philippine physician licensure exam primer
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PHILIPPINE PHYSICIAN LICENSURE EXAMINATION (PLE)
A Primer for Serviam By
Exequiel Dimaano, MDWVSU COM Class 2013
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Steps to Skinning the PLE Alive!
12 Subjects
Style of Questions
Scoring
Testing Centers
Step 1 Know Your
Enemy PRC List
USMLE Reviewer
s
Local Reviewer
s and Samplex
Step 2Arm
YourselfReview
Center or not?
Review Centers
Step 3Find a
Sparring Partner Test
Taking
Step 4 Skinning the
Enemy
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Step 1 Know Your
Enemy
12 Subjects
Style of Question
sScoring Testing
Centers
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12 Subjects to Success
6 Basic Sciences – Days 1 & 2
6 Clinical Sciences – Days 3 & 4
100 Questions each
Select the Best or Except
Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
630am Filling up of Forms
8am to 10am
Biochemistry Physiology Pharmacolo
gy
Pediatrics and
Nutrition
10am to 11am Break
11am to 1pm
Anatomy and
Histology
Legal Medicine
and Jurispruden
ce
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
1pm to 2pm Break
2pm to 4pm
Microbiology and
Parasitology
Pathology Surgery
Preventive
Medicine and Public
Health
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Step 1 Know Your
Enemy
Style of Questions
Scoring Testing Centers
12 Subjects
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The Process of Making Board Exam Questions
Members of Board of Medicine
divides the 12 subjects
among themselves
Each submit thousands of questions to a computer
Computer randomly picks 100 questions
per subject
Members of Board of Medicine
“incarcerated” in a room in the PRC Building
during the exams
NBI and Police
guards them
Computer randomly picks 100 questions
per subject
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The Tricky Part
Hoarseness in post-thyroidectomy is caused by the transection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve most commonly on ligating the:
A) superior thyroid artery
B) inferior thyroid artery
C) tracheal artery
D) superior laryngeal artery
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The Tricky Part
SLE is a multisystemic disease diagnosed via detection of anti-ANA, anti-dsDNA, anti-Smith. It affects the skin, the kidneys and vessels. The autoantibodies produced is caused by:
A) antigen-trapping in sun-damaged skin
B) polyclonal antibodies produced by B cells
C) antibody-trapping in sun-damaged skin
D) cross-reaction of antibodies to self antigens
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The Tricky Part
Niacin is as an important micronutrient needed in the different metabolic pathways of the body with the vital characteristic involving:
A) localized pigmented rash (dermatitis); gastroenteritis (diarrhea); and widespread neurologic deficits, including cognitive decline (dementia)
B) it forms the nicotinamide ring in NAD and NADH
C) if left untreated, its deficiency leads to death
D) its deficiency leads to pellagra, characterized by dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
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Step 1 Know Your
Enemy
Style of Question
sScoring Testing
Centers12
Subjects
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Mean Passing Level: What is it?
Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Technology
Passing Criteria: Average of at least 75, with no grade < 50
3 Ways of Measuring MPL Nedelsky Method
Reciprocal of the number of items that cannot easily be removed 1 / 2 = 0.5 MPL = 0.5
Angoff’s Method Assign a value from 0.25 - 1.00 Probability of borderline examinee getting the correct answer MPL is equal to this value
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Mean Passing Level: What is it?
Ebel’s Method Transmutation
Type No. of Questions
Rating TOTAL
Recall
Easy 40 0.9 36
Medium
20 0.85 17
Difficult 10 0.80 8
Analysis
Easy 20 0.70 14
Medium
5 0.60 3
Difficult 5 0.50 2.5
MPL 80.5
[(SS-MPL) (100-PS)/(100-MPL)] + PS = TS
SS= Student ScorePS = Passing Score (PLE = 75)TS = Transmuted Score (the score that is reported to you)MPL = Mean Passing Level
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Step 1 Know Your
Enemy
Style of Question
s
Testing Centers
12 Subjects Scoring
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Homecourt Advantage?
4 Accredited Areas: Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo
Aug 2014: Total Takers –2,730 Manila – 2,400+ Cebu - ~130 Davao - ~130
Consider: Review Centers Cost – Board and Lodging Traffic Rainy Season Sites to see/unwind
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Step 2Arm
Yourself
PRC List USMLE Reviewers
Local Reviewers
and Samplex
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Recommended by PRC
Biochemistry Harper’s Biochemistry (Murray, Granner, Mayes and Rodwell) Biochemistry (Mckee and Mckee) Biochemistry (Mathews and VanHolde)
Anatomy and Histology Clemente, C.D. Edition; Anatomy, A. Regional Atlas of the Human Body,
4th Edition, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 1977. Snell, R.S.; Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students, 5th Edition, Little
Brown and Company, Boston 1995 Cormack, D.H.L. Clinical Integrated Histology, Lippincott-Raven,
Philadelphia 1977
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Recommended by PRC
Microbiology and Parasitology Zinzzer Microbiology, Current Edition Beaver Clinical Parasitology, current Edition Jawetz Medical Microbiology, current Edition
Physiology Textbook of Medical Physiology by Guyton Lamb, Ingram Johnson and
Pitman: Essentials of Physiology Review of medical Physiology by William F. Ganong Human Physiology and Mechanism of Disease by Arthur C. Guyton and
John E. Hall
Legal Medicine Legal Medicine by Pedro Solis, MD, LlB. Medical Jurisprudence (The Practice of Medicine and the Law) by
Pedro Solis, MD, LlB.
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Recommended by PRC
Pathology Cotran, R.S., Kumar, V. & Collins, T: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease; 6th
Edition; W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia 1999. Danjanor, I. And Linden, J.: Anderson’s Pathology, 10th Edition, Volume 1 and
2, Mosby, Boston 1996.
Pharmacology Goodman & Gilman’s the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Ninth Edition Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD.
Pediatrics and Nutrition Textbook of Pediatric by Waldo Nelson Textbook of Pediatric and Child Health by by Fe del Mundo, Felix Estrada, Perla
D. Santos-Ocampo, Xerxes Navarro Red-Book Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics,
24th Edition, George Peter-Editor
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Recommended by PRC
Surgery Basic Surgery (Poll, Gardnesr and Stone) Textbook of Surgery (Sabiston) Textbook of Surgery (Schwartz) Ophthalmology, Principles and Concepts (Dewell) Ophthalmology,, Secrets (Vander and Gault) Fundamental of Otorlaryngology (Adams, Boies and Hilger)
Internal Medicine Cecile, Textbook of Medicine, current Edition Harrison, Textbook of Medicine, Current Edition
Obstetrics and Gynecology William Obstetrics, 20th Edition Textbook of Obstetrics Novak’s Gynecology, 12th Edition comprehensive Gynecology, 3rd
Edition
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Recommended by PRC
Preventive Medicine Foundations of Statistical Analysis for Health Sciences by Ophelia
Mendoza, Maridel Borja, Caridad Ancheta. Ofelia Saniel. Jesus Sarol Research Methods in Health and Medicine (Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development), Department of Science and Technology, Volume I by F.S. Sanchez, S.I. Morelos, J.C. Baltazar
Reading in Preventive Medicine II (UST, Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine)
Bioethics by A. Angles Tan-Alora, MD The Implementing Rules And Regulations of the National Health and
Insurance Act of 1995. Epidemiology Manual by Dr. Rosa Santos-Carreon (UST) Lectures and manuals on Preventive Medicine from different Philippine
Medical Schools. San Beda Prev Med Reviewer
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Step 2Arm
Yourself
PRC List
USMLE Reviewer
s
Local Reviewers
and Samplex
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My 2-cents Opinion: Physiology
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My 2-cents Opinion: Biochemistry
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My 2-cents Opinion: Microbiology
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My 2-cents Opinion: Pathology
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My 2-cents Opinion: Anatomy and Histology
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My 2-cents Opinion: Pharmacology
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My 2-cents Opinion: Surgery
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My 2-cents Opinion: Internal Medicine
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My 2-cents Opinion: Pediatrics
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My 2-cents Opinion: Obstetrics
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My 2-cents Opinion: Preventive Medicine
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My 2-cents Opinion: Legal Medicine
SOLIS!
UPEC
INSERT PICTURE HERE!
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Step 2Arm
Yourself
PRC List USMLE Reviewers
Local Reviewers
and Samplex
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How True?
Samplex have no assurances
Even if 2008 and earlier copies are authentic
But DO PRACTICE-TESTS daily!
Get a copy of T---o--h Notes!
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Step 3Find a
Sparring Partner
Review Center or
not?
Review Centers
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Decisions! Decisions!
Know your study habits
Know your goal
Know your resources
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Step 3Find a
Sparring Partner
Review Center or
not?
Review Centers
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Schools of Thought???
Topnotch New Manila, Fairview
Cracking D’ Board Cebu, Manila
Primus Davao, Cebu
UST Taft
Makar Manila
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Step 4 Skinning the
Enemy
Test Taking
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Fighting the Good Fight
PRAY!BE early!
Keep calm
Bring food
Do some light read
Use time wisely
Fight! Fight! Fight!
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REGISTRATION
What You Need1. Birth Certificate (must be NSO certified)
2. Certificate of Graduation from Medical School(COG)
3. Certificate of Internship(COI)
4. Community Tax Certificate (Cedula)
5. Medical Transcript of Records(TOR)
6. Four 2x2 full-face photographs, with name tag (Last Name, First Name and Middle Name)
7. Postage Stamps
8. One long brown envelope, pencils(Mongol #2) and erasers, black ball pen, paste
9. One government-issued ID
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WIN BIG!!
!
GOD BLESS!!!!
“The harder the struggle, the greater the
glory.”