What is the take

home message from

PSM for your PG
Preparation?

PLANNING
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Rule of PG Examination: 7 – 7 RULE
Be strong in these You will get these
• PSM • RADIO
• ENT • ORTHO
• Optha • SKIN
• MED • MED
• SURGERY • SURGERY
• OBGY • OBGY
• PAEDS • PAEDS

ONLY PROBLEM IS PSM NOW 2

 Subject Wise Question Distribution
(Average of Last 3 Year Exam)
Subject No/ Sub. Subject NEET INICET
I 4 25 OBGY; MED; Surgery; PSM 100 80
II 5 5 Radio; Ortho; Psych; Skin; Anaes. 25 25
III 3 10 ENT; Optha; Paeds 30 30
IV 7 ---- 1st year/ 2nd year/ FMT 45 65
Total 200 200
*The question distribution might vary a bit

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 Input Output Ratios
Output
Input Number of Number of
(Number of pages Q in Exam Correct Q which
of the book) can scored
Medicine 8000 25 16
Surgery 5000 25 18
OBGY 3000 25 20
PSM 1000 25 22

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Subject with
BEST
Input Output
Ratio

PSM
 • For every 40
minutes of
theory 20
minutes of MCQ
is mandatory for
any subject

40 – 20 • This gives you a

feel of what the
RULE examiner wants
to ask from a
topic
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 DOUBLE Century Sitting Rule

• 200 minutes in 1 sitting if you want to prepare for PG exams

TIME

8%
33%

60%

STARTING PART 1 PART 2 7

 Rule of 7 for Revision

7 days 7 weeks 7 months

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 DON’T be a SOYABEAN be AN EGG

NOT QUANTITY IT IS
ABOUT QUALITY
AND UTILIZATION
BOTH 9
 How Much Time to Give for PSM
Revision
: 10 days/ 365 days
1st Revision: 4 days
2nd Revision: 3 days
3rd Revision: 2 days
1 day SPARE
In case of Queries:
Feel free to connect.
Dr. Sidharth Sekhar Mishra
MBBS MD (AIIMS Delhi)
PSM
Faculty of DAMS (2015 till
Infinity)
WhatsApp: 9968859773
Email: sidjkp@gmail.com
Instagram: SIDPSM
DAMS emedicoz Telegram
Group
DAMS Facebook Club
 Reference Period for
MCQs
 Like if I give the exam in 2024 so I
will solve only from 2024 – 5 =
2019
 Going back than these will cause
your chances of success less by
10% for every extra year

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Sl Chapter Status of MCQ’s

1 Epidemiology MCQ’s to be done from
2Chapter
Screening Wise chapter wise MCQ (DAMS
CRS/ MCQ Book) books
Needed
3 Health
Programmes for (mandatory)

•Additional (MANDATORY):
4 Biostatistics
• 3 years INICET Questions
• 3 years NEET Papers
5 POGPAG Optional
6 Demography
7 Health care in
community
 1. History of Community Medicine
2. Health & Disease
3. Infectious Diseases
4. Non communicable diseases
5. Nutrition
6. Environment

Chapter Wise 7.
8.
Sociology
BMW

Not Needed for

9. Occupational Health
10. Disaster
11. Genetics
12. Mental Health
13. Communication
14. Management
15. International Health

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 • If you read notes: NEET
Rank > 10000
• If you read + understand
the notes only 25%: NEET
Rank 100- 1000
Summary • If you understand the notes
75%: INICET Rank within
100

• If you any other book/

method then rank ??????
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 Intern & Post Intern

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 Revision
(3R’s of Life – Revise, Re revise, Re re Revise)
First Revision Second Revision Third Revision
TRIMESTER I TRIMESTER 2 TRIMESTER 3
Objective Understand the Start remembering them Make them at
important concepts & your tip of tongue
strengthen your notes by
adding points
Speed 4 MCQ’s/ day 5 MCQ’s/ day 10 MCQ’s/ day
Testing Self Class/ subject wise tests T & D papers Grant Tests
by Repeat
Time Line By 30th September October & November December
Days 75 60 30

• Grand Tests to be given every 15 days

• Sequence: Notes + Images followed by MCQs
• For Skin it is 1 day in first & second whereas ½ day in 3rd revision
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 Why GT’s are more important than GOT……..

• GT’s are longitudinal

follow up study PROGRESS
• Give them every 15 days 180

to assess your progress 160 160

150
• Suppose I get 60 correct 140
130 130

in July 2023 & then see 120 120

100 100 100

the progress………………
80 80
• This depicts three lines 60 60

that is three types of 40

students 20

– Good progress (Topper’s) 0 0 0 0 0 0

T
LY US
T ER ER ER BE
R E
JU B OB B NE
– Dangerous (Back AU
G
PT
E M
OC
T
VEM C EM
SE NO DE
bencher’s) 17
GOOD PROGRESS DANGEROUS TIME TO RETHINK
 Why GTs are more important than GOT……..
GT Score Table

Date Attempted Correct Wrong Net Score Time to Top 3 Bottom 3

(/ 800) Attempt Subjects Subjects
01st August 2023
In case of Queries:
15th August 2023
Feel free to connect.
30th August 2023 Dr. Sidharth Sekhar Mishra
15th September MBBS MD (AIIMS Delhi)
2023 PSM
Faculty of DAMS (2015 till
Infinity)
WhatsApp: 9968859773
Email: sidjkp@gmail.com
Note: GT’s are longitudinal follow up study Instagram: SIDPSM
 Give GTs every 15 days DAMS emedicoz Telegram
 Minimum attempts should be 195 Group
 Review only those subjects which you have revised and add extra points in the main notes DAMS Facebook Club
 MISTAKE ANALYSIS

Mistake
Analysis
NEW FACT SILLY MISTAKES
13% 13%

• Analyze your mistakes –

mistakes generally fall
into 4 categories
CONCEPTUAL FACTUAL
ERROR
38%
RECALL BIAS • Solution
38%
• For conceptual error
& factual recall errors
we need to revise
more
• For new facts add
them in your notes
• For silly mistakes
SILLY MISTAKES FACTUAL RECALL BIAS practice more
CONCEPTUAL ERROR NEW FACT
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 Overall Planning for
Intern & Post Intern
• For interns and post interns
average of 4 MCQs per day should
be rate of revision. This will lead
you to revise the entire course at
the rate of approximately 75 days.
Add 15 days to it. So net of 3
months. (1st trimester)
• 2nd trimester (60 days)
• 3rd trimester (30 days)

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 If 3 Revisions Not Done………..
Only 2 revisions:
Premature Preterm Small for Date Baby Only 1 Revision:
POOR COLLEGE POOR RANK POOR Abortion –
BRANCH ONE MORE YEAR OF PREPARATION

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 Subject Wise Distribution in NEET**
First Numbe Second Numbe Third Numbe Final Numbe Top Numbe
Year r Year r Year r Year r Ups r
Anat 5 Path 5 PSM 20 Med 25 RD 5
Physio 5 Pharm 5 Optha 10 Surg 25 SKIN 5
Bioche 5 Micro 5 ENT 10 OBGY 25 PSYCH 5
m
FMT 5 Paeds 15 ORThO 5
ANAES 5
Total 15- 20 20- 25 40- 45 90 30

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3 Year Part 1
rd
 PSM – The 2 Edged Sword
MBBS PG Exams
Reference Park 26th edition No reference book as there are
Textbook many recent updates
Important Nutrition, Epidemiology, Statistics, Screening,
Chapter’s Environment, Health Health Program (recent), Infectious
program (theoretical) disease, Vaccines
Basic Study Theory, Mug up, 75% concepts, 15% one liners and
Framework Boring 10% mug up
Importance Easily pass in theory 10% share in any exams
and practical's

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 Comparison between Existing System &
Proposed Changes – Chronology Samajhe
Existing Proposed Changes
MBBS 1st year Theoretical MBBS 1st year Theoretical
MBBS 2nd year Examination MBBS 2nd year Examination
MBBS 3rd year MBBS 3rd year
MBBS 4thyear MBBS 4thyear
INTERNSHIP ENTRANCE NEXT 1
EXAMINATION
(MCQ Based)
ENTRANCE NEET/ AIIMS/ INTERNSHIP
EXAMINATION PGI/ JIPMER/
NIMHANS
LICENSING NEXT 2
EXAMINATION
(Practical based)

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 Proposed NEXT Pattern
120 marks 60 marks
Paper 1 Medicine & Allied (Skin, Psych, Radio) Paediatrics
Paper 2 Surgery & Allied (Ortho, Anaesthesia) ENT
Paper 3 OBGY & Allied Ophthalmology
• 3 day examination
• 10% questions (54 Q) – Anat., Physio, Biochem., Patho, Pharma, Micro
• 10% questions (54 Q) – PSM and FMT

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 Threats with Proposed Changes

• 1 year less time

• National level objective examination: Knowledge is
mandatory
• Pass percentage will be poor
• Can’t skip basic subjects at the start of medical
school

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 Overall Planning for 3 Year Part 1
rd

• PRIME ROLE OF STUDENT: MAKE NOTES OF ALL

19 SUBJECTS

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 Day Subject Text (hour) MCQ
How to Integrate Week 1
(hour)

Topics in Medical Monday Anatomy 1 1

Tuesday Physiology 1 1
Science? Wednesday Pathology 2 2
Thursday Pharmacology 2 2
Topic Name: Thyroid Friday Biochemistry, Optha, ENT 2 2
• Duration: Two Weeks Saturday Medicine 5 5
• Hours: 80 hours (approx.)
• Note: As you can see only a couple of hours a
Sunday Medicine 5 5
day will make you rise above all Week 2
Dr. Sidharth Sekhar Mishra Monday Medicine 2 2
MBBS. MD (AIIMS New Delhi) Tuesday Medicine 2 2
DNB (PSM) Wednesday Medicine 2 2
Former Senior Resident PGI
Chandigarh Thursday Surgery 2 2
What’s App: 9968859773 Friday Surgery 2 2
We chat: sidypsm
Saturday Surgery 5 5
FB page: @sidharthsekharmishra
Email: sidharth@damsdelhi.com Sunday Surgery 5 5

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• FINAL DASH
• If driven
RASH
THEN
CRASH,
& Reduced
to ASH

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How Much to Study in
a Day
• 12 hours
• On DAMS class day if class if
for 12 hours: don’t study
anything, take rest
• If 10 hours then go back &
read for 2 hours more

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 Work Analysis Sheet for “Early to Bed to Early to Rise Students”
Event Time Duration Details
Wake up 5: 00 am 6.5 hours Day starts
Fresh up by 5: 00 am to 5.30 am 0.5 hour Deepu ko yaad kiya
Session 1 5.30 am to 9.30 am 4 hours
Break 9.30 am to 10.00 am 0.5 hour Breakfast
Session 2 10.00 am to 01.00 pm 3 hours
Break 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm 1 hour Bath and Lunch
Sleep 02.00 pm to 04.00 pm 2 hours Sleep
Session 3 04.00 pm to 08.00 pm 4 hours
Break 08.00 pm to 09.30 pm 1.5 hours Walk/ Gym/ Dance/ Phone
call… & Dinner
Session 4 09.30 pm to 10.30 pm 1 hour Mug Up
11.00 pm to 5 pm 6 hours Sleep

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 Work Analysis Sheet for “Raaton ke Raja Rani:
THE NIGHT OWL’s”
Event Time Duration Details
Session 1 10.00 pm to 02.00 am 4 hours
Break 02.00 am to 02.30 am 0.5 hour Mid night Tea
Session 2 02.30 am to 05.30 am 3 hours
Sleep 05.30 am to 12.30 pm 7 hours Sleep
Break 12.30 pm to 02.00 pm 1.5 hours Bath, Lunch
Session 3 02.00 pm to 06.00 pm 4 hours
Break 06.00 pm to 08.00 pm 2 hours Sleep
Break 08.00 pm to 09.30 pm 1.5 hours Walk/ Gym/ Dance… &
Dinner
Session 4 09.30 pm to 10.30 pm 1 hour Mug Up

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 Work Analysis Sheet for “Medical Student’s/ Interns”
Event Time Duration Details
Wake up 5: 00 am Day Starts
Fresh up by 5: 00 am to 5.30 am 0.5 hour Deepu ko yaad kiya
Session 1 5.30 am to 8.30 am 3 hours Study
Break 8.30 am to 9.00 am 0.5 hour Breakfast/ Get Ready
9.00 am to 04.00 pm Internship Duty/ College
Sleep 04.00 pm to 06.00 pm 2 hours Sleep
Session 2 06.00 pm to 09.00 pm 3 hours
Break 09.00 pm to 09.30 pm 0.5 hours Dinner
Session 3 09.30 pm to 10.30 pm 1 hour Mug Up
11.00 pm to 5 am 6 hours Sleep

• Internship duty/ college timings are to be used to do DQB’s on your mobile (no books)
• As net you get only 7 hours per day on full working day so the off days to be used wisely
• Start your preparation early in the medical school …………….. Kahin bahut late na ho jaye
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 Common Ocular Syndromes
Ocular Fatigue Post Food Ptosis Syndrome Selective Amblyopia
• Typically in AIIMS • Typically happens • Typically we are
• Read from first to post lunch not able to see the
last; you forget the words: not/ or/
entire question except

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 Silly Mistakes
• 1 silly mistake: Out of
top 100

• 2 silly mistakes: Out of

top 1000

• 3 silly mistakes: Out of

top 10000……………

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 DAMS Discussion Groups

FACEBOOK: Telegram: DAMS

DAMS Exclusive eMedicoz
Club 2022 Official Group

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 How to Use DAMS Club?

How to TAG a faculty? How to search for posts?

• @NAME of Faculty - • Use # tags - #PSMSID to search
@sidharthsekharmishra posts
• When you do it name of faculty • Every faculty uses a peculiar #
will become BOLD
• sidharthsekharmishra
NOTE
• In the evening, for 30 minutes open facebook & write down all the questions with correct
answers provided by faculty
• Use white pages to write it down subject by subject
• NEVER ANSWER AFTER FACULTY HAS ANSWERED

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 How to Read Concept Book/
Any other Book
• Please don’t read cover to cover
• Book is for beginners/ crash course/ T & D/ distant
learning & not for regular batch student
• Just scroll through the topics (2 minutes per page)
• Solve MCQs; if you find any thing difficult/ multiple
questions are there which you can’t solve on your
end then only read the concept from the book

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 • Which of the following has
subclinical cases?
– Polio
– Measles
– Rubella
New Way to Ask – Tetanus
• For 1 case of measles,
the Same subclinical case/ s expected in
Question the community are:
–0
– 10
– 100
– 1000

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 • Edward Jenner
died in:
How the Hell can –1749
They Expect us to
–1775
Know this?
–1823
–1920
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  All APP’s/ MCQ books are
same: Don’t do systematic
review & meta analysis on your
own – “GIGO”

Few  Finish your active recall section

of Concept Book
 Switch off mobiles while

Important studying
 Do give Regular Tests (every 15
days)

Points to  Go for group study

 Read explanation of only those
questions which you have

Note marked wrong

 Know to read what has to be
read from where
 Know only 90% of all subjects
 1 in 10 probability concept43
Human Brain
Box of 1 million facts

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 Pathway of Success
Read the notes

Understand & Build Concept

Mug up the factual

Apply it by doing CRS/ CT’s/ SWT’s/ TnD’s/ GT’s

Succeed

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 3 R’s of Life
• Raj • Revise • Reduce • Read
• Rahul • Re Revise • Reuse • Read More
• Romance
• Re Re ReVISE
• Recycle • Read Max

√ ×
PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED TO RUN THE RACE, SELL OFF THE NOTES AT BIG
BAZZAR @ Rs. 50/- KG

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DOG Theory of Life
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Battle of equals

Have faith on God

Each match starts with score

of ZERO

If you are not good in PSM

then you will get PSM PG
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 THANK
YOU
Dr. Sidharth S. Mishra
MBBS, MD(PSM, AIIMS, New Delhi),
DNB (PSM), PGDHM, PGDHE,
MIPHA, MIAPSM
Senior Resident PGIMER, Chandigarh
sidykp@gmail.com
(Faculty Member)
(Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences)
What’s app: 9968859773
Facebook: #PSMSID 11/21/2023 50
 Accha Chalta Hoon Dooan me
yaad rakhna…………….

• Remember KNOWLEDGE can’t be bought but it is sought

• Try Try until you FAIL to FAIL
• My objective for you people is to
– Make you to dream
– Make it come true
– Make you so competent that you never say “kash yeh hota
toh kya hota”……………………….

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