OMSB General Surgery (OEGS) study plan
OMSB General Surgery (OEGS) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Map the full OMSB General Surgery content outline into a personal topic checklist, marking each item as confident, shaky, or unknown to establish a baseline.
Build a spaced-repetition deck covering perioperative care fundamentals: fluid and electrolyte balance, nutritional support, wound healing, and surgical infection.
Complete 60 timed single-best-answer questions on perioperative management and log every error with the underlying knowledge gap.
Draft a one-page framework for preoperative risk assessment (cardiac, pulmonary, bleeding, VTE) that you can recall from memory.
Your checkpoint
A baseline gap-analysis spreadsheet listing every syllabus topic with a confidence rating, plus a documented error log of at least 60 reviewed questions.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Work through acute abdominal pain systematically: distinguish surgical from non-surgical causes using history, examination, and first-line investigations.
Summarize the diagnostic pathway and operative indications for acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, and perforated viscus.
Practice interpreting abdominal CT and plain film reports written in prose, converting each into a likely diagnosis and management step.
Complete 80 timed questions on emergency general surgery and re-derive the reasoning for every wrong answer.
Your checkpoint
A written decision-tree document for acute abdomen covering at least six presentations, each with investigations, immediate management, and operative thresholds.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Consolidate the management of gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, and ischemia, including resuscitation priorities and timing of endoscopy versus surgery.
Review hernia anatomy, classification, and repair options, and state recurrence and complication risks for each approach.
Rehearse the septic surgical patient: source control principles, antibiotic selection, and damage-control laparotomy indications.
Answer 80 mixed emergency questions under timed conditions and categorize errors by knowledge versus reasoning failure.
Your checkpoint
A one-page summary card per emergency topic (bleeding, obstruction, ischemia, hernia, sepsis) that you can reproduce from memory in under ten minutes total.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Cover hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease: gallstone complications, pancreatitis severity scoring, and jaundice workup.
Review upper and lower GI malignancy staging, resection principles, and adjuvant therapy indications.
Complete a 100-question mixed block simulating exam timing and record the percentage score.
Revisit every item missed in weeks 1 to 3 and rewrite the explanation in your own words.
Your checkpoint
A mid-point practice exam score with a written remediation plan listing the five weakest subtopics and the study actions assigned to each.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Study breast disease from benign lumps through carcinoma: triple assessment, staging, and surgical options including sentinel node biopsy.
Review endocrine surgery: thyroid nodules and cancer, hyperparathyroidism, and adrenal incidentaloma workup.
Summarize skin and soft tissue lesions, melanoma Breslow staging, and sarcoma referral criteria.
Answer 70 questions on breast, endocrine, and soft tissue topics and note recurring distractor patterns.
Your checkpoint
A comparison table of breast, thyroid, and soft tissue malignancy workups showing investigation sequence, staging system, and operative decision for each.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Consolidate vascular surgery: aortic aneurysm thresholds, peripheral arterial disease classification, carotid disease, and venous insufficiency.
Review pediatric surgery essentials: intussusception, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, malrotation, and inguinal hernia in infants.
Cover trauma principles: primary survey, damage control, and solid organ injury grading with non-operative management criteria.
Complete 80 timed questions on vascular, pediatric, and trauma topics and review all incorrect items the same day.
Your checkpoint
A trauma and vascular quick-reference sheet with numeric thresholds (aneurysm size, ABI values, transfusion triggers) memorized and self-tested.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Review colorectal and anal conditions: hemorrhoids, fistula, fissure, diverticular disease, and colorectal cancer screening.
Revisit transplant and critical care basics relevant to general surgery: rejection types, immunosuppression, and ventilator and vasopressor principles.
Work through ethics, consent, and communication scenarios typical of surgical examinations.
Complete a second full-length 100-question timed mock and compare the score with week 4.
Your checkpoint
A second mock exam score with a side-by-side comparison against week 4, identifying improved and persistently weak areas.
General Surgery (OMS B specialty training program content)
Rapid-review all personal summary cards and error logs, focusing only on previously flagged weak items.
Complete two 50-question timed sprints to rebuild exam-day pacing and stamina.
Rehearse structured oral-style answers for common emergency scenarios aloud to test recall under pressure.
Finalize a one-page pre-exam checklist covering timing strategy, common distractor traps, and last-day review priorities.
Your checkpoint
A final readiness report showing the last three practice scores, the resolved versus unresolved weak-topic list, and a signed-off exam-day strategy sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Complete the baseline gap analysis and demonstrate recall of perioperative and acute abdomen frameworks without notes.
Week 4: Score at least 60 percent on the first full-length timed mock and show a written remediation plan for the five weakest subtopics.
Week 6: Recall numeric clinical thresholds for vascular, trauma, and pediatric emergencies from memory in a self-quiz with at least 80 percent accuracy.
Week 8: Score at least 70 percent on the final timed mock, with all week 1 flagged unknown topics either resolved or explicitly documented as remaining gaps.