Clinical/Practical Syllabus, Notes & PYQ for GGSIPU Doctor of Medicine Overview
Doctor of Medicine
Subjects
Choose your subject
Select a branch to change subjects.
Clinical/Practical
1Clinical/Practical skills: Understand and develop competence in executing common general procedures employed in diagnosis, investigations and management of conditions encountered in rehabilitation medicine. He/she should be able to practice and handle independently most of the day to day problems as encountered in Rehabilitation Medicine in a safe, effective and ethical manner. He/she should be able to plan a comprehensive rehabilitation service independently. He/she should be able to demonstrate understanding of the fabrication and competence in prescription and check out of orthoses and Prostheses, the principles, prescription and supervision of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psycho-socio-vocational counseling. He should be able to practice rehabilitation medicine at the door step of community. He should be familiar with the common problems occurring in the urban, semi-urban, and rural areas and deal with them effectively, should be able to organize, conduct, and supervise surveys in rural, urban and industrial communities and in specified groups of population; organize and conduct camps for disability prevention and rehabilitation of disabled persons, and guide rehabilitation workers at the peripheral level for rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
2Research: He/she should be able to recognize a research topic, state the objectives in terms of what is expected to be achieved in the end, plan a rational approach with full awareness of the statistical validity, spell out the methodology and carry out most of the technical procedures required for the study, accurately and objectively record on systematic lines the results and observations made, analyze the data using appropriate statistical approach, interpret the observations in the light of existing knowledge and highlight in what ways the study has advanced existing knowledge on the subject and what remains to be done, draw conclusions which should be reached by logical deduction and he should be able to assess evidence both as to its reliability and its relevance, write a thesis in accordance with the prescribed instructions, and be familiar with the ethical aspects of research etc.
3Evaluation Process:
4History taking in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
5Clinical evaluation, Manual Muscle Strength Testing, Joint Range of Motion, Goniometry, Activities of Daily Living
6Investigations — Laboratory and Radiological imaging studies
7Evaluation of neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction
8Gait Analysis — Terminology, types, Clinical Applications
9Electrodiagnostic Medicine - basic principles, clinical methods, interpretation etc.
10Outcome Measures in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
11Impairment Rating and Disability Evaluation
12Therapeutic Exercises- settings, equipments, applications
13Physical Agents/Modalities - precautions, prescription, application, follow-up etc.
14Traction, Massage - principles, types, indications, contra-indications, precautions, prescription, application, follow-up etc.
15Electrical Stimulation - precautions, prescription, application, follow-up etc.
16Prescription of Occupational Therapy
17Training of A.D.L. (Activities of Daily Living) in various conditions
18Injection Techniques (e.g. intra-articular, peri-articular, trigger-point, epidural etc.) in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
19Interventions in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation e.g. Botulinum toxin injection, Phenol block, Alcohol blocks etc.
20Upper limb orthotic devices - applications
21Lower limb orthotic devices - applications
22Spinal orthoses - applications
23Upper limb prosthetics and amputee rehabilitation
24Lower limb prosthetics and amputee rehabilitation
25Mobility aids, wheelchairs and seating systems
26Low back pain and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
27Musculoskeletal trauma and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
28Rehabilitation of persons suffering from:
29Arthritis including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis etc.
30Spinal deformity
31Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain etc.
32Osteoporosis
33Sports Injury
34Burns Injury
35Spinal Cord Injury
36Rehabilitation of persons:
37with obesity, dyslipidemia etc.
38after Arthroplasty
39after POP cast, Fracture treatment, Surgical intervention
40Basic principles of rehabilitative surgeries such as deformity correction in poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, clubfoot, contractures, revision of amputation stump, closure of pressure sore, tendon transfers etc.
41Plexus or Nerve Injury
42Traumatic Brain Injury
43Stroke
44Parkinsonism, Multiple sclerosis, Ataxia, neurodegenerative disorders etc.
45Neuropathy, Bell’s palsy, etc.
46Hansen’s Disease
47Diseases of Muscles e.g. myopathy, motor-neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, etc.
48Cerebral Palsy
49Spasticity
50Poliomyelitis and its sequelae
51Cardiovascular Disease e.g. CAD, MI, CABG Surgery, Angioplasty, Cardiac transplantation etc.
52Pulmonary Disease e.g. COPD, Bronchiectasis, Cystic fibrosis etc.
53Cancer
54ICU setting
55Swallowing disorder
56Bladder dysfunction
57Bowel dysfunction
58Vertigo
59HIV/AIDS
60Chronic Pain
61Organ Transplantation
62Pediatric Rehabilitation including children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, etc.
63Geriatric Rehabilitation
64Principles of evaluation and rehabilitation management of persons with:
65Visual impairment
66Mental retardation
67Hearing /Speech impairment
68Psychological problems or mental illness
69Medical Emergencies in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
70Sexuality and Disability
71Evidence-based Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
72Legislation in relations to disability- National and International
73Schemes and Benefits extended to persons with disabilities by the Govt.
74Barrier-free Environment and access related issues
75Computers in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
76Recent Advances related to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation