PGIM MD Medicine study guide
PGIM MD Medicine · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The MD in Medicine is a postgraduate medical qualification administered by the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The PGIM website lists MD among its admissions categories alongside Certificates, Diplomas and MSc programmes, and places examinations under a dedicated section covering procedures, calendars, applications, circulars and results. Candidates for this page are typically medical graduates preparing for a postgraduate internal medicine examination who need a clear picture of what is assessed and how to organise study. The published domain weighting for this exam profile covers four equally weighted areas: General Internal Medicine, Medical Subspecialties, Investigations and Applied Physiology/Pathology, and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. The PGIM MD Medicine study guide has 4 sections and about 1,262 words.
01General Internal Medicine: Structured Assessment and Guideline-Concordant Management
General Internal Medicine tests the candidate’s ability to manage undifferentiated adult presentations and common chronic disease in a whole-patient context. It rewards structured problem representation, severity scoring and guideline-concordant decisions rather than rare diagnoses.
312 words, about 2 min02Medical Subspecialties: Applying Disease-Modifying Therapy in Cardiology and Beyond
Medical Subspecialties tests focused knowledge in cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology, neurology and related fields, with emphasis on when to refer and how to apply disease-modifying therapy. The examination favours common subspecialty scenarios and guideline-defined treatment thresholds over esoteric syndromes.
310 words, about 2 min03Investigations and Applied Physiology/Pathology: Deriving the Diagnosis From the Data
Investigations and Applied Physiology/Pathology tests interpretation of laboratory and physiological data: acid–base disorders, ECG, renal and liver function, haematology and diagnostic test performance. The candidate must derive the diagnosis from the numbers rather than pattern-match a remembered label.
325 words, about 2 min04Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: Time-Critical Resuscitation
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine tests immediate recognition and resuscitation of time-critical illness: airway compromise, shock, sepsis, arrhythmia, coma and respiratory failure. The examination expects ABCDE priority-setting, reversible-cause thinking and physiological targets rather than exhaustive differential diagnosis.
315 words, about 2 min