BMDC RQE study guide
BMDC RQE · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council Registration Qualifying Examination, usually shortened to BMDC RQE, is the assessment that the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council uses to decide whether a graduate can be registered to practise in Bangladesh. It is aimed at candidates holding a recognised medical or dental qualification, including those who trained abroad and need their credentials verified against Bangladeshi standards. The BMDC RQE study guide has 10 sections and about 3,073 words.
01Internal Medicine: Structured Reasoning at the Bedside
Internal medicine questions reward a disciplined approach: define the syndrome, generate a short differential, then let discriminating features narrow it. Master the cardinal presentations - chest pain, dyspnoea, fever, oedema, jaundice, altered consciousness, polyuria, weight loss - and the physiological basis of each.
333 words, about 2 min02Surgery: Assessment, Resuscitation and Operative Principles
Surgical questions test prioritisation under time pressure. Begin with resuscitation and assessment: airway, breathing, circulation, then focused history and examination.
280 words, about 1 min03Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Two Patients, One Decision
Obstetrics requires simultaneous consideration of maternal and fetal wellbeing. Know the physiology of pregnancy - expanded plasma volume, dilutional anaemia, changes in cardiac output and renal filtration - and how these alter normal values.
309 words, about 2 min04Paediatrics: Development, Dosing and Deterioration
Paediatric questions combine growth and development with acute care. Know the milestones by age, the normal ranges for vital signs and weight at each stage, and the pattern of primitive reflex appearance and disappearance.
321 words, about 2 min05Basic Sciences: Mechanisms That Explain the Clinic
Basic science questions reward mechanism over memorisation. In anatomy, learn structures by their relations and by what passes through them - foramina, canals, and fascial planes - because clinical vignettes test consequences of injury.
304 words, about 2 min06Community Medicine and Public Health: Populations, Measures and Prevention
Community medicine tests measurement and decision-making at population level. Master the definitions: incidence versus prevalence, and when each is appropriate; sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and how prevalence changes predictive value.
315 words, about 2 min07Forensic Medicine and Toxicology: Injury, Identity and Poisons
Forensic medicine tests the interpretation of injury and the medicolegal process. Understand wound types and their distinguishing features: abrasion, contusion, laceration, incised wound, stab wound, and gunshot injury, including entry and exit characteristics.
290 words, about 1 min08Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology: Sensory Organs in Focus
ENT and ophthalmology questions reward systematic anatomy and pattern recognition. In ENT, know the anatomy of the ear and the distinction between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, confirmed by tuning fork tests.
308 words, about 2 min09Dermatology and Psychiatry: Description, Classification, Safety
Dermatology rewards precise description. Learn to describe a lesion by site, distribution, morphology, colour, surface and arrangement, then use that description to narrow the differential.
295 words, about 1 min10Medical Ethics, Law and Professionalism: Duties in Context
Ethics and law questions test the application of principles to specific facts. Know the four principles - autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice - and how they interact when they conflict.
318 words, about 2 min