BSMMU Residency Phase-A study plan

Map the gross anatomy of the thorax and abdomen by drawing labelled diagrams from memory and checking them against a standard text.

Explain the physiology of cardiac cycle and blood pressure regulation in a 10-minute recorded self-explanation.

Solve 40 biochemistry MCQs on enzymes and carbohydrate metabolism and log every wrong answer with its underlying concept.

Build a one-page formula sheet for acid-base and electrolyte calculations.

Summarise embryology of the pharyngeal arches and neural tube into a timeline diagram.

Compare the physiology of respiratory gas exchange and renal handling of sodium in two side-by-side tables.

Answer 50 mixed pre-clinical MCQs under timed conditions and classify errors as knowledge, reasoning or careless.

Teach one biochemistry pathway (glycolysis or urea cycle) aloud to a peer or camera without notes.

List diagnostic criteria for the ten highest-yield internal medicine conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, COPD, cirrhosis) and recite them from memory.

Interpret ten ECG strips and ten chest X-rays using a fixed systematic reading framework.

Draft a management algorithm for acute coronary syndrome and for diabetic ketoacidosis.

Solve 40 medicine MCQs and annotate each wrong option with why it is wrong.

Summarise staging and first-line management for the five commonest cancers in the exam syllabus.

Explain the principles of fluid, electrolyte and blood transfusion management in surgical patients.

Practise 30 surgery MCQs on trauma and abdominal emergencies and review each rationale.

Create a comparison table of medicine versus surgery management for upper GI bleeding and gallstone disease.

Draw and label the surgical anatomy of the inguinal canal, thyroid and breast, then self-quiz from the blank diagram.

Outline preoperative assessment and postoperative complication prevention for a laparotomy patient.

Solve 50 surgery MCQs covering orthopaedics, urology and neurosurgery and log recurring themes.

Explain the management of shock and sepsis in a surgical patient in a five-minute verbal summary.

List the causes and first-line management of postpartum haemorrhage and pre-eclampsia from memory.

Summarise the intrapartum and postpartum complications most tested in obstetrics MCQs.

Recite the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) danger signs and the management of severe acute malnutrition.

Solve 40 combined O&G and paediatrics MCQs and review each rationale.

Compute and interpret the common epidemiological measures (incidence, prevalence, attributable risk, sensitivity, specificity) on ten worked problems.

Outline the components and limitations of the national immunisation schedule and primary health care structure.

Classify common poisons by antidote and describe the management of organophosphate and opioid poisoning.

Explain the medico-legal aspects of death, injury and consent in a written one-page summary.

Summarise the core principles of medical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) and apply them to five clinical scenarios.

Review recent advances flagged in the syllabus and write a short note on each.

Complete two full-length timed mock exams and record domain-wise scores.

Revisit the week 1 error log and confirm every listed concept can now be explained without notes.