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FIRSTULAS, WELCOME TO UNIVERSITY LIFE!  Here are some things I learnt during university life or wished someone had told me earlier. Sharing these tips so you might benefit from: //NO BEST FRIEND. ONLY ACQUAINTANCES//  My elder sister on my coming to hostel suggested me to make as many acquaintances in first year, but no best friend. It worked in my case. It takes time to see true personalities of people around you, while you explore yours along the way.  //STUDY SMART// Make studies your priority. Enjoy co-curriculars along the way. Ask immediate seniors for guidance before every test/substage. Study with your colleagues. Teach eachother what you have studied individually. Concepts gain clarity this way faster. Offer help to eachother in studies. Be brave enough to ask for help when you need it. It's a sign of inner strength, not weakness. Everyone is struggling especially in first year. Read conceptual books alongwith exam-essential books. Watch YouTube animations. Listen to Dr Na

 The following video by Dr. M. Tauseef Omer, Fellow Pediatrics, Clinical Fellow Neonatology helps differentiate seizures from Jitteriness and myoclonic jerks

Click on the link below to download the complete guide to special pathology, 4th Year MBBS by Anum Sohail. 4th Year Special Pathology Guideline

Here is the complete General Pharmacology Guide Click here to download

Here is Complete Guidelines for Histology Portion of 1st Year MBBS Click here to download

STEP 1 STUDY GUIDE Non-US IMG Medical school: In Pakistan Exam taken during final year of MBBS Prep time: Approximately 10 months with breaks in between Step 1 Score: 259 Current Status: Matched into Internal Medicine Residency 2020 Study materials used: First Aid, Uworld, 100 cases of ethics by Conrad Fischer, biostatistics uworld, Kaplan video lectures and books, sketchy micro, pathoma, DIT lectures. UWORLD first pass: 83% NBMEs/UWSAs range 230s to 260s Phase 1: The first phase is to understand all the concepts thoroughly. You need to start with the basics and you need to make sure you understand each and everything. Don’t get discouraged if your concepts are not concrete during this phase and you keep forgetting things as this happens to everyone. You just need to try your best. Start with Kaplan video lectures for all the subjects and make notes on your Kaplan books. For micro, you must study Sketchy Micro. It is the best resource out there for microbiology and for pathology there

CAREER as ARMY DOCTOR By Captain Dr. Saad KEMU 2011-16  DISCLAIMER:  The article is based on personal views and does not represent or conform to any official policy of the Army.  KE  has a bright history of close association with the Army. The most renowned personality of Army Medical Corps  Lt General Mushtaq Ahmad Baig  was a kemcolian, and first muslim principal of KEMC  Colonel Elahi Buksh  belonged to Army Medical Corps. Interestingly, our beautiful campus of KEMU was, once upon a time, Artillery Barracks of British Indian Army. Colonel Elahi Buksh Lt. General Mushtaq Ahmad Baig Recently I have seen a positive and welcome trend of more kemcolians showing interest in Military career after MBBS than before. I often get messages from juniors regarding the career prospects, and quite often the ambiguities in the young minds are more or less the same. So, I will briefly summarize the career structure of a military doctor and the joining procedure while busting some common myths.