Paper 1

Dermatology

14 topics · 15 MCQs

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Dermatology in FCPS Part 1

Medicine in Paper 1 covers core internal medicine concepts that overlap with pathology and physiology. The clinical reasoning skill matters here more than rote memorisation.

Approx. paper weightage: 8–10%

🎯 High-yield areas

→ Diabetes management — drug classes, complications
→ Hypertension — workup, treatment ladders
→ Heart failure — diagnosis and management
→ Liver disease — cirrhosis, hepatitis, portal hypertension
→ Common infections — pneumonia, UTI, sepsis

📚 Recommended textbooks

Kumar & Clark Clinical Medicine

The standard. Use it as reference, not cover-to-cover.

💡 Strategy from doctors who passed

✓ Practise scenario-based MCQs. Medicine is rarely about pure recall in CPSP.

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