Arab Board Family Medicine Clinical study plan
Arab Board Family Medicine Clinical · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Internal Medicine in Family Practice
Build a one-page decision framework for the top 6 internal medicine presentations (chest pain, dyspnea, fever, edema, syncope, weight loss) linking symptoms to first-line investigations
Work through 40 internal medicine vignettes, writing a one-line rationale for each answer chosen or rejected
Create a personal error log template and record every missed concept from this week with the underlying knowledge gap
Draft a spaced-repetition deck of 60 high-yield internal medicine facts and schedule reviews
Your checkpoint
Completed internal medicine decision framework plus an error log containing at least 40 entries
Internal Medicine in Family Practice
Apply guideline-based thresholds for hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and thyroid disease to 30 case-based questions
Compare management options for common chronic disease follow-up scenarios and justify first-line choices in writing
Review all week 1 error-log entries and re-test yourself on the 20 weakest concepts
Summarize the 10 most frequently tested internal medicine drug interactions and contraindications in a single table
Your checkpoint
A 30-case internal medicine practice set scored above 70% with documented review of every error
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine & Obstetrics and Gynecology / Women's Health
Construct age-stratified growth and development milestones for well-child visits from birth to 18 years
Outline a structured approach to the acutely ill febrile infant and child, including red flags that mandate urgent referral
Map the antenatal care schedule with screening tests, counseling points, and warning signs to review at each visit
Practice 25 combined pediatric and obstetric vignettes and categorize errors by domain
Your checkpoint
Two one-page clinical checklists (well-child milestones; antenatal visit schedule) plus a scored 25-question practice set
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine & Obstetrics and Gynecology / Women's Health
Apply contraceptive counseling frameworks and compare methods by efficacy, contraindications, and side-effect profile
Distinguish common pediatric respiratory and gastrointestinal presentations and select appropriate first-line management
Identify obstetric emergencies (hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, ectopic) and rehearse the immediate stabilization steps aloud
Consolidate all errors from weeks 1-4 and rank the 15 weakest concepts for targeted review
Your checkpoint
A mid-plan weak-concept register of 15 items with a written remediation action for each
Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties & Emergency Medicine and Acute Care
Classify acute abdominal pain by quadrant and time course, and list the surgical diagnoses that must not be missed
Apply ATLS-style primary survey priorities to 20 emergency vignettes and justify each intervention sequence
Differentiate surgical referral urgency (immediate, same-day, routine) across 15 common presentations
Rehearse initial management of anaphylaxis, sepsis, and acute coronary syndrome using timed written drills
Your checkpoint
A completed 20-vignette emergency and surgical triage set with referral-urgency justification for each case
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health & Community Medicine, Preventive Care and Health Promotion
Apply validated screening tools and diagnostic criteria for depression, anxiety, and substance use in primary care scenarios
Construct a brief structured counseling script for a patient with a common mental health presentation
Design an age- and risk-appropriate screening and immunization schedule for a hypothetical patient panel
Explain the levels of prevention and apply them to three common chronic conditions in a written exercise
Your checkpoint
A one-page preventive care and screening schedule plus a written counseling script for one mental health scenario
Communication, Ethics, Professionalism and Patient Safety & Evidence-Based Practice, Research and Quality Improvement & Clinical Procedures and Practical Skills
Analyze 10 ethics and professionalism scenarios (consent, confidentiality, capacity, disclosure) and justify the correct action
Appraise two clinical studies for validity, effect size, and applicability to a family practice question
Outline the steps and safety considerations for five core practical procedures performed in family practice
Draft a short quality-improvement proposal using a recognized framework (aim, measure, change)
Your checkpoint
A structured critical appraisal of one study plus a one-page quality-improvement proposal outline
Internal Medicine in Family Practice & Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine & Obstetrics and Gynecology / Women's Health & Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties & Emergency Medicine and Acute Care & Psychiatry and Behavioral Health & Community Medicine, Preventive Care and Health Promotion & Communication, Ethics, Professionalism and Patient Safety & Evidence-Based Practice, Research and Quality Improvement & Clinical Procedures and Practical Skills
Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and score them by domain
Review every mock examination error and reconcile each against the weak-concept register built in weeks 1-7
Re-test the 20 highest-frequency missed concepts and confirm mastery in writing
Assemble a final one-page high-yield summary sheet for each domain
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock examinations with a completed error reconciliation and 10 domain summary sheets
Milestones
Week 2: Internal medicine practice set completed and scored; error log shows at least 40 documented entries with remediation notes
Week 4: Pediatrics and obstetrics checklists finished; weak-concept register of 15 items ranked with written remediation actions
Week 6: Emergency, surgical, psychiatry, and preventive care deliverables completed; mock section scores trending upward versus week 2
Week 8: Two full-length timed mocks scored by domain with every error reconciled and 10 domain summary sheets finalized