Azerbaijan Medical Residents Final Attestation study plan
Azerbaijan Medical Residents Final Attestation · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Internal Medicine (general internal diseases)
Build a one-page map of the 12 highest-yield internal medicine topics (cardiovascular, respiratory, GI, endocrine, renal, hematology) ranked by exam weight, and mark your current confidence 1-5 for each
Work through cardiovascular disease for this week: write out diagnostic criteria and first-line management for acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and hypertensive emergency from memory, then correct against a standard textbook
Solve 60 internal medicine multiple-choice questions under timed conditions and log every wrong answer with the reason it was wrong (knowledge gap, misread, or reasoning error)
Draft 15 flashcards on ECG interpretation and cardiac biomarkers that you will review in weeks 4 and 7
Your checkpoint
A dated error log covering 60 internal medicine questions with a written cause-of-error tag for each, plus the ranked topic map
Internal Medicine (general internal diseases)
Complete the respiratory and gastroenterology blocks: summarize obstructive vs restrictive disease, pneumonia severity scoring, and upper GI bleeding management in your own words
Explain aloud, without notes, the approach to a patient with acute dyspnea and the approach to a patient with jaundice, recording yourself and noting gaps
Solve 60 further internal medicine questions, with at least 25 on respiratory and GI topics, and update the error log
Re-test the 15 flashcards from week 1 and rewrite any you answered incorrectly
Your checkpoint
Two recorded 5-minute verbal case approaches (dyspnea, jaundice) with a self-scored gap list
Internal Medicine (general internal diseases) & Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacotherapy
Finish internal medicine by covering endocrine, renal, and hematology essentials: diabetic ketoacidosis management, acute kidney injury staging, and anemia classification
Build a drug table linking 25 core medicines to mechanism, key adverse effect, contraindication, and one monitoring parameter
Solve 40 mixed internal medicine plus 20 pharmacology questions and add all misses to the error log
Identify the five pharmacology topics you score worst on and write a short note on each
Your checkpoint
A 25-drug reference table in your own handwriting or file, cross-checked against a formulary
Surgery and Surgical Specialties & Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Diagnostics
Cover general surgery and the major specialties: acute abdomen, trauma primary survey, wound care, and postoperative complications including sepsis and wound infection
Practice structured interpretation of 20 imaging and laboratory vignettes (plain films, ultrasound descriptions, CT reports, CBC and biochemistry panels) written out as text
Solve 50 surgery and 30 diagnostics questions, tagging each miss by domain
Review weeks 1-3 flashcards and error log, and re-attempt 20 previously missed questions
Your checkpoint
A diagnostics interpretation worksheet of 20 written vignettes with your interpretation and the correct answer side by side
Obstetrics and Gynecology & Pediatrics and Neonatology
Work through obstetrics: normal labor stages, preeclampsia and eclampsia management, postpartum hemorrhage, and obstetric emergencies
Work through gynecology essentials: abnormal uterine bleeding, ectopic pregnancy, and common infections
Cover pediatrics and neonatology: neonatal resuscitation steps, neonatal jaundice, dehydration in children, and pediatric dosing principles
Solve 40 obstetrics-gynecology and 40 pediatrics questions, updating the error log with cause-of-error tags
Your checkpoint
A one-page neonatal resuscitation and pediatric dehydration management algorithm written from memory and corrected against a reference
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care & Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology & Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacotherapy
Cover emergency and critical care: airway management sequence, shock classification and fluid strategy, anaphylaxis, sepsis bundles, and basic ventilator settings
Cover infectious diseases and epidemiology: common bacterial and viral syndromes, antimicrobial selection principles, isolation precautions, and outbreak investigation basics
Re-review the pharmacology drug table and add 10 emergency drugs with doses and reversal agents
Run a 90-minute timed mixed mock of 60 questions across domains 5, 6, and 8 and score it
Your checkpoint
A scored 60-question timed mock with a written breakdown of errors by domain and cause
Public Health, Healthcare Organization and Medical Law & Specialty-Specific Clinical Practice (resident's chosen specialty)
Cover public health and healthcare organization: primary care structure, screening principles, health statistics (sensitivity, specificity, incidence, prevalence), and core medical law and ethics duties including consent and confidentiality
Build a specialty-specific revision sheet for your chosen specialty covering the 10 conditions most likely to be tested, with diagnostic and treatment points
Solve 30 public health and law questions and 30 specialty questions, adding misses to the error log
Review all flashcards accumulated so far and retire the ones you now answer correctly twice in a row
Your checkpoint
A specialty revision sheet of 10 conditions plus a one-page statistics and medical law summary
Internal Medicine (general internal diseases) & Surgery and Surgical Specialties & Obstetrics and Gynecology & Pediatrics and Neonatology & Emergency Medicine and Critical Care & Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology & Public Health, Healthcare Organization and Medical Law & Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacotherapy & Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Diagnostics & Specialty-Specific Clinical Practice (resident's chosen specialty)
Re-attempt every question in the error log and mark those still wrong for a final pass
Complete two full-length timed mock exams of 100 questions under exam conditions and compare scores to week 6
Review only high-yield summaries and flashcards in the final three days rather than new material
Confirm exam-day logistics: venue, identification documents, timing, and permitted materials
Your checkpoint
Two scored full-length mocks with a final one-page high-yield review sheet covering your remaining weak points
Milestones
Week 4: Internal medicine, pharmacology, surgery, and diagnostics blocks complete; error log holds at least 250 logged questions; week 4 mock section score of 60% or higher
Week 6: All ten domains have been studied at least once; timed mixed mock score of 65% or higher; drug table complete with at least 35 entries
Week 8: Both full-length mocks scored at 70% or higher; fewer than 10 questions still unresolved in the error log; exam logistics confirmed