NMC licensing exam notes — all 246 topics of the MBBS licence syllabus

Every topic in the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) MBBS licence examination syllabus, each with a written article covering the theory, worked examples and the examiner's angle. Written for candidates sitting the medical licensing exam in Nepal, including graduates of foreign medical colleges registering to practise here.

Pharmacology

• Beta-adrenergic Blockers
• Beta-blockers — Practice Questions
• Antibiotics — Classes, Mechanisms and Selection
• Antibiotics — Practice Questions
• Analgesics: NSAIDs, Opioids and Adjuvants
• Analgesics — Practice Questions
• Cardiovascular Drugs
• Cardiovascular Drugs — Practice Questions
• Prescribing Safety: Interactions, Organ Impairment and Adverse Effects
• Prescribing Safety — Practice Questions
• Fluids, Electrolytes and Blood Transfusion
• Fluids and Transfusion — Practice Questions
• Non-Bacterial Antimicrobials
• Non-Bacterial Antimicrobials — Practice Questions
• Prescribing in Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Childhood
• Special Populations — Practice Questions
• Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacovigilance
• Pharmacokinetics — Practice Questions

Medicine

• Shock — Classification and Initial Management
• Shock — Practice Questions
• Acid–Base Disorders and Blood Gas Interpretation
• Acid–Base — Practice Questions
• Diabetes Mellitus — Diagnosis, Complications and Management
• Diabetes Mellitus — Practice Questions
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis and the Hyperosmolar State
• Diabetic Emergencies — Practice Questions
• Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Acute Coronary Syndromes — Practice Questions
• Reading an ECG
• Reading an ECG — Practice Questions
• Arrhythmias
• Arrhythmias — Practice Questions
• Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack
• Stroke — Practice Questions
• Asthma and COPD
• Asthma and COPD — Practice Questions
• Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
• Chronic Liver Disease — Practice Questions
• Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Kidney Disease — Practice Questions
• Anaemia — Classification and Approach
• Anaemia — Practice Questions
• Sepsis and the Deteriorating Infected Patient
• Sepsis — Practice Questions
• Poisoning and Overdose
• Poisoning — Practice Questions
• The Painful Joint and Inflammatory Arthritis
• Joint Disease — Practice Questions
• Thyroid Disease
• Thyroid Disease — Practice Questions
• Seizures and Headache
• Seizures and Headache — Practice Questions
• Heart Failure and Valvular Disease
• Heart Failure — Practice Questions
• Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk
• Hypertension — Practice Questions
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Dyspepsia
• GI Bleeding — Practice Questions
• Venous Thromboembolism
• Venous Thromboembolism — Practice Questions
• Snakebite and Environmental Emergencies
• Snakebite — Practice Questions
• Blood Cancers and Bleeding Disorders
• Haematology — Practice Questions
• Adrenal and Pituitary Disease
• Adrenal and Pituitary — Practice Questions
• The Unconscious Patient and Coma
• The Unconscious Patient — Practice Questions
• Cancer Principles and Palliative Care
• Cancer and Palliative Care — Practice Questions
• Falls, Frailty and Polypharmacy
• Geriatric Medicine — Practice Questions

Microbiology

• Tuberculosis — Latency, Diagnosis and Treatment
• Tuberculosis — Practice Questions
• Malaria and Dengue
• Malaria and Dengue — Practice Questions
• HIV and Viral Hepatitis
• HIV and Viral Hepatitis — Practice Questions
• Enteric and Diarrhoeal Infections
• Enteric Infections — Practice Questions
• Infection Prevention, Sterilisation and Stewardship
• Infection Control — Practice Questions
• Fever, Zoonoses and the Undiagnosed Patient
• Fever and Zoonoses — Practice Questions
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Sexually Transmitted Infections — Practice Questions

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Obstetric Emergencies: Haemorrhage and Pre-eclampsia
• Obstetric Emergencies — Practice Questions
• Antenatal Care and Common Gynaecological Presentations
• Antenatal and Gynaecology — Practice Questions
• Normal and Abnormal Labour
• Labour — Practice Questions
• Gynaecology: Pelvic Pain, Subfertility and Prevention
• Gynaecology — Practice Questions
• The Postnatal Period and Newborn Feeding
• Postnatal Care — Practice Questions
• Early Pregnancy Problems and Loss
• Early Pregnancy — Practice Questions
• Medical Disorders in Pregnancy
• Medical Disorders in Pregnancy — Practice Questions
• Preterm Birth and Fetal Growth
• Preterm Birth — Practice Questions
• Contraception and Family Planning
• Contraception — Practice Questions

Paediatrics

• The Sick Child: Recognition, Shock and Dehydration
• The Sick Child — Practice Questions
• The Newborn: Resuscitation, Jaundice and Sepsis
• The Newborn — Practice Questions
• Childhood Infections and Immunisation
• Childhood Infections — Practice Questions
• Nutrition, Growth and Severe Acute Malnutrition
• Paediatric Nutrition — Practice Questions
• The Breathless Child: Stridor, Wheeze and Foreign Bodies
• Paediatric Respiratory — Practice Questions
• The Surgical Infant: Vomiting, Obstruction and Congenital Anomaly
• Paediatric Surgery — Practice Questions
• Congenital Heart Disease and Neurodevelopment
• Congenital Heart Disease — Practice Questions
• Paediatric Renal Disease and Febrile Seizures
• Paediatric Renal Disease — Practice Questions
• Poisoning, Injury and Child Protection
• Poisoning and Child Protection — Practice Questions

Surgery

• The Acute Abdomen
• The Acute Abdomen — Practice Questions
• Trauma: Primary Survey and Haemorrhage Control
• Trauma — Practice Questions
• Wounds, Surgical Infection and the Postoperative Patient
• Wounds and Surgical Infection — Practice Questions
• Hernias, Gallstones and Lumps
• Common Surgical Presentations — Practice Questions
• Urology: Retention, Stones, Haematuria and the Acute Scrotum
• Urology — Practice Questions
• Intestinal Obstruction and Colorectal Disease
• Intestinal Obstruction — Practice Questions
• Burns and Soft Tissue Injury
• Burns — Practice Questions
• The Red Eye, Visual Loss and ENT Emergencies
• Eye and ENT — Practice Questions
• Peripheral Vascular Disease and Leg Ulcers
• Vascular Disease — Practice Questions

Psychiatry

• Delirium, Risk Assessment and the Agitated Patient
• Psychiatric Emergencies — Practice Questions
• Depression and Anxiety
• Depression and Anxiety — Practice Questions
• Psychosis and Schizophrenia
• Psychosis — Practice Questions
• Substance Use and Alcohol-Related Disorders
• Substance Use — Practice Questions
• Child Development and Adolescent Mental Health
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health — Practice Questions
• The Psychiatric Interview and Mental State Examination
• Psychiatric Assessment — Practice Questions
• Dementia and Cognitive Decline
• Dementia — Practice Questions

Community Medicine

• Epidemiology, Diagnostic Tests and Screening
• Epidemiology — Practice Questions
• Maternal and Child Health
• Maternal and Child Health — Practice Questions
• Communicable Disease Control and Outbreak Investigation
• Communicable Disease Control — Practice Questions
• Ethics, Consent and Confidentiality
• Medical Ethics — Practice Questions
• Non-Communicable Disease and Health Promotion
• Non-Communicable Disease — Practice Questions
• Environmental and Occupational Health
• Environmental Health — Practice Questions
• Health Systems, Quality and Patient Safety
• Health Systems — Practice Questions
• Community Nutrition
• Community Nutrition — Practice Questions
• Biostatistics and Demography
• Biostatistics — Practice Questions
• Immunisation Programmes and Stewardship
• Immunisation and Stewardship — Practice Questions
• Injury Prevention
• Injury Prevention — Practice Questions
• Blood Service and Organ Donation
• Blood Service — Practice Questions
• Disaster and Mass Casualty Management
• Disaster Management — Practice Questions

Ophthalmology and ENT

• Avoidable Blindness
• Avoidable Blindness — Practice Questions
• Ocular Infection and the External Eye
• Ocular Infection — Practice Questions
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Ear, Nose and Throat — Practice Questions
• Refractive Error and the Nose
• Refractive Error and the Nose — Practice Questions
• Dizziness, Vertigo and the Neck Lump
• Dizziness and the Neck Lump — Practice Questions

Anatomy

• Applied Anatomy
• Applied Anatomy — Practice Questions
• Neuroanatomy
• Neuroanatomy — Practice Questions
• Thorax and Abdomen: Surface Anatomy
• Thorax and Abdomen Anatomy — Practice Questions

Physiology

• Applied Physiology
• Applied Physiology — Practice Questions
• The Cardiac Cycle, ECG and Oxygen Transport
• Cardiac Cycle and Oxygen Transport — Practice Questions
• Body Fluids, Sodium and Potassium
• Fluids and Electrolytes — Practice Questions

Pathology

• General Pathology
• General Pathology — Practice Questions
• Systemic Pathology
• Systemic Pathology — Practice Questions
• Specimens, Reports and Test Interpretation
• Specimens and Reports — Practice Questions

Biochemistry

• Clinical Biochemistry
• Clinical Biochemistry — Practice Questions
• Energy, Nitrogen and Lipids
• Energy and Lipids — Practice Questions
• Calcium, Bone Chemistry and Thyroid Tests
• Calcium and Thyroid Tests — Practice Questions

Anaesthesia

• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Assessment
• Anaesthesia — Practice Questions
• Local and Regional Anaesthesia
• Local and Regional Anaesthesia — Practice Questions
• Sedation, Monitoring and Recovery
• Sedation and Recovery — Practice Questions
• Postoperative Care and Acute Pain
• Postoperative Care — Practice Questions

Orthopaedics

• Fractures and Orthopaedic Emergencies
• Orthopaedics — Practice Questions
• Dislocations, Fracture Healing and Back Pain
• Dislocations and Back Pain — Practice Questions
• Bone Lesions and Chronic Joint Disease
• Bone Lesions and Joint Disease — Practice Questions

Dermatology

• Dermatology: Common Conditions and Leprosy
• Dermatology — Practice Questions
• Drug Eruptions and the Unwell Patient with a Rash
• Drug Eruptions — Practice Questions
• Skin Lesions, Pigment and Hair
• Skin Lesions and Pigment — Practice Questions

Forensic Medicine

• Forensic and Legal Medicine
• Forensic and Legal Medicine — Practice Questions
• Post-mortem Changes, Wounds and Poisoning
• Post-mortem Changes and Wounds — Practice Questions

Radiology

• Radiology
• Radiology — Practice Questions
• Abdominal and Skeletal Imaging
• Abdominal and Skeletal Imaging — Practice Questions

Dentistry

• Oral Health and Dentistry
• Oral Health — Practice Questions
• Facial Swelling, Jaw Injury and Oral Pain
• Facial Swelling and Jaw Injury — Practice Questions