- FCPS Part I
- IMM
- FCPS Part II
After passing these three examinations, candidates are awarded with a fellowship degree by College of Physicians and Surgeons, and are called “Consultants” in specific area of their specialization.
Now let’s understand composition of FCPS 1 exam,
FCPS 1 is an MCQ based exam which is necessary to pass in order to get medical residency in any desired medical specialty program in recognized medical institution or a hospital in Pakistan.
In this post I will provide you information about, how to prepare for FCPS 1?
And everything in order to pass FCPS 1 including syllabus, past papers and study material, hope so this post will help you a lot in your FCPS 1 preparation and structuring your study plan for passing FCPS 1. May ALLAH help you in your journey towards medical residency?
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FCPS Part 1 Examination
For induction in medical residency or specialization, The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) conducts FCPS (Meaning Fellow of college of Physicians and Surgeons) Part I examinations in the below-mentioned disciplines for medical induction through Pakistan:
- Surgery & Allied
- Medicine & Allied
- Dentistry
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Anesthesia
- Ophthalmology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Psychiatry
- Pathology
- Community Medicine
- Otorhinolaryngology
Exam Schedule of FCPS
In the start of every year CPSP releases a notification about exam schedule of FCPS Part 1, FCPS Part 2, IMM and MCPS. The FCPS Part 1 exams are held three times a year.
Exam Centers for FCPS
CPSP Examinations are held in hospitals of different cities, recognized by CPSP for medical specialist training, in all over Pakistan. At present CPSP conducts its exams in following centers:
- Karachi
- Quetta
- Hyderabad
- Larkana
- Multan
- Faisalabad
- Bahawalpur
- Islamabad
- Peshawar
- Abbottabad
- Muzaffarabad (Azad Jammu & Kashmir)
Overseas FCPS Exam Centers
FCPS (FCPS meaning Fellow of college of Physicians and Surgeons) Not only conducts its examination in Pakistan but also conducts its examination in KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and Nepal, which is a great step for facilitating FCPS aspirants to appear in examinations who are outside of Pakistan. These centers are:
- Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- Katmandu (Nepal)
FCPS Examination Format
- FCPS Part 1 consists of two theory papers, which are PAPER 1 and PAPER 2.
- Each of these two theory papers consists of 100 MCQ’s, multiple choice type questions.
- Three hours are allocated for each theory paper.
Download FCPS Part 1 Syllabus Here
HOW TO PREPARE FOR FCPS PART 1?
Now, let’s come to our main point, how to prepare for FCPS Part 1? Preparing for FCPS is much easy as compared to that how to studied for MBBS Examinations. As FCPS Syllabus covers usually general aspects of the topics what you study in your MBBS Syllabus, so revising these topic is much easy, but remember still you have to study very well in order to pass FCPS 1 and starting your new journey towards medical residency.
Don’t worry your super duper senior surgeons haven’t left you alone without any guidance, how to prepare FCPS Part 1? These guidelines are recommended by seniors to help juniors in passing their FCPS 1 examinations.
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR SURGERY AND ALLIED
Lets’ start the preparation guideline from Surgery and Allied (As surgery is my favorite: P)
For surgery and allied, you’ll need following books/material:
- Snell’s Review
- Netters Atlas
- Kaplan Anatomy
- High yield Embryology
- Pathoma, Pathology
- BRS physiology
- First Aid
- Chandkians MCQ books/ Rabia Ali/ SK Notes
- Past papers For FCPS Part 1, Surgery & Allied
PHYSIOLOGY:
Prepare Physiology from BRS Physiology from A to Z with special focus on all tables. Tables are much more important. “Ratt lo tables ko”
An important note here: BRS is one of the best physiology books out there. I have read Kaplan too and trust me BRS has much more to offer for FCPS (FCPS meaning Fellow of college of Physicians and Surgeons) Part 1 Preparation. It covers every aspect of your FCPS Part 1 Preparation. Kaplan is easy to understand but has many things missing which are needed for FCPS Part1 Exams. So I will highly recommend BRS Physiology.
ANATOMY:
Well I know you all must love Anatomy: P It’s such a beautiful pain in the neck from the start of MBBS!! : P
Snell’s Review of Anatomy is more than enough but you must have to supplement it with Netters atlas images. Or else u r not going to understand it. Focus on the images and illustrations from Netters; these will help you a lot in your FCPS Part1 exam. They will help u remember stuff more in this case.
Study Snell, don’t worry about its big size, it looks big as it also contains embryology points and really large multiple images in a single topic, so there is less what’s to be read from Snell.
All the clinical in Snell’s Review is sufficient 
PATHOLOGY:
Prepare pathology section of FCPS Part 1 from Pathoma; it is no doubt the best book for clearing your concepts of pathology, ultimately your FCPS Part 1 section of pathology. It will take only few days to study from Pathoma pathology. If you have less time you can also study from First Aid, but I will again recommend Pathoma. Some people say BRS pathology is enough from FCPS Part 1; no its not.
EMBRYOLOGY:
For covering embryology section of FCPS Part 1 study it from high yield embryology. It will take just 2-3 days to do whole of it. It’s very well written and a recommended Book for FCPS Part 1 examination. Don’t skip it at any cost
Learn the Germ Layer Derivatives Very well. They are High yield
NEUROANATOMY:
It is to be done from KAPLAN Neuroanatomy. It will take 4 days to complete.
Pay special attention to chapter 4, 5 and 10. You must cover spinal cord section even if you skip the whole neuro anatomy. Relationships of all CNS ventricles are very important. Don’t forget to do them.
Histology:
Only these topics are enough:
- Epithelia (Must to do)
- Spleen, Lymph node, Thymus (There is a single chapter in Kaplan for these)
- Types of collagen and cartilage
BIOCHEMISTRY:
Do it from First aid and just cover the following topics precisely:
- Vitamins
- Names of Autosomal dominant and recessive diseases
- And Prepare biochemistry MCQs from Rabia Ali to cover the rest of things
FIRST AID:
Briefly prepare all the systems, pharmacology, general pathology, microbiology, immunology, and bio statistics from it
Skip the psychiatry portion and biochemistry portion from first aid except for the above mentioned topics.
MCQ BOOKS:
Usually there are a large number of fcps books available for FCPS Part 1 Examination that often candidates get confused. So you should study only these books (Not all of them)
Prefer them in descending order
- Rabia Ali
- Asim shoaib
- SK peals
- Chandkian
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR MEDICINE AND ALLIED
ANATOMY
- GROSS ANATOMY: First chapter from big Snell, rest of the gross anatomy from Snell review
- EMBRYOLOGY: Prepare from FIRST AID USMLE
- NEUROANATOMY: Prepare it from high yield neuroanatomy
- HISTOLOGY: Prepare these topics; Epithelial linings, Collagen types, Cartilage types
PHARMACOLOGY: Prepare Cardiac pharmacology, ANS and Diuretics from Kaplan, rest of pharmacology from FIRST AID
PATHOLOGY
- GENERAL PATHOLOGY: Use Robbins, you can also use some other good book, but the most important thing is that you should have clear understanding and concepts of general pathology
- SPECIAL PATHOLOGY: Use Robbins only, study important topics briefly from MCQ’s point of view, Should cover rest of topics from FIRST AID.
- MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY: Study it from FIRST AID USMLE.
PHYSIOLOGY: Study Physiology from BRS + Few topics from Ganong
BIOCHEMISTRY: Use FIRST AID USMLE for it preparation
BIOSTATICS AND BEHAVIUORAL SCIENCES: Use FIRST AID USMLE for its preparation
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
TEXT BOOKS:
Prepare abdomen, pelvis and premium from long Snell and short Snell.
Endocrinology and reproduction chapters are must do from USMLE FIRST AID.
Study Pathology, Physiology, Embryology and Histology from USMLE FIRST AID.
FCPS BOOKS FOR MCQ’s:
MCQ’s books for gyne & Obs are:
- SK Pink
- Asim and shoaib
- Golden 3 and 4 plus Past Papers
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR RADIOLOGY
For FCPS Part 1 in Radiology, you should really focus on anatomy.
ANATOMY: Study Snell reviews for anatomy, no big books are needed for preparation of anatomy section for FCPS (FCPS meaning Fellow of college of Physicians and Surgeons) PART 1 Radiology. Prepare upper limb, lower limb, thorax, pelvis, premium, abdomen, aorta, celiac trunk, lymphatic drainage, upper limb & lower limb muscles with nerve supply and lymphatic drainage.
Prepare only origin and insertion of muscles of those topics which are repeated in Past Papers. Rabia Ali and Snell review are must to do books and for images, try to follow some authentic book like Netter.
MCQ’s from Asim and shoaib and Chandkians should be on finger tips for FCPS Part 1 Radiology Exam. You must study through past papers briefly as most questions are often repeated.
Don’t waste time on studying textbooks of Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology and Pharmacology. Study systemic Physiology from FIRST AID or BRS.
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR ANESTHESIOLOGY:
- PHYSIOLOGY: Prepare Physiology from BRS (At least two readings should be given)
- ANATOMY: Prepare Anatomy from Snell
- NEUROANATOMY: Study neuroanatomy from Kaplan; try to study spinal cord and tracts from Snell Neuroanatomy. From Paper 2 Point o view, half of the Anatomy MCQ’s comes from neuroanatomy section.
- PHYSICS: Study it from basic concepts of anesthetists by Parbrooks (Prepare selected topics which are given in CPSP syllabus).
- PHARMACOLOGY: Study it from Kaplan and covers anesthetic drugs from anesthesia textbooks of Smith or Morgan.
- PATHOLOGY: Study from BRS Pathology (Prepare only general pathology, no need to study special Pathology)
- EMBRYOLOGY: Study Embryology from high yield
- HISTOLOGY AND GENERAL ANATOMY: Just prepare major topics discussed in MCQ’s
- UMSLE FIRST AID for brief review
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY
Study eye related subjects well enough
- EYE ANATOMY: Prepare eye anatomy from Snell ocular anatomy from A to Z. Study Snell ocular Anatomy briefly as it is your main weapon for FCPS Paper B.
- EYE PHYSIOLOGY: Prepare eye physiology from Jhon Ferris Eye Physiology unit and also give a read to eye unit from Guyton and Hall, it will help you to understand those topics which are difficult in Jhon Ferris Eye Unit.
- EYE PHARMACOLOGY: Study it from Jhon Ferris
- EYE IMMUNOLOGY: Prepare it from Jhon Ferris
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR PSYCHIATRY
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Prepare FCPS PART 1 Psychiatry from following FCPS Books
- Oxford text book of Psychiatry
- Kaplan Synopsis of Psychiatry
- Companion to Psychiatric studies
- British journal of Psychiatry
- American journal of Psychiatry
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR ENT
Prepare FCPS PART 1 for ENT from following FCPS books to get succeed in your FCPS Part 1 exam
- ANATOMY: Prepare it from BRS + Head & Neck from Big Snell and KLM
- PHYSIOLOGY: Prepare from BRS + Endocrinology and central nervous system from big Guyton and Hall
- PATHOLOGY: Cover General Pathology from BRS+ Study endocrinology and renal Pathology from Goljan and Medium Robbins.
- BIOCHEMISTRY: Prepare Biochemistry section from USMLE FIRST AID
- PHARMACOLOGY: Study it from USMLE FIRST AID
- EMBRYOLOGY: Study it from USMLE FIRST AID + High Yield
- ENT: As ENT subject is most important for FCPS Part 1 in ENT, Study it well enough from Dhingra ENT text book specially its Anatomy and Physiology Chapters and also study it from USMLE FIRST AID atleast 2-3 times
- NEUROANATOMY: Cover Neuroanatomy from Kaplan and Study cranial nerves from big Snell
FCPS GUIDELINE FOR PATHOLOGY
You should be ready for your FCPS Part 1 Pathology in 2-3 months. Start your preparation for Part 1 by studying BRS for Physiology and Pathology. After completing BRS, study FIRST AID USMLE for every subject i.e. Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, General Pharma, Microbiology, Special Pathology, study General Pathology from BRS, Embryology from High yield and Histology from Amir Saleem. Epithelia and glands are important in Histology portion. For Hematology, study FA, There is no need to study other books either it is Goljan or Pathoma etc.
Once you have started to study FA, start practice on Rabia Ali MCQ book, don’t worry if you can’t answer Mcq’s from Rabia Ali, its normal during your first read. Try to make sticky notes on your book. After first read, go for the revision of Rabia Ali and leave FA for the topics, you find difficult, and start Asim shoaib with Tanveer notes.
In last 1-2 weeks, you should only practice Mcq’s either from Rabia or SK Golden, Asim Shoaib. Yu can also Practice your Mcq’s in different Facebook groups related to FCPS Part 1 Preparation.
FCPS PART 1 GUIDELINE FOR DENTISTRY
For preparation of FCPS (FCPS meaning Fellow of college of Physicians and Surgeons) Part 1 Dentistry Following Books should be preferred
- ANATOMY: For preparation of Anatomy of FCPS Part 1 exam, your first choice should be NBDE First Aid Part 1. For Head and neck you can use Snell and for preparation of Neuroanatomy, you can use Kaplan.
- BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY: For Biochemistry and Physiology NBDE First aid Part 1 and UMSLE FIRST AID should be your first choice. BRS and Kaplan can also be studies for FCPS Part 1 in dentistry.
- PATHOLOGY: Prepare Pathology from NBDE First aid part 1 and USMLE FIRST AID
- Others books for Pathology section are BRS or Goljan Pathology
- PHARMACOLOGY: Study this section from NBDE First aid part 1 and USMLE FIRST AID
- Other books are Kaplan, Lippincott or BRS
- ORAL PATHOLOGY: Study NBDE First aid Part 2 for oral pathology section
- DENTAL MATERIALS: McCabe is usually enough for preparation of dental materials section.
- ORAL ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY, AND MORPHOLOGY: Prepare these topics from NBDE First aid Part 1 or from TenCate and Fuller.
MCQ FCPS BOOKS FOR FCPS PART 1 IN DENTISTRY
- MCQ’s Books for FCPS Part 1 Dentistry are:
- MCQ Book by Jahangir Khan+ Coffeedent.org
- Asim and Shoaib Dentistry
- MCQ Book by Rabia Ali
- Dental materials and Oral Pathology portions of Dentogist (Basics)
SOME TIPS/COCERNS REGARDING FCPS PART 1 EXAM
- Make a proper study schedule for FCPS Part 1 schedule; don’t take it easy otherwise you won’t make it. Take it serious and study properly with a regular schedule.
- Don’t be depressed by Facebooki Scholars, Group comments or by some random colleague etc.
- Study well first from the fcps books and the solve MCQ’s
- Join Facebook groups etc after you have studied the books, then you can join for discussion.
- Don’t ask everyone for guidance, you will mix up everything.
- On exam day, stay relaxed and calm, there is nothing new, you only have to go through topic you already be examined for (in MBBS).
- Online exam has an edge, as you can skip a question and come back to it when you have finished rest of your paper, so if any question is bothering you, just skip it for later.
- Time for FCPS Part 1 exam is more than enough, so solve the paper carefully and stay calm and relax during paper.
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