Important Topics for EPR (Surgery, etc.)

These are some of the topics me and my friends think are important after finishing the Examination for Provisional Registration (EPR)- theory exam, hopefully it could help you narrow down the topics for your study.

**please use this as a guidance only**

Do try to understand the topic as a whole from the physiology to its clinical use. It is important to have a strong foundation during your med school for you to pass the exam. 

Do not follow this key topics blindly!

Always study more!

The subjects included in this post are
1. orthopedics
2. Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obgyn)
3. Pediatrics
4. Infectious Disease
5. Neurology
6. Psychiatry
7. Emergency Medicine

For internal medicine, please refer to another post specifically for it, Happy study!

Orthopedics

1. Differential of Anterior cruciate ligament tear, PCL tear 

2. Gout

3. Fracture complications

4. Physical Examination to diagnose ACL,PCL, meniscal tear

5. what is SLT for?

Obgyn

1. Ddx of miscarriage

2. Eclampsia, Pre-Eclampsia

3. Contraindicated Medication for pregnancy

4. PPH

5. Amniotic Fluid embolism

6. Placenta previa

7. menstrual cycle

8. understand- endometriosis, adenomyosis, PID, uterine fibroids, post coital bleeding causes

Pediatrics

1. Asthma diagnosis and treatment
2. Types of heart murmurs for peds
3. Seizure
4. Types of Jaundice
5. Signs of respiratory distress
6. GI obstruction and their presentation
7. Jones criteria
8. Nephritis, Nephrotic syndrome
9. HSP
10. Ddx between hydrocele, epididymo orchitis, testicular torsion

Infectious disease

1. Dengue
2. Malaria
3. SLE
4. Ddx vaginal discharge

Neurology

1. Stroke
2. Horner's syndrome
3. Lumbar prolapse

Psychiatry

1. Bulimia nervorsa
2. Autism
3. PTSD
4. understand the types and uses of anti psych meds
5. Panic disorder

Emergency Medicine

1. types of shock
2. stroke
3. limb ischemia mx
4. dDx of chest pain
5. Burn classification and its Mx
6. GCS coma scale
7. How to treat drug overdose... (find out the possibilities or most common meds misused)

Good luck and all the best!