BCPS MCPS Part-1 case studies
BCPS MCPS Part-1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The MCPS Part-I is the membership examination of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS), the institution established by Presidential Order in June 1972 and later placed on a statutory footing by the BCPS Act 2018. BCPS describes itself as the pioneer in developing postgraduate medical education and training in Bangladesh, and its Fellows and Members still make up the majority of the country's specialist workforce. The BCPS MCPS Part-1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,266 words.
1Neonatal Jaundice at a District Hospital Without Exchange Transfusion
A 5-day-old term male, birth weight 3.1 kg, exclusively breastfed, is brought to a district hospital in a setting where exchange transfusion and intensive phototherapy are unavailable; the nearest neonatal unit is 6 hours away by road, and the ambulance is currently out on another call. He is jaundiced to the palms and soles, awake but sleepy, feeding poorly since yesterday, with two wet nappies in 24 hours.
871 words, about 4 min2Chest Pain in a 58-Year-Old Diabetic with Atypical Features
A 58-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents to a rural clinic with 3 hours of epigastric discomfort and nausea, which she attributes to food. She has no chest pain.
781 words, about 4 min3Postpartum Haemorrhage in a Woman Who Declines Blood Products
A 29-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 2, delivers a 4.1 kg baby after a prolonged second stage. She has had two previous caesarean sections.
886 words, about 4 min4A 9-Year-Old with School Refusal and Abdominal Pain
A 9-year-old boy is brought by his mother to a general clinic with 3 weeks of recurrent periumbilical abdominal pain, worse on school mornings, and refusal to attend school. He has missed 11 school days.
869 words, about 4 min5A 34-Year-Old with First-Episode Psychosis and Agitation in a General Hospital
A 34-year-old man is brought to a general hospital emergency department by police after he was found shouting in the street, saying his neighbours are poisoning him through the water supply. He has not slept for 3 nights, is pacing, and has not eaten.
859 words, about 4 min