🌟 DM CRITICAL CARE EXAM ROADMAP 🌟

Your guide to exam structure, how to study, what to study — and how to grow into the ICU consultant you are becoming.

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🧾 1. Exam Pattern Overview

🔹 Day 1:

• One Long Case

• Three Short Cases
  All are bedside examinations — so your communication, hygiene, and patient respect matter just as much as your knowledge.

🔹 Day 2:

• Four Viva Tables
  • Ventilator + ABG + OSCE
  • Drugs, Instruments, ECG & Radiology
  • Hemodynamics (CVP, PA catheter, graphs)
  • Communication Skills

🔹 Grand Viva:

• Critical appraisal of a research article

• Thesis presentation and discussion

• Logbook review

• ICU quality, safety, and leadership questions

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📘 2. Core Syllabus Topics to Master

✅ Bedside exams — neuro, respiratory, cardiovascular
✅ Ventilation modes, waveforms, and troubleshooting
✅ ABG interpretation & acid-base disorders
✅ Hemodynamic monitoring — art lines, CVP, PA catheter
✅ Common ICU instruments and procedures
✅ Communication skills and family counseling
✅ Research methodology, biostatistics, and biases
✅ ICU quality: infection control, RCA, CAPA, incident reporting

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📚 3. Recommended Study Material (keep all as PDFs)

📌 FFICM Books (Part 1 & 2 — all 4 volumes)
📌 Bickerstaff’s Neurological Examination
📌 FFICM Book by Eryl Davies
📌 ICU Protocol Book (institutional + standard)
📌 OHS Manual of Critical Care
📌 Washington Manual of Critical Care

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🧠 4. How to Study Smart

🎯 Study consistently, not just during study leave
🎯 Learn from real cases — your ICU is your best classroom
🎯 Join or form a study group
🎯 Practice presenting cases aloud
🎯 Use graphs, flowcharts, tables to revise faster
🎯 Focus on understanding, not just memory

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💬 5. Final Words from Your Teachers

This exam is more than a test.
It’s a turning point — a leap from student to consultant.

So show up every day.
Lead with empathy.
Learn from everything.

You are becoming the intensivist your patients will trust with their lives.

📍 With pride and belief in your journey,
Dr. Srishti Jain
Professor, Critical Care Medicine

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