BOARD – OPS 2009Preparing for the Physician Licensure

Examination

Dr. Melissa V. MarianoDr. Herbert Z. Manaois

The intellectual life is not the only road to God, nor the safest, but we find it to be a

road, and it may be the appointed road for us.

C.S. Lewis

Your Stomach

Intern’s Stomach Reviewee’s Stomach

B boundless

O organized

A agonizing

R review

D death

S self

The Mighty

PHYSICIAN LICENSURE EXAMINATION

12 subjects: basics and clinicals4 days3 subjects per day2 hours per subjectNo grade lower than 50Average not lower than 75

Register

Review

Take the exam

Requirements

CLEARANCE!

Transcript of RecordsCertificate of GraduationCertificate of InternshipBirth Certificate

Current Community Tax Certificate (CTR/Cedula)

Government-issued ID

NSO-issued Marriage Contract in NSO security paper

Bring the following:

NOTICE OF ADMISSION!

Application Stub

PRC Official Receipt

Two or more pencils (No.2)

Ballpens with BLACK INK ONLY

One (1) piece Metered-Stamp Window Envelope

One (1) piece Long Brown Envelope

One (1) piece Long Transparent (non -colored) Plastic Envelope (to keep above items)

One Day Prior

Relax No coffee Rest the night before the test Double-check materials Do not read any new material It is OKAY to feel “unprepared” You CANNOT know everything

Morning of the Exam

Eat Notice of Admission! Bring review materials Bring food Bring pain meds Go to the testing site early

Taking the Test

Check the time

Scan your test paper

Read each question

carefully

Transfer your answers

carefully

When the question seems impossible to answer,TESTMANSHIP works!

The answer in some questions may be found in the other questions.

The ff are enzymes in urea

cycle, except:

a. CPS I

b. Arginosuccinase

c. PFK

d. Citrulline synthetase

The rate-limiting step in

urea cycle:

a. PFK

a. G6PD

b. CPS I

c. aldolase

Questions with synonymous choices

Unique to gram-positive organisms:

a. Teichoic acid

b. Endotoxin

c. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

d. Ribosome

Double negative questions

The following are NOT true in papillary thyroid carcinoma, EXCEPT

a.

b.

c.

d.

Questions with two opposing choices

In diabetic ketoacidosis:

a. Increase in pyruvate kinase

b. Decrease in pyruvate kinase

c. Decrease in PEPCK

d. Increase in GLUT 4 translocation

Questions asking for VERY specific answers

During exercise, cardiovascular change/s include:

a. Heat dissipation

b. Decrease in GFR

c. Increase in minute ventilation

d. Increase in cardiac output

Questions with “long” choices!

What “is/are” questions

Is your first answer the best answer?

My favorite letter is B and C.

Read each question CAREFULLY!

A monkey went up a coconut tree how many bananas did the monkey get?

A plane on its way to Russia crashed in China, where were the survivors buried?