USJ Medical Sciences Concours - Medicine, Dental Medicine & Pharmacy study plan

Diagram membrane transport modes (simple diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, primary and secondary active transport) and predict water movement in stated osmolarity and permeability scenarios.

Compare mitosis and meiosis stage by stage, and calculate chromosome number and DNA content at each checkpoint.

Solve monohybrid, dihybrid, sex-linked, and pedigree problems, computing genotype and phenotype probabilities without looking at notes.

Explain DNA replication, transcription, and translation, then predict how missense, nonsense, and frameshift mutations alter the protein product.

Balance redox and acid-base equations, and calculate moles, molarity, dilution volumes, and pH for strong and weak acid solutions.

Apply gas laws and stoichiometry to solution preparation, dilution, and medically framed concentration problems.

Identify organic functional groups and predict acid-base behavior, oxidation, esterification, and solubility from structure.

Draw Lewis structures and geometry, then rank boiling points and solubility using intermolecular forces and polarity.

Map cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and endocrine feedback loops, and predict the direction of compensation after a stated disturbance.

Calculate cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, glomerular filtration rate, and alveolar ventilation from supplied values with correct units.

Interpret blood gas and electrolyte data to classify acidosis or alkalosis and identify the expected respiratory or renal compensation.

Explain action potentials and synaptic transmission by tracing ion movements and predicting the effect of channel blockers or ion changes.

Outline glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation, and calculate ATP yield under stated shuttle and oxygen conditions.

Distinguish Michaelis-Menten kinetics, Km, Vmax, competitive inhibition, and noncompetitive inhibition, then predict shifts on a Lineweaver-Burk plot.

Solve integrated biochemistry calculations involving energy yield, substrate concentration, enzyme rate, and buffer pH.

Review Weeks 1-3 error logs and rewrite the 10 most repeated mistakes as corrected rule statements.

Solve kinematics, Newton's law, work-energy, and momentum problems, checking dimensional consistency and significant figures.

Apply Pascal, Bernoulli, Poiseuille, and Laplace relationships to blood flow, blood pressure, and respiratory pressure problems.

Calculate current, voltage, resistance, and power in simple circuits, and interpret wave frequency, wavelength, and Doppler shift in medical contexts.

Convert units and estimate orders of magnitude for clinical values such as flow rate, pressure, resistance, and radiation dose.

Solve linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic equations and interpret domain, range, and graph transformations.

Compute conditional probability, Bayes updates, mean, median, standard deviation, and confidence intervals from raw data.

Interpret sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, risk ratios, and p-values from tables and graphs, stating what each value does and does not prove.

Build a one-page formula sheet and complete a no-calculator mental-math drill on ratios, percentages, and unit conversions.

Appraise experimental design by identifying controls, bias, confounding, sample size limits, and threats to internal and external validity.

Read timed scientific passages and answer main-idea, inference, vocabulary-in-context, and evidence-location questions.

Write 80-100 word summaries of three passages, explicitly separating claim, evidence, and limitation.

Solve quantitative reasoning vignettes using ratios, rates, graph extrapolation, and unit-consistent estimates.

Complete two full-length timed mock exams covering all six domains, simulating section order and breaks.

Review every mock error and classify it as content gap, misread question, calculation slip, or time-management issue.

Re-drill the 20 highest-frequency weak facts from the cumulative error log across biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

Rehearse final-week strategy: section timing, guessing rules, formula-sheet recall, and a last-look review of high-yield concept maps.