📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

🔬 Pathology

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

• Describe etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and radiologic features of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Granulomatous and Related Lung Diseases

• Describe sarcoidosis with reference to its etiology, pathogenesis, morphology and clinical course.
• Describe etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and radiologic features of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
• Describe etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and radiologic features of pulmonary eosinophilia.

💊 Pharmacology

Antituberculous Pharmacotherapy

• Classify antituberculous drugs.
• Describe the pharmacology of first-line antituberculous drugs.
• Describe the pharmacology of second-line antituberculous drugs.
• Discuss the drug treatment and duration of susceptible newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis.
• Discuss the development of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosisagainst conventional antibiotics.
• Discuss the classification and duration of therapy in patients having MDR tuberculosis.
• Discuss the drug treatment and duration of antitubercular therapy in pregnant women and patients having hepatic and renal insufficiency.

Describe the rationale for the use of multidrug therapy against pulmonary tuberculosis.

🌍 Community Medicine

Tuberculosis Epidemiology, Prevention and Control

• Describe agent, host and environmental factors for tuberculosis.
• Describe DOTS strategy for tuberculosis.
• Explain different preventive and control measures for tuberculosis including “Stop TB” and “End TB” strategies.

🦠 Microbiology

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Describe pathogenesis, important properties, clinical findings and laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

🩺 Medicine

Clinical Tuberculosis and Granulomatous Disease

• Discuss the differential diagnosis of granulomatous inflammation including tuberculosis.
• Describe the signs and symptoms, investigations, clinical diagnosis, management protocol and prognosis for TB and MDR-TB according to WHO categories.

🩺 Family Medicine

Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Primary and Continuing Care

• Explain the types of pulmonary tuberculosis.
• Explain the pathophysiology, clinical features, complications and management of a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis.
• Describe the technique of contact tracing in a patient with non-MDR and MDR tuberculosis.
• Describe the indications for specialist referral in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.