📘 Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
🔬 Pathology
- Explain fibrocystic changes of the breast, including cysts, fibrosis, epithelial hyperplasia and adenosis.
- Explain the morphology of fibroadenoma.
- Explain the morphology of breast papilloma.
- Explain risk factors, etiopathogenesis, clinical features, staging and complications of carcinoma breast.
- Discuss causes and morphology of gynecomastia.
💊 Pharmacology
- Enlist selective estrogen-receptor modulators.
- Explain the mechanism of action and clinical uses of tamoxifen.
🌍 Community Medicine
- Discuss methods of breast-cancer screening.
- Discuss levels of breast-cancer prevention.
🔪 Surgery
- Justify investigations used in evaluation of a breast lesion.
- Classify benign breast diseases.
- Classify malignant breast diseases.
- Discuss investigations, management and prognosis of breast cancer, integrating the previously covered risk factors, etiopathogenesis and clinical features.
- Explain the role of hormone receptors in breast cancer.
- Explain complications of breast-cancer surgery.
- Discuss pharmacological treatment options in breast cancer.
Explain the role of SERMs in prevention of breast cancer in high-risk women
🩻 Radiology
- Explain indications, principles of the procedure and interpretation of ultrasound and mammography in evaluation of breast lumps.
📚 PRIME / Research / Professionalism
- Explain the concept of the SPICES model of breaking bad news, exactly as stated in the KMU blueprint.
