PGIM MD Anaesthesiology

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Candidates should expect assessment across general anaesthesia and airway management, regional anaesthesia and pain medicine, intensive care and critical care, applied physiology, pharmacology and physics, and anaesthesia for specialty surgery, obstetrics and paediatrics. Written, clinical and oral components typically test applied decision-making rather than isolated recall.

The PGIM website does not state a question count or duration on the pages reviewed, so no figure is given here. Check the current examination circular and calendar published by the PGIM, which carry the authoritative paper structure and timings for your sitting.

No pass mark is published in the material reviewed, so none is quoted here. Passing standards are set through PGIM examination procedures and circulars. Read the circular issued for your examination cycle and ask your board of study or training unit for clarification on how marks are aggregated.

The retake policy is not stated in the source reviewed, so it is marked for review rather than guessed. Candidates should consult the PGIM examination procedures and the circular for their sitting, and confirm eligibility, permitted attempts and any waiting period with the examinations division before planning a repeat attempt.

Start with applied physiology, pharmacology and physics, because they underpin the clinical domains. Then rotate general anaesthesia and airway, regional and pain, and ICU, integrating specialty, obstetric and paediatric topics last so you can apply physiology and pharmacology to them. Use past papers diagnostically, not as your main resource.

Weak applied physics and pharmacology, poor structure in oral answers, and narrow case exposure are frequent problems. Candidates who read passively without theatre or ICU logbook reflection often struggle to justify decisions. Practise verbal reasoning aloud, keep a procedure log, and rehearse managing deteriorating patients step by step.

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