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?