Table 4.

Topic wise division of paper A and B of third professional theory papers based on new MCI curriculum

Subject	Paper A	Paper B
Community medicine	Concept of Health and Disease Relationship of social and behavioural to health and disease Epidemiology; Epidemiology of communicable and noncommunicable diseases Environmental Health Problems Hospital waste management; Disaster Management Basic statistics and its applications; Occupational Health	Principles of health promotion and education Demography and vital statistics Reproductive maternal and child health Nutrition; Geriatric services; Mental Health Health planning and management Health care of the community International Health; Essential Medicine Recent advances in Community Medicine
General Medicine (this is being done)	Part 1 and 2 Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction/IHD, Hypertension, Liver disease, GI Bleeding, Diarrhoeal disorder, Rheumatologic problems, Anemia, Pneumonia, Fever and Febrile Syndromes, HIV, Diabetes mellitus, Thyroid dysfunction, Obesity, Headache, Cerebrovascular Accident, Movement Disorders	Part -1Acute Kidney Injury/Chronic Renal failure, Mineral, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorder, Common Malignancies, Envenomation, Poisoning, Nutritional and Vitamin deficiencies, Geriatrics, Miscellaneous infections, The role of the physician in the Community Part-2Psychiatry and Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy (DVL), Respiratory Medicine including Tuberculosis
General surgery (this needs review)	Part 1 and 2 Surgical infections; Surgical Audit and Research Transplantation; Basic Surgical Skill; Biohazard disposal Minimally invasive General Surgery Developmental anomalies of face, mouth and oropharyngeal cancer; Disorders of salivary glands Endocrine General Surgery: Thyroid and parathyroid Adrenal glands; Pancreas; Breast Cardio-thoracic General Surgery- Chest - Heart and Lungs Vascular diseases; Abdomen; Urinary System Penis, Testis and scrotum	Part -1Metabolic response to injury; Shock; Blood and blood components; Burns; Wound healing and wound care; Ethics; Investigation of surgical patient; Pre, intra and postoperative management; Anaesthesia and pain management; Nutrition and fluid therapy; Trauma; Skin and subcutaneous tissue Part-2 Ortho-Skeletal trauma, poly trauma; Fractures; Musculoskeletal infection; Skeletal tuberculosis. Rheumatoid arthritis and associated inflammatory disorders; Degenerative disorders; Metabolic bone disorders; Poliomyelitis; Cerebral palsy; Bone tumor; Peripheral nerve injuries; Congenital lesions Radiodiagnosis-Radiological investigations and Radiation safety Anaesthesia-Anaesthesiology as a specialty; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Preoperative evaluation and medication; General anaesthesia; Regional anaesthesia; Post-anaesthesia recovery; Intensive care management; Pain and its management; Fluids; Patient safety
Gynaecology & obstetrics	Demographic and Vital Statistics Anatomy of the female reproductive tract (Basic anatomy and embryology); Physiology of conception; Development of the fetus and the placenta; Preconception counselling Diagnosis of pregnancy; Maternal Changes in pregnancy Antenatal Care; Complications in early pregnancy; Antepartum haemorrhage; Multiple pregnancies; Medical Disorders in pregnancy; Labour; Abnormal Lie and presentation; Maternal Pelvis; Operative obstetrics; Complications of the third stage; Lactation; Care of the new born; Normal and abnormal puerperium; Medical termination of pregnancy	Contraception; Vaginal discharge; Normal and abnormal puberty Abnormal uterine bleeding; Amenorrhea; Genital injuries and fistulae; Genital infections; Infertility; Uterine fibroids; PCOS and hirsutism; Uterine prolapse; Menopause; Benign, Pre-malignant and Malignant Lesions of the Cervix; Benign and malignant diseases of the uterus and the ovaries Obstetrics & Gynecological skills - I Obstetrics & Gynecological skills - II Obstetrics & Gynecological skills - III

IHD: Ischaemic heart disease, GI: Gastrointestinal, DVL: Dermatology, venereology and leprosy, PCOS: Polycystic ovary syndrome