1. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
2. GENERAL THERAPY COURSE
3. GASTROENTEROLOGY
4. CARDIOLOGY

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

• History and examination. Gynaecological anatomy.
• Amenorrhoea. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Menorrhagia. The menopause and HRT.
• Termination of pregnancy (top). Abortion (miscarriage). Recurrent miscarriage. Ectopic pregnancy.
• Gestational (trophoblastic) Disease (GTD). Cervical carcinoma. Fibroids (uterine leiomyomata).
• ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA. Endometrial Sampling in Outpatients. Ovarian tumours. VAGINAL DISCHARGE. PELVIC INFECTION.
• ENDOMETRIOSIS. PROLAPSE. INFERTILITY: CAUSES AND TESTS
• CONTRACEPTION. THE INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE. EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION. HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION. DEPOT AND IMPLANT HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION.
• URINARY MALFUNCTION. VOIDING DIFFICULTIES. GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY. CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN. OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION.
• THE PLACENTA. NORMAL LABOUR. ABDOMINAL PALPATION.
• DYSTOSIA. MINOR SYMPTOMS OF PREGNANCY. PRE-PREGNANCY COUNCELLING. ANTENATAL CARE.
• HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY. ANTENATAL INFECTION.

GENERAL THERAPY COURSE.

• CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF DISEASE. CENTRAL PATHWAYS FOR PAIN . PAIN MODULATION. NEUROPATHIC PAIN . CHRONIC PAIN .
• CHEST DISCOMFORT AND PALPITATIONS . GUIDELINES AND CRITICAL PATHWAYS FOR ACUTE CHEST PAIN. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS .
• SOME MECHANISMS OF PAIN ORIGINATING IN THE ABDOMEN. REFERRED PAIN IN ABDOMINAL DISEASES . NEUROGENIC CAUSES .
• HEADACHE, INCLUDING MIGRAINE AND CLUSTER HEADACHE. CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ACUTE, NEW-ONSET HEADACHE. INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE . TEMPORAL ARTERITIS . CLUSTER HEADACHE .
• BACK AND NECK PAIN . CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE LUMBAR SPINE. LUMBAR DISK DISEASE . OTHER DESTRUCTIVE DISEASES. REFERRED PAIN FROM VISCERAL DISEASE . CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS . THORACIC OUTLET . BRACHIAL PLEXUS AND NERVES .
• ALTERATIONS IN BODY TEMPERATURE. FEVER VERSUS HYPERTHERMIA. HYPERTHERMIA. PYROGENIC CYTOKINES. PRODUCTION OF CYTOKINES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
• FEVER AND RASH. APPROACH TO THE ACUTELY ILL INFECTED FEBRILE PATIENT. SEPSIS WITHOUT AN OBVIOUS FOCUS OF PRIMARY INFECTION. NEUROLOGIC INFECTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT SEPTIC SHOCK. FOCAL SYNDROMES WITH A FULMINANT COURSE.
• HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. THERMOREGULATION. REWARMING STRATEGIES.
• GENETICS AND DISEASE . PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GENETICS . IMPACT OF GENETICS ON MEDICAL PRACTICE. CHROMOSOMES AND DNA REPLICATION . ASSORTMENT AND SEGREGATION OF GENES DURING MEIOSIS. TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION AND REPRESSION. TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC DISEASE . ORIGINS AND TYPES OF MUTATIONS.
• GENOTYPE AND PHENOTYPE. GENETIC LINKAGE. CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS . EXCEPTIONS TO SIMPLE MENDELIAN INHERITANCE PATTERNS. POLYGENIC DISEASE AND COMPLEX GENETIC TRAITS

GASTROENTEROLOGY

• DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM . DISORDERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT . APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE. BIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS.
• GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY. ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES . GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION AND PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION. ACUTE BILIARY OBSTRUCTION . OPEN-ACCESS ENDOSCOPY.
• DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS. REGURGITATION. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS . RADIOLOGIC STUDIES. GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE. INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS. OTHER ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS.
• PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS. PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC BASIS OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE. ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME. GASTRITIS.
• DISORDERS OF ABSORPTION. NUTRIENT DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION. EVALUATION OF MALABSORPTION. SPECIFIC DISEASE ENTITIES.
• INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS. CROHN'S DISEASE: MACROSCOPIC FEATURES. THE ATYPICAL COLITIDES. INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND PREGNANCY. QUALITY OF LIFE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
• ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. ETIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY.
• ACUTE APPENDICITIS. INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

CARDIOLOGY

• DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH HEART DISEASE.
• NONINVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY.
• PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
• COR PULMONALE. COR PULMONALE DUE TO PULMONARY EMBOLI. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE. RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASES.
• DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND ANGIOGRAPHY. INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND COMPLICATIONS.
• DISORDERS OF RHYTHM . THE BRADYARRHYTHMIAS: DISORDERS OF SINUS NODE FUNCTION AND AV- CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES.INTRACARDIAC RECORDINGS OF THE SPECIALIZED CONDUCTING SYSTEM. INTRACARDIAC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT.
• DISORDERS OF THE HEART . NORMAL AND ABNORMAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION . CELLULAR BASIS OF CARDIAC CONTRACTION . THE CARDIAC ULTRASTRUCTURE. BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES IN HEART FAILURE. NEUROHUMORAL AND CYTOKINE ADJUSTMENTS.
• HEART FAILURE. CAUSES OF HEART FAILURE. SYSTOLIC VERSUS DIASTOLIC FAILURE. REDISTRIBUTION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HEART FAILURE.
• PERICARDIAL DISEASE. NORMAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PERICARDIUM. ACUTE PERICARDITIS. PERICARDIAL EFFUSION.CARDIAC TAMPONADE. VIRAL OR IDIOPATHIC FORM OF ACUTE PERICARDITIS. POST-CARDIAC INJURY SYNDROME. CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS.
• RHEUMATIC FEVER. EPIDEMIOLOGY. PATHOGENESIS. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
• THE CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND MYOCARDITIDES. DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY. ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY. NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE. HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY. EOSINOPHILIC ENDOMYOCARDIAL DISEASE.
• THE TACHYARRHYTHMIAS. MECHANISMS OF TACHYARRHYTHMIAS. ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES (APC). VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES (VPCS). TACHYCARDIAS. PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAS (PSVT). PREEXCITATION ( WPW ) SYNDROME. VENTRICULAR FLUTTER AND VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.
• VALVULAR HEART DISEASE . MITRAL STENOSIS . ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY. MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE. OTHER FORMS OF OBSTRUCTION TO LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW. AORTIC REGURGITATION. TRICUSPID REGURGITATION.