Union Public Service Commission Homoeopathy Exam-Guidelines

U.P.S.C is offering excellent carrier opportunities for young homoeopaths through their medical officer examination. Selected doctors will be posted as medical officers in Government of India ,Government of Delhi and various Union Territories in the pay scale of 8000-275-13500 with a total emolument of 40,000. In the last 4 years around 250 doctors have been selected to various departments.

It  is high time for the aspirants to fine tune their strategy. We have opened a war room especially to guide candidates regarding the methodology of preparation. We have published here study materials, previous Question papers & Model Question paper for the examination. The war room will be managed by efficient faculty who cracked various examinations including U.P.S.C. Candidates can contact with faculty who compiled the materials through mail or phone. It will be a unique opportunity for the aspirants to clear their doubts and to discuss how to prepare.

This war room is operated by
1.Dr.Anil.K
Medical officer, B.R.Sur Homoeopathic medical college
Motibagh,Nanak pura. NewDelhi
Mob: 09868252522 Email: dranilram@rediffmail.com

2.Dr.Jithesh.T.K
Medical Officer. Directorate of ISM & H. Govt. of NCT of Delhi
Email : drjitheshtk@yahoo.co.in Mob:09868246213

3.Dr.K.R.Mansoor Ali
Tutor.Govt.Homeopathic Medical College. Calicut. Kerala
Ph: 09249744304 Email : mansoor@similima.com

Dear friends the war is ahead…the war to cross. U.P.S.C .We are living in an era of tough competition. Unless & until you have a well planned strategy you will miss the target. So sharpen the instruments In your armoury and be prepared for the final war to triumph in the examination.. Thousands are appearing for the examination and from that a few will be called for interview. In previous occasions candidates amounting to5-10 times of the reported vacancies were interviewed. The experiences of the author as well as many selected candidates show that you should have 100or above correct answer out of 120 questions to get a call for interview.

Analysis of previous question papers show that questions are asked from all the subjects of B.H.M.S course. 120 questions with maximum marks 100 will be asked, duration 2 hours. The approximate break up of questions as appeared in the previous years is as follows.

Anatomy 3-5
Physiology 3-5
Pharmacy 3-5
Organon 20-25
Materia medica 30-35
Pathology 5-8
Forensic medicine 3-5
Community medicine 2-5
Surgery 8-10
Gynaecology&Obstetrics 8-10
Medicine 25-30
Casetaking&Repertorisation 10-15

The break up shows that maximum questions are asked from Materia medica and  Practice of medicine. Organon,Gynae,Repertory and surgery come next in the order. So the candidates should give more time for these subjects. If you can score well in these subjects half the battle is won. But you should not  neglect other subjects also.

Plenty of MCQ type books and study materials are available especially for allied subjects. But lack of study materials is a major problem with regards to homoeopathic subjects. Students should read the authentic Text books

Medicine
Internal medicine by Harrison,
Oxford hand book of medicine,
A.P.I text book of medicine,
Davidson Principle of medicine,
Text book of medicine by K.V.Krishna das.
Reading Harrison will be a tedious process but at least The manual of medicine (Short book) by Harrison should be studied.
Oxford hand book is also very useful.
Other useful study materials are
Review of post graduate medical entrance examinations by Dr.Salgunan
C.B.S quick medical examination review by M.S.Bhatia
Quick review of U.P.S.C by Sharat chandra (J.P.publications)
Final professional examination review by M.S.Bhatia
SARP self study guide in medicine,Skin anaesthtesia radiology &Psychiatry.
Medicine reloaded By V.Sreenivasalu (PARAS Publication)
Civil service examination part –1,medical science by M.S.Bhatia
Helpline for All India &A.I.I.M. by Mudit khanna (J.P.publishers)
Review of P.G. Entrance examination by Ashish tripati

Surgery
Short Practice of Surgery By Bailey&Love
Clinical surgery by S.Das
SARP self study guide for surgery

Gynaecology
Shaw’s text book of gynaecology
Mudaliar & Menon`s Clinical obstetrics
SARP self study guide for Gynaecology&Obstetrics

Materia medica
Allen`s key notes
Boerick`s materia medica
Leders  in therapeutics (Nash)
Prescriber to Allen`s key notes by P.Sanger
Objective type questions & answers by Niranjan mohanti(B.Jain)
M.C.Q s in homoeopathy (Patil & Pal)
4000M.C.Qs in homoeopathy by Manojkumar singh (B.Jain)

Previous question papers show that plenty of questions are asked from Allen’s Key notes. Candidates Should have a thorough knowledge of all medicines in Key note. Generally many questions are asked from Relationship part of the book. Candidates should recollect comparison that is given in the book. A detailed  understanding of Boericke`s materia medica is also expected. Questions regarding Common name of drugs  are also asked. Family wise study of medicine should be done. Students should know the source and family of common medicines (Clinical materia medica by Farrington & Articles regarding Family wise study given in materia medica portion of www.similima.com can be referred).

Repertory.
Essentials of repertorisation (Dr.Tiwari),
All The Repertories in B.H.M.S syllabus..
Questions regarding History of repertory, different repertories their philosophical background, year of publications, word meaning, grading of rubrics, Computer repertories, Card repertories are asked usually. Some rubrics with their chapters, rubrics in Kent’s repertory in which only one medicine is given are also asked

Pharmacy.
Text book of pharmacy by Mandal & Mandal.
Questions regarding drug preparation, Pharmacopoea, source of drugs, rules& regulations are asked usually.
For other subjects prescribed text book of the  B.H.M.S  course can be used. MCQ questions of these subjects can be read from the post graduate entrance guides mentioned above.