 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Anand Kumar Sharma, I am ranked 62 CSE 2018, my optional is medical science and I have scored 316 in medical science which is the highest score of this year. Today we will be talking about the sources and the strategy of the medical science optional, how to go for it and how to prepare it so that you can secure good marks in it. So, we will first start with the sources, there are 13 topics in the medical sciences 7 in paper 1 and 6 in paper 2. So, first is anatomy, anatomy you will have to do from B. D. Chorasia, in the embryology you can do from I. B. Singh, same goes for the neuroanatomy also you can do it from I. B. Singh only. Second is biochemistry, biochemistry you have to do from Harper, physiology you have to do from mix of Gennong and A. K. Jain, focus on the flowchart part of the Gennong and A. K. Jain you can look for the diagrams. Then comes the pharmacology, either you can go for K. D. Tripati or you can go for Govindrayi Garksh's book. Pathology, there are 2 options is Robbins and Harsh Mohan, I had personally gone for Harsh Mohan but diagrams I have gone from the Robbins pathology. Then microbiology I have done from Bagheja, forensic I have done from the Reddy. Then come for the paper 2, this medicine there is a mix of both, medicine I have done from Matthews as well as the Harrison, specifically Harrison you have to go for the flowchart and the standard treatment for the medicine. Psychiatry you can do from any post graduation book which will help you out. Then is Dharma, Dharma you have to do from Neena Khanna only, third is surgery, surgery again mix of Baileys and Shanoi Manipal manual of surgery. Then come for the Gaini, Gaini is Sakshi Aroda, there is a book by Sakshi Aroda and for ops you have to do from Datta. Then comes the pediatrics, pediatrics you have to do from Gahi only and community medicine you have to do from Parkes and for the program part of the community medicine you have to do from D K Taneja. So these were the basic sources but other than that on these sources what you have to do is, jitni bhi post graduation ki books hai, un topics ko aap, jo topics amare syllabus me hai from the post graduation book you pick up the recent developments. So what I did is, jo amare topic ki syllabus hai, un topics ko maina books me se hata ke and bind karke individual maintain kar liya, rather than ki poora anatomy ki poori book hai but amara syllabus poora anatomy nahi hai syllabus mein, haan anatomy ka around one-third portion hai to maina un one-third portion ko hataaya usko bind karaya, aise hi maina sare subjects ke liye kar liya hai. And usme pages laga diye ki jobi mujhe additions karne honge un additions ko maina hape karonga. So aise hata topic ke jab maina pages laga diye aur wo book bind karali. And then I went ki jo post graduation ki books prepare karne ke liye un book me se jobi additions hai newer developments hai ya koi achha diagram hai usko waha pe likh liya. So basically what you have to do is ki apna ek limited sources ko bana hiye aur un sources se baar baar padhi hai, aisa nahi ki PG book se bhi padh rahe hai, waha se bhi padh rahe hai. So aise aise aise additions kar liye jobi karna hai usko compile karye aur usko achhe se waha pe maintain karke you have to go for the study of medical sciences. So aise anatomy biochemistry physiology medicine surgery sab jaga pe, yi ek jaga pe standard PG book se aapko utha ke syllabus ko maintain karke waha pe bana hake rakh le nahi. Aur better hai to do tarike hain ya to ab bind karali jaye hai ja rocks khalali jaye. Taaki aap ke pahas limited hi ho, vanna books ko baar baar revise karna muskul jaye kyun ki har book mothi hai, ache uske alawa ye to tha ki aapko na apne sources ko compile kiya, kahaan se kiya. Aapko strategy kyaise karne ki medical sciences padhna kyaise hai, to baile aap paper wise karne ek paper one aur ek paper two, to paper one se start karne, see ek to aapko optional ko kabhi bhi chhodna nahi hai and when one week before thak aap optional ek do kante padhiye. Regularly patte rahe nahi, ki aap optional ko aamehsha aakri tak revise karna hai, chaya aap 5-6 hante ki jaga ek do kante kar dijiye, but regularly you have to revise your medical sciences optional. So, saapse baile syllabus dekh liya aapne, aapna last 5 years ke paper liye jaye, 5 years aap, I will advise you to start from 2013 to 2018, on papers ko download kar liye jaye. You download the paper and you look for the topics, you look for the topics ki kahaan se questions zada aare hai, kahaan se questions kam aare hai, repeatedly aare hai. Then you will be able to identify and jot down kar liye je, ki harb se phar paper ka, konse topic ka question, konse year me aaye. Why I am saying this ki paper me questions repeat hote hain, repeat in the sense to last year aap ko ussail nahi aaye ka likely aur usse pehle saal jo aaye ko boh dobaara aasakta hai. To isli aapko idea reega ki iss saal ke liye sapsa important topics kya hain? What are the most important topics? I used to divide it into 3 parts ki jo last 2 years me aaye usko sapsa pehle karna hain. Fihar jo last to last year aaya tha usko baad me karna hain. Aur jo last year aaya hai wo sapsa laas me karna hain. To isli aapko prioritization oge aapka slivers ka, uske aawa lekin aafir uske aawa aapko identify karna hain ki jo scoring areas hain. Toh ko total 13 subjects hain, ligin 13 mehse 4-5 subjects aise hain, toh boh chote hain aur usse question zada marks ke aate hain. Jaisse biochemistry ho gya maara, microbiology ho gya, forensic ho gya, dermatology ho gya, pediatrics ho gya aur community medicine ho gya. Ye jo 5-6 topics hain, inka slivers baaki slivers se haaf hain. But inse question aalmos utne hi aate hain jitane usse aate hain. Toh pehle aapko kya karna hain ki in topics pehle apni mastery karna hain, inko aap pehle apni command develop karna hain ki ye topics pehle aate hain itne aate hain ki jitane usse koi bhi question aega, I am writing the best answer for this. Toh in topics ko ache se prepare karli jaye. Then you go for the bigger ones, kyunki bigger ones ye aap utne karne ke baat bhi questions utne hi aayenge, lakin isme saath topic hain, saath mehse 3 questions aayenge aur harsal repeat hotte hain, question in saath topics mehse. Toh in questions ko aap repeatedly you have to do it, and you have to develop a good command and hold over these topics, so that you can score good marks and this will help you in scoring good marks in both paper 1 and paper 2. So once you have identified what are the important topics and when you have identified what are the important subjects, and now I will discuss about ki how you go to study about the papers. So for like paper 1, you have to study anatomy more on the diagram approach, then how do you go for diagrams, you prepare more on the theory than explaining your answer on the diagrams, biochemistry focus on the values and the recent developments of the vitamins, physiology again go on the flowchart base, the flowchart given in the genomes, they are very important. Pharmacology go for mechanism of action and if there is any adverse reaction or interaction of any drug with any other drug or any other component, then you go for that. Pathology focus on the histopathology, specifically the diagrammatic approach for the pathology. Then in microbiology also, you have to focus on the diagrammatic approach. Forensic is very important, forensic is very much on the recent developments, what is happening in the current like the rape act they have asked for, then about the seminal stents or the blood stains they have been asking for, poisoning portion. So and also what you have to do is for the sexual offenses, go to your gynecology department, there is a 20-35 page manual given by the government of India that how do you approach a patient of sexual offense and what investigation needs to be done, what sample needs to be done and what is the procedure followed. They have been asking this question for last two years to get that and follow that approach and that procedure only. So this was for paper one, how do you have to do? Then for medicine, you study from the basic book but from Harrison, what you have to do is the download or your basically write down the flow chart given for the investigation and the standard treatment for all the emergencies and for the all the diseases. Similarly, in the surgery, you have to write the flow charts and the standard treatment, also the diagram of all the surgeries, you have to do. And in Guiney, the Dattas flow charts are very important, they will help you out. For community medicine, what is important for you is that you write down, prepare the new schemes of the government. Whatever the health-related schemes or the policies government is coming out, they are asking every day. A new question has been asked on whatever the mission Indra Dhanush was asked last year. So you have to prepare the new schemes and newer developments in the health sector which is specifically sponsored by the government. So that will help you develop a good strength because every question have one question of community medicine and PSM. So that is very much essential for you to have a good strength of a good command over the community medicine topic. While you are studying the paper too, what generally one mistake we do is like the question is on pulmonary embolism. You see a patient comes with a sudden breathlessness having a trauma history and the patient develops a breathlessness and you directly jump to the conclusion that it is a case of pulmonary embolism. No. What you have to prepare is prepare symptomatic based. Like if a person of breathlessness comes, how will you approach that patient? So what you can do is talk to your PG friends or your seniors that if a breathless person with breathlessness comes to hospital, how do they approach? If a person with abdominal pain approach comes to your hospital, how do they approach? How do they rule out the differential diagnosis and what investigation do they do? So I did this exercise. I talked to my friends in surgery, medicine, gynecology or pediatricians. See that how do you approach such patients? That how do you start when a patient with breathlessness or chest pain comes? You don't jump directly to the diagnosis. What they are testing is your approach. How will you approach the patient? As a doctor it is not that any patient with breathlessness comes. How will you say this symbolism? You will rule out other causes of breathlessness. So you have to develop this approach. So whenever you study, then study with this approach. So when you are studying that topic, then the related questions that have come in the last 3-4 years, keep them open in front of you. And then see what kind of questions are coming. So that when you study, you study in that approach only. Okay, they have been asking what are the differential diagnosis. So you think about the differential diagnosis. Okay, now they have asked how will you investigate this patient? Then you think about the investigations of patient of breathlessness. And then finally the management. So in this manner you will have a better approach and this will help you scoring good marks. Also I would focus again on the diagram in paper 2. People generally draw diagrams only in paper 1. But paper 2 has a scope of developing drawing diagrams. Like in dermatology. Like in the surgical aspects. Like in the community medicine. You can develop a good answer writing skill by if you draw diagram. Because that will fetch you more marks. Bellies have a good diagram for the surgery. Pediatrics have a good diagram for the pediatricians. And also in dharma there are many good diagrams about the distribution about the treatment. So the diagrammatic approach and the flowchart based approach can be very much helpful to you in scoring good marks. Second thing again like like I said in the GS also that you have to have a single source and multiple revisions. Don't go for many sources for anatomy and doing not even a single revision. Try to have at least 6 to 7 time revision before your final exam. And one revision just before the exam. I used to do that that before prelims 2 revisions between prelims and main 2 to 3 revision and one revision just before the exam. Because if you are not going to revise paper 1 then you will not be able to score marks. So plan your studies in the manner that you are able to revise around 5 to 6 times and also have developed good practice or diagram so that you can score good marks. Don't go for a superficial approach because nowadays scoring marks in medical is little bit tough but if you can have a good holistic approach with good diagrams, good writing scales at approach then you can score good marks and it will help you in getting selection. But before that you have to work hard and medical science is optional which requires your time and there is no overlapping with the general studies. So that will take your time, don't take this option lightly. And in another video I think we will be discussing about the answer writing. How do you have to answer write? With this we will discuss about the last year paper and also discuss about how to write the answers. Thank you. Don't forget to subscribe with us and press the bell icon to never miss the video on Chanakya IES Academy.