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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 jo...

Now that you are done with your USMLE exams or are in the process of giving your last one, it’s a good time to start thinking about the final step in this journey towards attaining a residency in the United States.  The first thing that you need to do to begin the season, is to register on ERAS . It costs 80 or so bucks, and the registration begins sometime in June with a timeline for the season already fixed. The deadline is usually September 15 th when your documents are released to the programs.  Of course, you can still apply later until end of the interview season but for an international medical graduate it’s recommended that you should be done uploading your documents beforehand. In all sorts of ways, this part of the journey requires a lot of help from your colleagues and seniors so make sure you keep in touch with people who have gone through this process before you. This year, that is the 2021 application cycle , will be totally different. Virtual interviews are...

                                                                 History taking for any case is asking the patient questions about the complaint that he is having and then arriving at a diagnosis that will help you prescribe a medication or indicate towards a surgical solution.The following points is a detailed compilation of what complaints you may hear from patients in Ophthalmology and how you can diagnose the patients. From exam point of view these are sufficient but you may add more if needed. Clinically, the history taking must be complete from every aspect. BIO DATA Name:  Father's name:  Age:  Gender:  Marital Status:  Occupation:  Date of Admission:  Presentation:  My patient Mr. Ahmed S/O Mr. Nadeem,a 45 yrs, a old male, married, farmer by profession, r...

For all the PLAB aspirants, here’s a guide on how to navigate through the selection of language test that is an essential for all the IMGs. I have included some links for the terms that come up during this discussion since this blog post is about which language test should be opted in individual circumstances. Before going through with the discussion, there is a link for some general information about PLAB for the beginners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_and_Linguistic_Assessments_Board   IELTS: The International English Language Testing System is an English language proficiency test for higher education and global migration. You need to take prove your proficiency in English for taking PLAB exam and applying for GMC registration (like PMDC registration in Pakistan).    IELTS has four sections; reading, writing, speaking and listening. To be eligible for sitting in PLAB 1, you need to have a score of 7.5 overall and minimum of 7.0 in each sectio...

FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY GENERAL GUIDANCE: FORENSIC IS A SUBJECT THAT CAN  BE PREPARED IN A RELATIVELY LESS TIME AND NEEDS A LOT LESS CONCEPTS AS COMPARED TO PATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY. BUT HERE COMES THE SAD PART ,SOME CRAMMING IS ALSO REQUIRED.  TOXICOLOGY IS THE PART THAT NEEDS THE MOST CRAMMING. THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE IT FOR PROF IS TO LEARN ONE OR TWO POISONS DAILY DURING YOUR PREP LEAVE.  DOING THIS WILL SAVE YOU BELIEVE ME. disclaimer:   Red text means v imp, Green text means imp and Black means average FORENSIC MEDICINE NRA IS THE MAIN BOOK, TABLES AND FLOW CHARTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ,you can use terse if you want to look kin to detail of some imp topic 🔺🔺🔺FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS OF NRA (1 SEQ+3 MCQS) ⧭FORENSIC MEDICINE definition of forensic medicine(pg2) table 1.1 full and partial laboratory system  fig 1.3 ⧭LAW,COURTS OF LAW AND COURT EVIDENCE(prepare complete chapter) definition of law(common law stat...

By Dr. Ali Madeeh Hashmi “Qazwini wondered if Khwarizmi felt a sense of restlessness as he approached life’s end. Did his determinations and calculations about the universe no longer give him the sense of intellectual triumph that he once felt? Had he discovered that like the search for meaning in human existence, exactitude in sciences and mathematics was also an illusion?”                     Musharraf Ali Farooqi-“The Merman and the Book of Power” Part-III (Links to  Part 1  &  Part 2 ) In 2006, I had been living in the USA for over 12 years and I was restless and bored. My original purpose for coming to America had long since been fulfilled. I had graduated King Edward Medical College in 1991 and, cynical and disillusioned with the medical education system in Pakistan and, to some extent, with Pakistan itself, I had come to America. Faisal sahib had not been encouraging about it; he had tol...

By  Dr. Ammar Anwar Class of 2019 If I were to make a list of the most terrifying subjects in MBBS, Surgery would surely top the list. Part of the reason is the fact that we are so used to studying subjects that eventually tie into Medicine, that the prospect of studying and passing  a subject that is notorious for its difficult, heavy books and constantly increasing number of supplees scares us. While Surgery certainly appears to be different from the other subjects of final year, when you get down to studying it you'll find a lot of overlap between medicine and surgery. Most of the organ systems will eventually overlap, with the difference being their surgical procedures, of course. ''Bus aik aur saal parh lo, agay aish he aish hai''   You can overcome your fear of surgery by laying out a schedule and sticking to it. And to make a schedule, you need to know what topics need the most time and attention, which brings me to the first section of t...