise Distribution
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Chapter Wise Distribution

11. Analysis of AIIMS Paper: Question
Pattern
Nov 2017 May 2017
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Repeat Question
Conceptual
Repeat Question
Factual
Recent Updates
Pattern of Questions
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Repeat Question
Conceptual
New Question
Conceptual
Recent Update
Pattern of Questions

12. PGI Chandigarh
• Add 1 question to environment; nutrition;
management each and
• Remove 3 questions from stats

13. Chapter wise Distribution of MCQs - I
No. Chapter Type of Q. NEET AIIMS/ PGI
1 History of PSM Images 1 0
2 Health & Disease Conceptual 2 2
3 Epidemiology Interpretation, Facts 4 3
4 Screening 2 2
5 Infectious disease
(PSM only)
Definitions, Vaccines,
related programs
3 1
6 NCDs Facts 1 1
7 Health programs Updates & New ones 3 2
8 Demography FP Facts 2 1
9 POPAG Facts, programs 3 2
10 Nutrition Facts 2 0.15

14. Chapter wise Distribution of MCQs - II
No. Chapter Type of Q. NEET AIIMS/ PGI
11 Sociology Facts 0.33 0.15
12 Environment Images, Mug up 3 0.15
13 BMW Facts 1 0.5
14 Occupational Facts (ESI) 1 0.15
15 Disaster Facts 0.33 0.15
16 Mental Health Not applicable ZERO
17 Genetics
18 Biostatistics Concepts 4 4
19 Communication Facts 0.5 0.5
20 Management 0.5 0.5
21 Health care of comm. 2 1
22 International health 0.33 0.15
Total 35 20

15. Question Analysis PSM NEET 2019
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Repeat Question
Factual
Repeat Question
Conceptual
New Question
Conceptual
New Question
Factual
Number of Questions
15

16. Summary
• If you read notes: NEET Rank > 10000
• If you read + understand the notes only 25%:
NEET Rank 100- 1000
• If you understand the notes 75%: AIIMS/ PGI
Rank within 100
• If you any other book then rank ??????

17. Intern & Post Intern

18. Objective of Revision
Revision Number Objective Test to be Given
1 Understand the important
concepts & strengthen
your notes by adding
points
Class/ subject wise
tests
2 Start remembering them T & D papers
3 Make them at your tip of
tongue
Grant Tests Repeat
* Grand Tests to be given every month

19. Overall Planning for Intern & Post
Intern
• For interns and post interns average of 4
MCQs per day should be rate of revision. This
will lead you to revise the entire course at the
rate of approximately 75 days. Add 15 days to
it. So net of 3 months. (1st trimester)
• 2nd trimester (60 days)
• 3rd trimester (30 days)

20. If 3 Revisions Not Done………..
Only 2 revisions:
Premature Preterm Small for
Date Baby
Only 1 Revision:
Abortion

21. Subject Wise Distribution in NEET**
First
Year
Numbe
r
Second
Year
Numbe
r
Third
Year
Numbe
r
Final
Year
Numbe
r
Top
Ups
Numbe
r
Anat 20 Path 20 PSM 30 Med 30 RD 5
Physio 20 Pharm 20 Optha 15 Surg 30 SKIN 5
Bioche
m
20 Micro 20 ENT 5 OBGY 20 PSYCH 5
FMT 5 Paeds 15 ORHTO 5
ANAES 5
Total 60 65 50 95 30

22. Example for Preparation
• Suppose you talk about Anatomy which
throws at you 20 question; it means you revise
it in first revision in 20/ 4 = 5 days
• Sequence: Notes + Images followed by MCQs
• For Skin it is 1 day

23. 3rd Year Part 1

24. Subject Wise Distribution in NEET**
First
Year
Numbe
r
Second
Year
Numbe
r
Third
Year
Numbe
r
Final
Year
Numbe
r
Top
Ups
Numbe
r
Anat 20 Path 20 PSM 30 Med 30 RD 5
Physio 20 Pharm 20 Optha 15 Surg 30 SKIN 5
Bioche
m
20 Micro 20 ENT 5 OBGY 20 PSYCH 5
FMT 5 Paeds 15 ORHTO 5
ANAES 5
Total 60 65 50 95 30
Scientific Explanation for Not Doing Well in PG
Examination

25. Overall Planning for 3rd Year Part 1
• 3rd year is to finish PSM in 1 month with MCQ’s at start of
year (30)
• 20 days Ophthalmology & 10 days ENT with MCQ (30)
• Choose your menu: Any 4
– Infectious disease/ Surgery (40 days)
– O & G/ paediatrics (30 days)
– Skin/ Psychiatry (10 days)
– Orthopaedics/ Anaesthesia (10 days)
• Last 1 month before MBBS professional revise the 3rd
year part 1 subjects (30)

26. How to Link Basic Subjects
• Reading Surgery: Start with Anatomy then Surgery
• Reading Medicine/ Paediatrics: Start with Physiology,
Pathology, PSM (only burden), Medicine (C/f),
Pharma (drugs), Medicine (management), PSM
(control and prevention)

27. • FINAL DASH
• If driven
RASH
THEN
CRASH,
& Reduced
to ASH

28. How Much to Study in a Day
• 12 hours
• On DAMS class day if class if for 12 hours: don’t study
any thing, take rest
• If 10 hours then go back & read for 2 hours more

29. Schedule for Morning Student
Event Time Duration Details
Wake up 5: 00 am 6.5 hours
Fresh up
by
5: 00 am to 5.30 am 0.5 hour
Session 1 5.30 am to 9.30 am 4 hours
Break 9.30 am to 10.00 am 0.5 hour Breakfast
Session 2 10.00 am to 01.00 pm 3 hours
Break 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm 1 hour Bath and Lunch
Sleep 02.00 pm to 04.00 pm 2 hours Sleep
Session 3 04.00 pm to 08.00 pm 4 hours
Break 08.00 pm to 09.30 pm 1.5 hours Walk/ Gym/ Dance…
& Dinner
Session 4 09.30 pm to 10.30 pm 1 hour Mug Up

30. Schedule for Nocturnal Student
Event Time Duration Details
Session 1 10.00 pm to 02.00 am 4 hours
Break 02.00 am to 02.30 am 0.5 hour Mid night Tea
Session 2 02.30 am to 05.30 am 3 hours
Sleep 05.30 am to 12.30 pm 7 hours Sleep
Break 12.30 pm to 02.00 pm 1.5 hours Bath, Lunch
Session 3 02.00 pm to 06.00 pm 4 hours
Break 06.00 pm to 08.00 pm 2 hours Sleep
Break 08.00 pm to 09.30 pm 1.5 hours Walk/ Gym/ Dance…
& Dinner
Session 4 09.30 pm to 10.30 pm 1 hour Mug Up

31. How much time to given to Topics
Part Time to each part in a cycle
(percentage wise)
1 50%
2 40%
3 10%

32. Common Ocular Syndromes
Ocular Fatigue
• Typically in AIIMS
• Read from first to
last; you forget the
entire question
Selective Amblyopia
• Typically we are
not able to see the
words: not/ or/
except
Post Food Ptosis
Syndrome
• Typically happens
post lunch

33. Silly Mistakes
• 1 silly mistake: Out of
top 100
• 2 silly mistakes: Out of
top 1000
• 3 silly mistakes: Out of
top 10000……………

34. DAMS Face book Club 2019
• https://www.facebook.
com/groups/damsexclu
siveclub2019/
• For joining: Send E-mail
to Your full name, Roll
Number, Contact
Number, Face book
name & Profile link,
to helpdesk@damsdel
hi.com & then resend
the request

35. How to Use DAMS Club
• Always TAG the faculty, if you don’t know him/ her
you are doomed
• In the evening, for 30 minutes open facebook &
write down all the questions with correct answers
provided by faculty
• Use white pages to write it down subject by subject
• NEVER ANSWER AFTER FACULTY HAS ANSWERED

37. Any IT Issues
• Nodal IT Person – Mr. Manish Sharma
• Faculty in Charge – Dr. Mamta Jawa

38. Make cycles in the Study
Anatomy ENT Micro
Physio FMT Patho
Biochem Optha Pharma
Party one Day
Skin Medicine Psychy
Anaes Surgery Ortho
Party one Day
Radio OBGY Paeds
PSM
Go to temple & thank GOD

39. How to Read CRS/ Any other Book
• Please don’t read cover to cover
• Book is for beginners/ crash course/ T & D/ distant
learning & not for regular batch student
• Just scroll through the topics (2 minutes per page)
• Solve MCQs; if you find any thing difficult/ multiple
questions are there which you can’t solve on your
end then only read the concept from the book

41. How should we Revise the Topic
Listen to Talking CRS
Read Notes
Listen to Talking CRS

42. New Way to Ask the Same Question
• Which of the following has subclinical cases?
– Polio
– Measles
– Rubella
– Tetanus
• For 1 case of measles, subclinical case/ s expected in the
community are:
– 0
– 10
– 100
– 1000

43. How the Hell can They Expect us to
Know this?
• Edward Jenner died in:
– 1749
– 1775
– 1823
– 1920
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44. SUPPOSE I DO MCQ’S AFTER ATTENDING REGULAR BATCH
DAMS CRS + DQB OTHER MCQ BOOKS
300 MINUTES STATS = 300 MCQ’S; SPEED
= 1 MCQ/ MINUTE (FOR
BEGINNERS)
300 MINUTES
POST ON CLUB = 60 QUESTIONS
TAKES 60 MINUTES FOR POSTING
CAN SOLVE ONLY 80%
(THAT IS 60 QUESTIONS
ARE DOUBTS)
READ EXPLANATION @5
MINUTES/ QUESTION WHICH I
HAVE DOUBT IN = 60 * 5 = 300
MINUTES
STUDENTS ANSWER AND THEN
FACULTY GUIDES; COMPILE IT IS
120 MINUTES MORE
READ EXPLANATIONS OF ALL
QUESTIONS @ 5 MINUTES/
QUESTION WHICH = 1500
MINUTES
300 + 60 + 120 = 480 MINUTES TOTAL TIME ELAPSED 300 + 300 = 600 MINUTES
(MAXIMUM = 1800 MINUTES)
New questions; less time;
teachers to help on club
ADVANTAGE False mental satisfaction as
senior have said
THE MIND SET – Ghar ki Murgi
Dal Barabar
DISADVANTAGE Poor work efficiency
SO reading CRS/ DQB & Using DAMS Club saves 20- 25% time/ day which I can use is revising

45. Summary of Using CRS
• SO reading CRS/ DQB & Using
DAMS Club saves 20- 25%
time/ day which I can use is
revising more…………………..

46. Few Important Points to Note
• All MCQ books are same: SEE THE NEW CRS/ DQB
• Switch off mobiles while studying
• Do give Regular Tests
• Go for group study, not group discussion
• Read explanation of only those questions which
you have marked wrong
• Know to read what has to be read from where
• Know only 90% of all subjects
• 1 in 10 probability concept
• Parabolic curve

47. Human Brain
• Box of 1 million facts

48. Pathway of Success
Succeed
Apply it by doing CRS/ CT’s/ SWT’s/ TnD’s/ GT’s
Mug up the factual
Understand & Build Concept
Read the notes

49. 3 R’s of Life
• Revise
• Re Revise
• Re Re ReVISE
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle
PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED TO RUN THE RACE, SELL OFF THE NOTES AT BIG
BAZZAR @ Rs. 50/- KG
• Raj
• Rahul
• Romance

50. DOG Theory of Life

52. Personal Request
• Email ID & what’s app is not to solve for
doubts of PSM
• For MCQs please use DAMS club

53. Dr. Sidharth S. Mishra
MBBS, MD(PSM, AIIMS, New Delhi),
DNB (PSM), PGDHM, PGDHE,
MIPHA, MIAPSM
Former Senior Resident PGIMER, Chandigarh
sidykp@gmail.com
(Faculty Member)
(Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences)
What’s app: 9968859773
Facebook: #PSMSID
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54. Accha Chalta Hoon Dooan me yaad
rakhna…………….