CCMAS Course Search

Respiratory tract infections. Bacterial-pneumonias. Tuberculosis (pulmonary and extrapulmonary). Viral respiratory tract infections. Chronic obstructive lung diseases. Bronchial Asthma. Respiratory failure. Carcinoma of the lungs. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. The pneumoconiosis.

Considerations during treatment of primary teeth. Treatment options for primary and young permanent teeth. Indications for extraction and types of space maintainers and space retainers. Caries as an environmental disease and its impact on prevention of caries. Role of oral hygiene, diet, fluoride and new restorative materials in the prevention of caries. Risk assessment in the management and prevention of dental caries. Prevention of other conditions in paediatric dentistry (trauma to teeth, medical emergencies.). Dental therapeutics, exodontia in primary and young permanent teeth, pulp therapy including in direct and direct pulp capping. Pulpotomy, pulpectomy, apexification and apexogenesis. Trauma management. Management 247 of space problems. Prevention of dental caries in the child, oral hygiene, diet. Prevention of caries, fluoride and restorative materials. Risk assessment in dentistry. Medical emergencies.

Description of adequate diagnostic images and analysis of abnormal findings. Steps in analysis of intraosseous lesions. Radiology in detection of dental caries, and alternate diagnostic tools. Radiology in periodontal diseases detection and therapy. Imaging features of cysts and benign tumours. Imaging features of other bone diseases. Imaging features of malignant diseases. Imaging features of salivary gland diseases. Imaging features of paranasal sinuses and TMJ diseases. Imaging features of dental and craniofacial anomalies.

Practical basis of some basic radiographic procedures, barium meal and follow through. Barium enema, IVU, HSG, MCUG, RUG. The common features of peptic ulcers affecting the duodenum, gastric ulcers and tumours. Chest radiographs with a view for identifying common lesions, consolidations, pleural fluid collections, pneumothorax, mediastinal shift. Ultrasound features of diseases of some of the organs in the body such as liver, pancreas, gall balder, appendix, colonic tumours. The indications and some basic technique of some of the systems of the body, the technique of HSG, IVU, RUG, MCUG, barium meal and follow through, barium enema, barium swallow, the indications and interpretations of some common neurological disorders, head injury. Different types of skull fractures and intra cranial hematoma. Mass effect on CT scan images. Cystic lesions from solid lesions on ultrasound scan. Some instruments used in interventional radiology, the cannula, guide wires, stents, coils. The basic technique for ultrasound guided biopsies and drainage procedures.

Human eye as an optical system. Emmetropia. Principles of common refractive errors and corrections, myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia. Physiology of accommodation. Low vision rehabilitation.

The skin. Functional anatomy, temperature regulations, abnormalities of temperature regulation. Metabolism, factors regulating metabolism, conditions for measuring basal metabolic rate. Compartmentalization and composition of body fluids. Physiologic anatomy of the kidney, renal circulation and autoregulation. Glomerular filtration. Tubular transport. Urine formation, counter-current system. Water volume and ionic regulation. Acid-base balance. Micturition. Abnormalities of renal function.

The skin. Functional anatomy, temperature regulations, abnormalities of temperature regulation. Metabolism, factors regulating metabolism, conditions for measuring basal metabolic rate. Compartmentalization and composition of body fluids. Physiologic anatomy of the kidney, renal circulation and autoregulation. Glomerular filtration. Tubular transport. Urine formation, counter-current system. Water volume and ionic regulation. Acid-base balance. Micturition. Abnormalities of renal function.

The menstrual cycle and associated disorders. The menstrual cycle. Primary amenorrhoea. Secondary amenorrhoea. Menorrhagia. Dysmenorrhea. Galactorrhoea. Hirsutism. Polycystic 129 ovarian disease. Intermenstrual, postcoital and postmenopausal bleeding. The climacteric. Sexuality. Physiology of coitus. Female sexual dysfunction. Male sexual dysfunction. Rape. Infertility. Epidemiology of infertility. Male infertility. Assisted reproductive techniques.

Pelvic infections, the sexually transmitted diseases. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, other pelvic infections, spontaneous abortions. Induced abortions, legal and illegal. Population dynamics. Communication issues in family planning. Myths and rumours in family planning. Contraception and family planning. General considerations. Oral hormonal contraception. Intrauterine contraceptive devices. Surgical contraception (female, male), long acting hormonal contraceptives, barrier methods of contraception. Periodic abstinence. Natural methods. Management information system in family planning. Integrating family planning with other reproductive health services. Contraception in special needs. Family planning in adolescent. Post abortal care. Unmet needs in contraception. Gender based violence.

Performing the literature search. The concept note. The introduction. Topic selection and framing. Elucidating clear aims and objectives. The literature review. The methodology. Questionnaire development and data abstraction. Analysis of data and presentation of results. The discussion.