PGIM MD Family Medicine study guide
PGIM MD Family Medicine · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The MD in Family Medicine is a postgraduate medical qualification administered through the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. PGIM's own site organises its work around admissions, certificates, diplomas, MSc and MD programmes, research support and examinations, and the MD sits within that postgraduate training and examination structure. The PGIM MD Family Medicine study guide has 5 sections and about 1,677 words.
01Clinical Family Medicine and Primary Care
This domain tests whether you can practise generalist, continuous, patient-centred care for undifferentiated problems in a Sri Lankan primary care setting - divisional hospital, PMCU or general practice - rather than pattern-matching to a specialist diagnosis. Core principles Family medicine is defined by first contact, continuity, comprehensiveness and coordination; the family and community are the unit of care, not the organ system.
331 words, about 2 min02Community and Preventive Medicine
This domain tests population-level reasoning: how prevention programmes are designed, delivered through the MOH system and evaluated. Core rules Leavell and Clark's levels: primordial (population risk-factor avoidance), primary (immunisation, vector control), secondary (screening, early treatment), tertiary (limiting disability, rehabilitation).
338 words, about 2 min03Research Methodology
This domain assesses whether you can design a defensible study and judge how well one was conducted - a compulsory component of PGIM training. Core rules Frame the question with PICO (population, intervention or index test, comparator, outcome) and test it against FINER (feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, relevant).
335 words, about 2 min04Biostatistics and Critical Appraisal
This domain tests the numerical reasoning behind clinical decisions and the appraisal of published evidence. Core rules From a 2×2 table: sensitivity = TP/(TP+FN), specificity = TN/(TN+FP), PPV = TP/(TP+FP), NPV = TN/(TN+FN).
329 words, about 2 min05Professional Practice, Ethics and Health Systems Management
This domain tests the legal, ethical and managerial framework within which Sri Lankan doctors work. Core rules The four principles (Beauchamp and Childress) - autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice - are used to justify and to critique a decision, not to rank options mechanically.
344 words, about 2 min