Palestinian Board Part I study guide
Palestinian Board Part I · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Palestinian Board Part I is the first stage of the postgraduate specialty board pathway administered under the Palestinian Ministry of Health and its higher medical councils. It is aimed at physicians who have completed their medical degree and are entering residency or seeking to demonstrate a broad foundation before specialty training. The Palestinian Board Part I study guide has 9 sections and about 3,091 words.
01Internal Medicine
The internal medicine section of the Palestinian Board Part I is weighted toward diagnosis and first-line management of conditions seen on any inpatient ward: acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, diabetes and its emergencies, COPD and asthma, cirrhosis, acute kidney injury and electrolyte disorders. Questions usually give a short vignette and ask for the next best step, the most likely diagnosis, or the immediate danger to correct.
357 words, about 2 min02General Surgery
Surgical questions in the Palestinian Board Part I centre on the acute abdomen, trauma resuscitation, complicated hernia, biliary disease, wound care, and recognition of the patient who needs an operation now rather than tomorrow. The exam rewards a structured approach: resuscitate, diagnose, then decide on timing and route of surgery.
334 words, about 2 min03Pediatrics
Pediatrics in Part I covers common, high-frequency and high-mortality problems: neonatal jaundice, dehydration and oral rehydration, acute respiratory illness, febrile seizures, growth and immunisation. Questions usually ask for the next step in a child who looks well versus one who looks ill, so severity assessment matters more than naming a rare syndrome.
337 words, about 2 min04Obstetrics and Gynecology
This domain tests the emergencies and common conditions of pregnancy and gynaecology: hypertensive disorders, postpartum haemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, gestational diabetes, labour and its complications, and cervical screening. Questions typically describe an obstetric emergency and ask for the immediate drug or the decision about delivery.
323 words, about 2 min05Basic Medical Sciences (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology)
This section tests the sciences underpinning clinical decisions: applied anatomy for examination and procedures, physiology of the cardiac, renal and respiratory systems, biochemistry of metabolic disease, pathology of inflammation and neoplasia, pharmacology of common drug classes, and microbiology of common infections. Questions are clinically framed, so each basic fact must be linked to a patient.
340 words, about 2 min06Community Medicine
Community medicine in Part I covers prevention, primary health care, maternal and child health services, environmental health and outbreak response. The exam expects population-level thinking: who is at risk, which intervention reaches most people, and how to measure whether it worked.
351 words, about 2 min07Epidemiology and Biostatistics
This domain tests the ability to read a study and compute the numbers that drive clinical decisions: incidence and prevalence, measures of association, test performance, bias, confounding, confidence intervals and p-values. The exam tends to use small 2 × 2 tables and short abstracts.
369 words, about 2 min08Behavioral Sciences and Medical Ethics
This domain tests communication, psychological development and the ethical-legal framework of practice: consent, capacity, confidentiality, truth-telling, resource allocation and care of vulnerable patients. Questions are short scenarios asking what you should do next.
336 words, about 2 min09Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
This section tests immediate recognition and treatment of time-critical conditions: cardiac arrest, shock, anaphylaxis, sepsis, airway obstruction, trauma and altered consciousness. Questions ask for the first action, the correct drug and dose, or the most likely reversible cause.
344 words, about 2 min