UPSC CMS 2019 Syllabus and Exam Pattern

UPSC CMS Syllabus 2019

PAPER I (General Medicine and Paediatrics)

General Medicine (96 questions)

• Cardiology
• Respiratory diseases
• Gastro-intestinal
• Genito-Urinary
• Neurology
• Hematology
• Endocrinology
• Metabolic disorders
• Infections/Communicable Diseases
• Nutrition/Growth
• Diseases of the skin (Dermatology)
• Musculoskeletal System
• Psychiatry
• General
• Emergency Medicine
• Common Poisoning
• Snakebite
• Tropical Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine
• Emphasis on medical procedures
• Pathophysiological basis of diseases
• Vaccines preventable diseases and Non-vaccines preventable diseases
• Vitamin deficiency diseases
• In psychiatry include – Depression, psychosis, anxiety, bipolar diseases, and Schizophrenia.

Paediatrics (24 questions)

• Common childhood emergencies
• Basic newborn care
• Normal developmental milestones
• Accidents and poisonings in children
• Birth defects and counseling including autism
• Immunization in children
• Recognizing children with special needs and management
• National programmes related to child health

PAPER II (General Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Preventive Social and Community Medicine)

UPSC CMS Exam Syllabus for Surgery (40)

• General Surgery
• Urological Surgery
• Neuro Surgery
• Otorhinolaryngology E.N.T
• Thoracic surgery
• Orthopedic surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Anesthesiology
• Traumatology
• Diagnosis and management of common surgical ailments
• Pre-operative and post-operative care of surgical patients
• Medicolegal and ethical issues of surgery
• Wound healing
• Fluid and electrolyte management in surgery
• Shock pathophysiology and management

Gynaecology & Obstetrics (40)

• Obstetrics
  • Ante-natal conditions
  • Intra-natal conditions
  • Post-natal conditions
  • Management of normal labours or complicated labour
• Gynecology
  • Questions on applied anatomy
  • Questions on applied physiology of menstruation and fertilization
  • Questions on infections in the genital tract
  • Questions on neoplasma in the genital tract
  • Questions on a displacement of the uterus
  • Normal delivery and safe delivery practices
  • High-risk pregnancy and management
  • Abortions
  • Intra-Uterine growth retardation
  • Medicolegal examination in obgy and Gynae including Rape.
• Family Planning
  • Conventional contraceptives
  • U.D. and oral pills
  • An operative procedure, sterilization, and organization of programmes in the urban and rural surroundings
  • Medical Termination of Pregnancy

Preventive Social and Community Medicine (40)

• Social and Community Medicine
• The concept of Health, Disease and Preventive Medicine
• Health Administration and Planning
• General Epidemiology
• Demography and Health Statistics
• Communicable Diseases
• Environmental Health
• Nutrition and Health
• Non-communicable diseases
• Occupational Health
• Genetics and Health
• International Health
• Medical Sociology and Health Education
• Maternal and Child Health
• National Programmes
• Management of common health problems
• Ability to monitor national health programmes
• Knowledge of maternal and child wellness
• Ability to recognize, investigate, report, plan and manage community health problems including malnutrition and emergencies

PATTERN OF EXAMINATION (WRITTEN TEST)

• It is an online examination which consists of Multiple choice type questions
• There are 120 questions in each paper.
• Each question has four options with one correct response.
• There is negative marking (minus 1/3) for each incorrect answer.
• The exam has two papers (Paper I and Paper II)
• Each paper will be of 2hours duration
• Each paper is conducted for a total of 250 marks. (Grand total-500 marks for the exam)

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