Tuesday, July 3, 2012

PARASITOLOGY: Written exam format


marks for written: 75m. passing marks 45m
do past years questions since 5 years ago
25m: MCQ + cross matching (from book + new Qs)
50m: 
1. 1 case: 5m (from book)
2. short account
3. do as shown between brackets. ex: mention parasitological value 
4. compare
5. route of migration inside body: life cycle inside body
6. scientific name
7. parasitological diagnosis
8. collections. eg: parasites found in muscle biopsy (can refer to tables in practical book. very  very useful)
9. drawings: 2 Qs (label the important parts)
some notes about drawings questions: 

helminths: all diagnosis stage and infective stage
protozoa: all are important (VI)
anthropod: need to know-mouth of glossina, musca, stomoxys, saroptes scabei, mites, aquatic stage of mosquito only (egg, larva, pupa), general characters of each group of arthropods. the rest of the topics are cancelled
trematodes: morphology of adult is cancelled
              morph. of DS and IS is important
cestodes: morph. of scolex is cancelled
         morph. of segments is important
nematodes: only need to know the posterior end and oesophagus of adult morph. of DS

p/s: copied and adapted from AJK's post in fb for our easy reference. contact them directly for further explanation if you find something is confusing or missing here.

credit to Nurfarahin Ekram.