Iran Medical Residency Entrance Exam study plan

Map the Internal Medicine syllabus into 10 organ-system blocks and assign each block a study date on a single calendar

Read the cardiology and pulmonology blocks once, writing a one-page summary of each major disease with its diagnostic criteria and first-line treatment

Solve 60 Internal Medicine multiple-choice questions under timed conditions and log every wrong answer with the underlying fact you missed

Build a personal error log template with columns for domain, topic, missed fact, and review date

Work through the gastroenterology, nephrology, and endocrinology blocks, converting each into a table of disease, key lab finding, and treatment

Memorize the criteria and management pathways for diabetic ketoacidosis, acute kidney injury staging, and upper GI bleeding

Solve 80 timed Internal Medicine questions, re-attempting every question missed in week 1 before starting new ones

Explain aloud, in under 3 minutes each, the approach to hyponatremia and to metabolic acidosis

Finish the remaining Internal Medicine blocks (hematology, oncology, infectious disease, rheumatology) and add them to the condensed reference sheet

Re-solve the entire accumulated error log until you answer 85 percent of logged items correctly

Review the physiology of acid-base balance, cardiac output, and glomerular filtration, writing the governing equations from memory

Complete 100 mixed Internal Medicine questions in two timed sittings of 50

Organize the Surgery syllabus into general surgery, trauma, vascular, and subspecialty blocks and schedule them

Summarize the workup and operative indications for acute abdomen, appendicitis, cholecystitis, and bowel obstruction

Memorize the ATLS-style primary survey sequence and the classification and initial management of hemorrhagic and burn shock

Solve 70 timed Surgery questions and log errors in the same format used for Internal Medicine

Map Pediatrics into neonatology, growth and development, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and infectious blocks, then summarize each

Memorize pediatric resuscitation drug doses and the dehydration rehydration calculations for mild, moderate, and severe dehydration

Summarize the stages of labor, partograph use, and the management of postpartum hemorrhage and preeclampsia

Solve 60 Pediatrics and 60 Obstetrics and Gynecology questions under timed conditions

Review Anatomy by region, drawing and labeling the major structures of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis without reference

Review Pathology by mechanism, writing a comparison table of necrosis types, inflammation mediators, and neoplasia terminology

Review Pharmacology by class, listing mechanism, key adverse effect, and antidote for the 40 most commonly tested drugs

Review Microbiology and Immunology by organism and by immune mechanism, covering the most tested bacteria, viruses, and hypersensitivity types

Solve 100 Basic Sciences questions and log errors by subject

Summarize screening program criteria, study design types, and the calculation of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values with worked examples

Write out the core principles of medical ethics (beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice) and apply them to informed consent and confidentiality scenarios

Summarize Iranian medical law topics including medical error categories, patient rights, and professional licensing obligations

Review emergency medicine priorities: triage, airway management, anaphylaxis, arrhythmia, and poisoning antidotes

Solve 80 questions across these four domains and log errors

Complete two full-length timed mock exams simulating the real test, with domain-weighted question distribution

Review every missed item from both mocks and re-attempt all items still wrong within 48 hours

Practice English medical reading comprehension on 20 clinical vignettes, focusing on extracting the key finding from dense passages

Re-read only your condensed reference sheets and error log, avoiding new material in the final three days