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Protocols

Paper-3:

Format of Examination:

MCQ(multiple choice question)

25

SAB(single best answer)

25

Total

50

Questions Distribution:

Pathology

30-35

Microbiology

10-15

Immunology

5-8


 PATHOLOGY :

  • General pathology
  • Wound healing
  • Tissues response to infection trauma, burn and radiation
  • Body's response to blood fluid and electrolyte loss
  • Neoplasia of reproductive organs General characteristics of neoplasia
  • Gynaecological neoplasia
  • Cytopathology of reproductive organs

 

MICROBIOLOGY (in relation to Obst./Gynae. :

  • Bacteria
  •  Mycoplasmas
  •  Rickettsiae
  •  Chhamydiae
  • Viruses
  • Fungi
  • Protozoa
  • Helminths (worms)

 

IMMUNOLOGY :

  •  Introduction
  • The innate immune system
  • The acquired immune system
  • Organisation of the lymphoid system
  • Cellular elements of adaptive immunity
  • Humoral elements of adaptive immunity
  • Immunogenetics and the principles of antigen recognition
  •  Immune response interations
  • Maternofetal immunology
  • Immunopathology