PHILIPPINE PHYSICIAN LICENSURE EXAMINATION (PLE)

A Primer for Serviam By

Exequiel Dimaano, MDWVSU COM Class 2013

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

Step 1 Know Your

Enemy

12 Subjects

Style of Question

sScoring Testing

Centers

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

Step 1 Know Your

Enemy

Style of Questions

Scoring Testing Centers

12 Subjects

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

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

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

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

Step 1 Know Your

Enemy

Style of Question

sScoring Testing

Centers12

Subjects

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

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

Step 1 Know Your

Enemy

Style of Question

s

Testing Centers

12 Subjects Scoring

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

Step 2Arm

Yourself

PRC List USMLE Reviewers

Local Reviewers

and Samplex

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

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.

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

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

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

Step 2Arm

Yourself

PRC List

USMLE Reviewer

s

Local Reviewers

and Samplex

My 2-cents Opinion: Physiology

My 2-cents Opinion: Biochemistry

My 2-cents Opinion: Microbiology

My 2-cents Opinion: Pathology

My 2-cents Opinion: Anatomy and Histology

My 2-cents Opinion: Pharmacology

My 2-cents Opinion: Surgery

My 2-cents Opinion: Internal Medicine

My 2-cents Opinion: Pediatrics

My 2-cents Opinion: Obstetrics

My 2-cents Opinion: Preventive Medicine

My 2-cents Opinion: Legal Medicine

SOLIS!

UPEC

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Step 2Arm

Yourself

PRC List USMLE Reviewers

Local Reviewers

and Samplex

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!

Step 3Find a

Sparring Partner

Review Center or

not?

Review Centers

Decisions! Decisions!

Know your study habits

Know your goal

Know your resources

Step 3Find a

Sparring Partner

Review Center or

not?

Review Centers

Schools of Thought???

Topnotch New Manila, Fairview

Cracking D’ Board Cebu, Manila

Primus Davao, Cebu

UST Taft

Makar Manila

Step 4 Skinning the

Enemy

Test Taking

Fighting the Good Fight

PRAY!BE early!

Keep calm

Bring food

Do some light read

Use time wisely

Fight! Fight! Fight!

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

WIN BIG!!

!

GOD BLESS!!!!

“The harder the struggle, the greater the

glory.”