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MD EM ZU

Part One - entrance exam before the commencement of training

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Exams

  • Part One - entrance exam before the commencement of training

  • Yearly Evaluation - annual exam at the end of each academic year

  • Part Two - final exit exam for degree

Part One

Curriculum:

  • Basic Sciences - Major component

  • Clinical - Minor component


Structure: 50 MCQs - 120 minutes or 2 hours

Fee: 5 thousand rupees

Yearly Evaluation 

Time - January each year

Structure:

  • Written

    • 50 MCQs - 50 minutes

    • 15 SAQs - 75 minutes

  • OSCE

    • Around 15 - 20 stations (3 minutes per station)

  • Viva

    • Around 5 stations (5 - 7 minutes per station)

    • Emergency Medicine, Pediatric, Surgery, Radiology, Internal Medicine

Part Two

Eligibility:

  • Training - completed

  • Workshops - taken

  • Rotations - done

  • Thesis - approved

  • Article - published


Fee:

  • Examinations - 25 thousand

  • Thesis Defense - 50 thousand


Structure:

  • Written

    • 50 MCQs - 50 minutes

    • 15 SAQs - 75 minutes

  • OSCE

    • Around 15 - 20 stations (3 minutes per station)

  • Viva

    • Around 8 stations (5 - 7 minutes per station)

    • Emergency Medicine, Pediatric, Surgery, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Obs/Gyne, Orthopedic

  • Thesis defence

    • Duration - 30 minutes presentation, 30 minutes defense 

    • Panel - supervisor, 2 external reviewer, research lead, conveyer


Note: Need written pass to appear in OSCE, need OSCE pass to sit in Viva

Contributors

Mohammad Aqil

International Training Fellow, Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley, United Kingdom

Previously: Head of Emergency Department, Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Moeed Ahmed

Chief Registrar, Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom