📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
🔬 Pathology
HIV
- Describe the structure, important properties, pathogenesis, clinical features and laboratory work-up of HIV.
Herpesviruses
- Describe the structure, important properties, pathogenesis, clinical features and laboratory work-up of herpesviruses.
💊 Pharmacology
Antiviral Drugs
- Classify antiviral drugs.
Anti-Herpes Drugs
- Enlist anti-herpes drugs.
- Describe the pharmacokinetics of acyclovir.
- Describe the mechanism of action of acyclovir.
- Describe the clinical uses of acyclovir.
- Describe the adverse effects of acyclovir.
- Describe the role of ganciclovir in CMV retinitis.
Anti-HIV Drugs
- Classify anti-HIV drugs.
- Describe the role of entry inhibitors, integrase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, NRTIs and NNRTIs in HIV treatment.
- Describe the adverse effects of zidovudine and indinavir.
- Describe the rationale for HAART.
🌍 Community Medicine
Chickenpox Epidemiology
- Describe the epidemiological determinants, frequency and distribution of chickenpox.
⚖️ Forensic Medicine
Medico-Legal Issues in HIV
- Describe legal issues related to the HIV patient.
