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These are the DNB Family Medicine theory questions asked by NBEMS in the December 2025 and June 2025 exams, listed paper by paper as they appeared. The Prep DNB app has all 25 DNB sessions from June 2014 to December 2025 plus 6 DipNB papers — 1,080 questions in total — with repeat-question tracking, examiner keywords and MCQs.

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DNB Family Medicine December 2025 Question Paper

Paper 1

  1. A 55-year-old gentleman presents to the OPD with complaints of passing high coloured or blood-stained urine for the last few days. He is also on treatment for diabetes mellitus and hypertension. a) What is haematuria? What is your diagnostic strategy model? [3] b) How will you approach this person? [5] c) What are the red flags for urgent intervention? [1] d) What are the causes for pseudohaematuria? [1]
  2. A 45-year-old gentleman comes to show his 75-year-old father. He is mainly worried about his behavioral changes and thinks his father has dementia. a) What are the causes for behavioral changes in an older adult? [2] b) How will you differentiate between dementia and pseudodementia? [3] c) How will you approach a person with dementia? [5]
  3. A 50-year-old gentleman comes along with his son for physiotherapy. He developed a stroke a few months ago. a) Draw a picture of cerebral circulation. [2] b) What are the risk factors and differential diagnosis for stroke? [2] c) How will you approach this gentleman if he had come with weakness of right upper and lower limbs within an hour? [6]
  4. A 40-year-old gentleman comes to see you complaining of a recent onset of yellowish discoloration of his eyes. a) Draw the bilirubin pathway. [2] b) How will you classify jaundice? [2] c) How will you approach this person with jaundice? [6]
  5. A 45-year-old gentleman, working for an MNC company, complains of sleep disturbance. a) How do you classify sleep disorders? [2] b) What are the significant causes of sleep disturbances? [4] c) How will you approach a person with a history of snoring? [4]
  6. A 45-year-old gentleman complains of unpleasant awareness of his own heartbeat. a) What is your diagnostic approach to a person coming with palpitations? [5] b) What are the common arrhythmias seen in practice? [2] c) How will you treat PSVT? [3]
  7. A 35-year-old gentleman comes in worried to your clinic about his psoriasis, which has not shown any improvement with treatment. a) What are the clinical features of psoriasis? [3] b) What are the differential diagnoses for psoriasis? [2] c) What are the therapeutic options for psoriasis? [4] d) How would you explain the prognosis in this condition? [1]
  8. A 35-year-old gentleman is newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. He comes to see you, asking about therapeutic options for treatment. a) Explain the diagnostic criteria for diabetes and target values for control. [3] b) Explain briefly ASCVD score. [3] c) What is shared decision making? [4]
  9. A 30-year-old gentleman comes to see you to get his medications for his seizure disorder. He has been on treatment for seizure disorder for the last 5 years. a) How do you classify seizure disorders? [2] b) What are the therapeutic options available, and how do you monitor? [4] c) When would you consider cessation of therapy, and what is your advice on driving, sports, employment, and marriage? [4]
  10. A 28-year-old gentleman presents to the OPD worried that he might be having tuberculosis. a) How will you approach a patient with suspected tuberculosis? [3] b) How will you treat if this patient tests positive for tuberculosis? [4] c) What are the TB preventive treatment options for a contact with sputum-positive pulmonary TB? [3]

Paper 2

  1. A 45-year-old gentleman comes to see you with complaints of spinning or rotatory movements of his head. a) How do you classify dizziness? [3] b) How will you approach this gentleman? [5] c) What are the red flags in this condition? [2]
  2. A 65-year-old gentleman comes to see you complaining of visual disturbances. He is also on treatment for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, but is fairly controlled. Upon evaluation, he was found to have elevated intraocular pressure. a) What is blindness? [2] b) What are the causes of blindness in an elderly person like him? [3] c) How will you approach this person? [5]
  3. A 65-year-old lady had a trivial fall and sustained a fracture of the neck of the femur. She was told that she has porous bones. a) What are the risk factors for osteoporosis? [2] b) How will you further evaluate a person with osteoporosis? [3] c) How will you treat osteoporosis? [3] d) What are the preventive strategies? [2]
  4. A 50-year-old lady, on treatment for diabetes mellitus, is suffering from left shoulder pain affecting her activities of daily living. a) Explain physical examination of the shoulder joint. [2] b) What is your diagnostic strategy in approaching shoulder pain? [3] c) What are the red flag pointers for shoulder pain? [2] d) How will you manage a person with adhesive capsulitis? [3]
  5. A 55-year-old lady, after eating peanuts, started to feel uncomfortable with itching all over her body. a) What are the salient features of urticaria and anaphylaxis? [4] b) How will you manage them? [6]
  6. A 25-year-old gentleman has developed multiple episodes of loose stools for one day. He is brought to the casualty department and is found to be in shock. His brother was diagnosed with cholera and was admitted to the hospital 1 day ago. a) How will you approach this person who is in shock? [4] b) How will you diagnose cholera? [2] c) How will you treat the patient and the family members? [2] d) How and why would you inform the public health authorities? [2]
  7. A 65-year-old gentleman comes with complaints of difficulty in voiding urine for the last few days. His PSA is 3 ng/mL, which was done outside, and for which he is very worried. a) What are LUTS? [2] b) How will you approach a person with features of LUTS? [4] c) What are the differential diagnoses for LUTS? [2] d) What is your further plan on the PSA value? [2]
  8. A 55-year-old lady presents with difficulty in swallowing for the last few weeks. a) What are the causes of dysphagia? [2] b) What are the red flag pointers in dysphagia? [2] c) How will you approach this person with complaints of dysphagia? [6]
  9. A 40-year-old gentleman, a chronic smoker, presents with complaints of left lower limb pain. a) What is your diagnostic strategy for a person with lower limb pain? [2] b) How will you differentiate neurogenic and vascular claudication pain? [3] c) How will you approach an occlusive arterial disease of a lower limb? [5]
  10. A 25-year-old gentleman weighing 40 kg, comes for an excision of a 3x3 cm lipoma over his upper back. a) How will you approach this procedure? [4] b) What are the common drugs (with dosages) and suture materials used? [2+2] c) What procedural sedation can be given if required? [2]

Paper 3

  1. A mother brings her 15-year-old son, complaining he is not relating to her of late. a) How would you approach this child and mother? What is HEADSS in adolescent assessment? [3+4] b) How do you address confidentiality and consent when handling an adolescent child? [3]
  2. A 35-year-old lady G2P1L1 at 14 weeks of gestation comes for her antenatal care. She is worried, since she had PIH (Pregnancy induced hypertension) in her previous pregnancy. a) What are high-risk pregnancies? [2] b) What are the problems encountered with PIH in pregnancy? [3] c) How will you diagnose and manage PIH? [5]
  3. A P2L2 mother delivered, normal vaginally, 10 months ago. She has gained weight and has irregular periods postpartum. a) Write briefly on thyroid disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. [7] b) What is the role of neonatal TSH screening? [3]
  4. A 55-year-old lady, postmenopausal since 3 years, comes with complaints of spotting per vaginum. a) What are the health problems in a post-menopausal lady? [4] b) How will you approach this lady with postmenopausal bleeding? [6]
  5. A 30-year-old lady with a history of GDM during pregnancy presents with complaints of vaginal discharge. a) How will you approach this lady with a history of vaginal discharge? [6] b) What are the risk factors for recurrent vaginal discharge, and how do you screen them? [4]
  6. A newborn baby of a GDM mother, after normal vaginal delivery, is kept under observation. a) What are the common neonatal problems seen in babies born to a GDM mother? [6] b) What is neonatal hypoglycemia? [1] c) How will you monitor and treat hypoglycemia? [3]
  7. A mother brings her 4-year-old child, weighing 10 kg, for a health checkup. The milestones are appropriate and the child is immunized till date. The mother is concerned about her childsspoor weight gain. a) What are the causes for poor weight gain? [3] b) How will you approach this child with failure to thrive? [7]
  8. A 10-year-old girl is brought to the OPD with complaints of bed wetting. a) What are the causes of nocturnal enuresis in children? [4] b) How will you approach a child with nocturnal enuresis? [6]
  9. A woman develops chickenpox in the first trimester of pregnancy. a) What are the effects of chickenpox during pregnancy on both the mother and the fetus? [5] b) How will you approach an antenatal mother with chickenpox? [5]
  10. A 4-year-old child is brought to the casualty with a seizure. The child has been on treatment for a viral respiratory infection for the last few days. a) What are the causes of seizures in children? [3] b) How will you approach a child with a seizure? [4] c) How will you treat a febrile seizure? [3]

Paper 4

  1. What is a safe diagnostic model in patient consultation? How is it relevant in daily practice? [10]
  2. A 25-year-old mother, delivered one week ago, is not showing any interest in feeding and caring for the newborn. a) How do you screen for depression? [3] b) How do you classify depression? [2] c) What are the modalities of treatment available? [5]
  3. A 45-year-old gentleman developed recently an ACS. He was on treatment for diabetes mellitus and hypertension. a) What is golden hour in ACS? [2] b) What is the role of the primary care provider in golden hour? [3] c) What are the recent guidelines on the usage of antiplatelets and statins in the prevention and treatment of major cardiovascular events? [5]
  4. A 45-year-old gentleman is found to be consuming alcohol every day. a) What are the harmful effects of alcohol on our body? [4] b) How will you manage a person with alcohol dependence? [6]
  5. a) Write briefly on grief and bereavement. [5] b) What is the role of a family physician as a counsellor? [5]
  6. a) When can you give a certificate of fitness to travel? [5] b) When would you give a certificate of fitness to drive? [5]
  7. A 72-year-old man is diagnosed to have disseminated lung malignancy. a) How would you plan palliative care for this person? [5] b) How would you plan end-of-life care for this person? [5]
  8. You visit a GP's clinic. You notice several lacunae. Write briefly on audit in general practice. [10]
  9. a) What are the conditions which require chemoprophylaxis before going to an endemic area? [5] b) What are the medications and guidelines for malaria chemoprophylaxis? [5]
  10. What is three-stage assessment? When would you use it? What are its advantages in family medicine? [10]

DNB Family Medicine June 2025 Question Paper

Paper 1

  1. A 24-year-old young man sustained RTA on a bike. He was taken to the trauma care center immediately. His pulse rate is 140 beats per minute with feeble thready pulse and blood pressure was 60 mmHg systolic: a) What is the pathophysiology of shock in this patient? [2] b) Classification of shock explain each one of them with an example. [4] c) How will you provide initial management in each type of shock? [4]
  2. A 52-year-old gentleman was brought to the OPD with chest discomfort since this morning. He has no comorbidities. a) What initial assessment will you perform? [2] b) Write the findings in ECG consistent with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). [3] c) What is the initial management you provide for STEMI? [2] d) Mention the definitive management in STEMI and Non STEMI. [3]
  3. A 18-year-old girl, a college student, has come with multiple black spots, papules, pustules with nodules and old scars in the face and neck: a) What is the probable diagnosis and differential diagnosis? [3] b) How will you manage this condition? [5] c) What are the indications for systemic therapy? [2]
  4. A 20-year-old college student is brought to OPD with history of talking to herself, smiling to herself, and having auditory hallucinations: a) What is the probable diagnosis? [2] b) What are the factors differentiating organic versus functional condition? [3] c) What is the initial and long term management for this patient? [5]
  5. A 35-year-old lady with a BMI of 30 kg/m^2 presented to you with irregular cycles: a) What is the criteria to define metabolic syndrome? [3] b) What are the investigations needed for this lady? [3] c) Discuss the management along with the goals and rationale of therapy. [4]
  6. A 53-year-old lady with diabetes presented to you with complaints of left loin pain, vomiting and fever for the past 4 days. She is febrile (103 F), toxic and dehydrated. She has left renal angle tenderness: a) What is the likely diagnosis? How will you do initial assessment and management in the given case scenario? [5] b) What are the indications for referral to higher center? [3] c) What are the indications for dialysis in acute renal failure? [2]
  7. A 72-year-old man is brought by the relatives to your clinic. They informed that he was well a week ago and now he is disoriented to time and place. He is not able to identify even the close relatives and he is agitated at home. He is running a low-grade fever for the past one week. He vomited occasionally and has reduced appetite. a) What are the differential diagnosis you consider? [2] b) What is the focused clinical examination and investigation required? [4] c) How will you manage this elderly gentleman in your practice? [4]
  8. A 33-year-old software engineer had a binge of alcohol last night, following which this early morning, he developed acute onset of persistent, severe epigastric pain radiating to the back. Examination shows tenderness and guarding in the epigastrium. a) What is your diagnosis and differentials? [3] b) How will you manage this person? [4] c) What score do you use to assess the severity and prognosis? [3]
  9. A 23-year-old lady presents to you with bilateral leg swelling, frothy urine, malar rash and arthralgia; you suspect an autoimmune disorder: a) Discuss the initial assessment of this lady. [4] b) What is your differential diagnosis? [2] c) What are the major clinical features and organ involvement in the condition mentioned above? [4]
  10. A 40-year-old driver, married for past 10 years with two children, presents with 10% loss of weight over past 2 months and cough for the past one month. It is a dry cough with scanty sputum production. He reports breathing difficulty for the past one week. He has loss of appetite and passing watery frequent loose stools for the past one month. He give history of high-risk sexual behavior. On examination, he has oral candidiasis. He has tachypnoea, respiratory rate of 40 per minute and auscultation revealed occasional crackles bilaterally: a) What is the probable diagnosis? [2] b) How will you manage this patient and his family? [8]

Paper 2

  1. A 53-year-old lady has come for a follow-up of her diabetes and hypertension; you send her for an annual eye checkup. a) Classification of diabetic retinopathy with diagrams. [3] b) How will you prevent the progression? [3] c) What are the ocular effects of hypertension? [4]
  2. A 43-year-old businessman arrived after a long air travel; the next day, he came to your OPD with complaints of pain in the calf of his right leg associated with swelling. a) Initial assessment and differential diagnosis of the presentation. [2+2] b) Management of the above condition outlining the criteria for outpatient therapy. [4] c) Long-term management of this businessman. [2]
  3. a) Management of recurrent epistaxis in a 5-year-old child. [5] b) A 70-year-old man has come with nasal bleeding for the past 1 hour. His blood pressure is 200/120 mmHg. How will you manage him? [5]
  4. A 55-year-old farmer who is a diabetic has come to you with unilateral red eye associated with severe pain. a) What are the differential diagnosis of unilateral red eye? [2] b) What are the additional history and examination required? [3] c) How will you manage this condition if there is history of trauma with a stick in the agricultural field? [5]
  5. A 33-year-old woman presented to the OPD with a history of back pain that radiated to the lateral aspect of the leg for 2 days: a) What are your differential diagnoses? [3] b) Discuss an algorithmic approach to the above mentioned condition. [4] c) Indications for imaging in a person presenting with low back ache. [3]
  6. Discuss the spinal anesthesia under the following headings: a) Choice of spinal drugs and baricity of drugs. [3] b) What complications do you anticipate and how will you manage? [3] c) Management after giving spinal anesthesia (Hemodynamic management, level of block, sedation during spinal). [4]
  7. A 75-year-old post-menopausal woman has presented with fracture of both bones right lower limb after a trivial fall while on a regular walk. a) How will you assess this woman? [3] b) How will you manage this woman? [4] c) How will you prevent fracture in future for this woman? [3]
  8. A 44-year-old laborer presented with fever, abdominal pain dull aching in the right upper quadrant for the past 4 days. You also elicited the history of loose stools for past two weeks. He gives history of unsafe alcohol consumption for the past 10 years. On examination, he is febrile and toxic with soft abdomen with tender hepatomegaly and intercostal tenderness in the right hypochondrium. a) What is the probable diagnosis and differentials? [2] b) What workup will you do? [3] c) What medical treatment you will start? [3] d) When will you refer for surgical management? [2]
  9. A 21-year-old college student presented to you with right iliac fossa pain and vomiting. The pain initially started from the umbilicus and shifted to right iliac fossa. a) What scoring system will you use for the above condition and how will you interpret the score? [4] b) How will you manage the above condition? [4] c) What are the indications for referral for surgery? [2]
  10. A 17-year-old girl presented to you with a swelling in front of her neck, which moves with deglutition. On examination, her pulse rate is 130 per minute and she has fine tremors. a) What relevant history will you elicit and what will you look for in the examination? [3] b) Describe the thyroid Image reporting and data scoring system. [3] c) Describe the management of this 17-year-old girl. [4]

Paper 3

  1. A 2-year-old boy was brought by his mother with complaints of fever, headache associated with vomiting for past 2 days. He is drowsy since this morning. On examination, he is febrile (103 F), conscious, lethargic and there was neck stiffness. There was no weakness in the extremities. a) What are your diagnosis and differential diagnoses? [2] b) What are the common organisms which cause the above condition? How will you manage this child in family practice? [5] c) What are the complications during the treatment that would need referral to the higher center? [3]
  2. a) What are the temporary methods of contraception available for a 23-year-old lady who had delivered the first child two weeks ago? How will you counsel the woman with different methods of contraception? [5] b) Relevance of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act for the Family Physicians. [5]
  3. A newborn baby of a diabetic mother was being observed in the nursery. The nurse noticed lip-smacking movements in the baby and informed you. a) What are the common causes and classification of neonatal seizures? [5] b) How will you evaluate and manage neonatal seizures? [5]
  4. A 23-year-old G3P1L1 SB1 at 36 weeks of gestational age with previous spontaneous preterm birth at 34 weeks with previous small for gestational age has come for ANC follow-up. a) What are the risk factors for preterm birth? [3] b) Which are the factors classify a pregnancy as a high-risk pregnancy? [3] c) What are the routine investigations and recommended visits included in antenatal care in a low-risk and high-risk pregnancy? [4]
  5. An 8-year-old child was brought with complaints of periorbital swelling noticed by the mother in the early mornings for past one week. The urine routine showed Albumin 4+ and no WBC or RBC. a) How will you evaluate this child? [3] b) How will you diagnose and manage Nephrotic syndrome? [5] c) What are the indications for referral to the specialist? [2]
  6. A 23-year-old primigravida at 24 weeks of gestation has come for antenatal care. You find her to be pale, and her Hb is 7.5 gm% she is not able to tolerate oral iron supplements: a) How will you administer parenteral iron therapy-dose, dilution, duration and frequency? [3] b) What are the complications of anemia in pregnancy and in labor? [3] c) How will you manage the labor in a woman with anemia complicating pregnancy? [4]
  7. A 26-year-old G3P1L1A1 at 29+3 weeks of gestational age with a history of pre-eclampsia in previous pregnancy, is currently on Tab Labetalol 100 mg once daily presented with bleeding PV and leaking. Abdomen exam shows tense and tender uterus. a) What are the causes of bleeding PV after 20 weeks of gestational age? [3] b) What are the differential diagnosis for the patient in the above case scenario? [3] c) What are the investigation and management needed for this patient? [4]
  8. A 9-month-old boy was brought by his mother for fever, cough and lethargy for two days, Baby's present weight is 6 kg. His birth weight was 3 kg. On examination, the child is febrile (100-F), lethargic, respiratory rate is 54 per minute and heart rate is 130 per minute. Auscultation reveals bilateral crackles in the chest. a) How do you classify malnutrition according to classification by Indian Association of Pediatrics? [2] b) What are the possible causes for malnutrition below one year of age? [2] c) Write in detail the immediate management, rehabilitation plan including diet and supplements and follow-up for this child. [6]
  9. A 22-year-old lady underwent emergency caesarean section for fetal distress with thick meconium stained liquor. You are called for neonatal resuscitation. a) What neonatal resuscitation supplies and equipment will you be ready with? [2] b) The nurse is informing you that the baby is not establishing spontaneous breathing and heart rate is 80 beats per minute. How will you proceed with resuscitating this new-born? [4] c) What corrective steps will you do? [4]
  10. A 6-year-old child is getting recurrent cough and wheeze for past two years. The symptoms are frequent during winters, almost one episode every month interfering with his scholastic performance. Since past two days, child is getting nocturnal cough associated with breathlessness. Since today morning, he is having dyspnea at rest. Examination reveal that he is anxious, respiratory rate is 28 per minute, able to speak sentences. He is afebrile, SpO2 is 94% and chest indrawing is present. Auscultation reveals bilateral polyphonic wheeze. a) What are the possible differential diagnoses? [2] b) How will you manage this episode? [5] c) How will you prevent similar episodes happening in the future? [3]

Paper 4

  1. Mrs. I is a 35-year-old house-wife and mother of four girl children. She has come to your family practice for aches and pains. She has mild anemia and depression. For the past two years, she is going to mason work as her husband is not supporting the family. Her husband is going to laborer work but spends all the money in alcohol consumption. He consumes alcohol daily and he beat Mrs. I causing physical injuries. Her first child is 14 years old and a school drop out. First child is helping the mother in the household works and taking care of the other siblings. 11 year old and 7 year old children are going to school. Last child is 5 year old and still not started schooling. All the four children are malnourished, anemic and the elder daughter is depressed. a) Draw a family genogram. [2] b) How will you assess the 'functional status of the family'using family APGAR? [4] c) How will you provide family therapy for this family? [4]
  2. A 30-year-old Mr. A, is working as an IT professional and he is coming to you for health check-up. You find that he is smoking 10 cigarettes per day for the past 5 years. a) What are the stages of behavior change? [5] b) How will you help Mr. A to stop smoking by non-pharmacological and pharmacological methods? [5]
  3. You are working as a medical officer in a community health centre. There are two secondary schools in your community. You have been requested to provide school health service from 6th standard to 11th standard children. a) What are the health problems of school children from 10 years to 16 years of age? [4] b) How will you implement 'school health service'' from 6th standard to 11th standard children. Describe briefly the components, implementation and evaluation of this program? [6]
  4. You are having many patients with hypertension taking treatment in your family practice. Only 50% of them are controlled with medications. Rest of them are uncontrolled even after taking regular medications. You want to study whether drug A or drug B is effective for hypertension in your population. a) What are the factors affecting the control of hypertension in an adult with primary hypertension? [4] b) How will you plan and execute a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (RCT) in your population? [4] c) What are the factors that affect the quality of an RCT? [2]
  5. a) What are the components, uses and sources of health information systems? [3+2+3] b) What is the difference between data and information? [2]
  6. A 55-year-old post-menopausal woman, married for 28 years with two children, has come to you for management of uncontrolled diabetes. Her height is 152 cm, and her weight is 88 kg. She is a housewife with sedentary lifestyle. a) How will you classify obesity and what class she fits in? [2] b) What is the daily calories and proteins requirement to maintain her health? [2] c) Write a diet sheet for the patient mentioned above to control her diabetes as well as for weight loss. [3] d) What health promotions and preventions you suggest for her as her personal physician? [3]
  7. a) Write briefly about cold chain equipment used for the universal immunization program. [3] b) How do you store vaccines at district and subdistrict levels? [3] c) Write briefly about vaccine vial monitors. [2] d) Write about appropriate storage and use of diluents used for vaccines. [2]
  8. a) Mention any two commonly used scales to assess the socioeconomic status of patients/study participants in health care. [2] b) Describe briefly any one scale to assess the socioeconomic status. [3] c) What are the are the ways a family physician could use the socio-economic assessment to provide cost-effective health care? [5]
  9. a) What are the various occupational health hazards for healthcare workers? [5] b) How can you safeguard the health, safety, and well-being of healthcare workers? [5]
  10. You have been appointed as a medical officer in-charge of a community health centre in a district with high incidence of malaria (both P. Vivax and P. Falciparum). a) How will you treat an adult with fever and blood smear positive for malaria? [5] b) How will you implement 'malaria control'in the community served by your health center according to the national framework for malaria elimination in India? [5]

High-Yield DNB Family Medicine Topics

A selection of 23 of the 50 important topics curated in the app from repeated DNB Family Medicine questions.

Core primary care — cardiovascular and metabolic

  • Hypertension: JNC/ISH guidelines, lifestyle, stepwise pharmacotherapy, resistant HTN, hypertensive emergency
  • Diabetes mellitus: diagnosis, oral agents (metformin, SU, DPP-4i, SGLT2i, GLP-1RA), insulin initiation, complications screening
  • Diabetic foot: examination, ulcer classification, referral criteria, prevention

Infectious diseases at primary care level

  • Tuberculosis (NTEP): case detection, DOTS regimens, MDR-TB referral, contact tracing
  • Dengue and malaria: classification, home care vs referral, outbreak role of FP
  • HIV: screening, PEP, PPTCT basics, opportunistic infection recognition, ART referral

Maternal and child health — central to family medicine

  • Antenatal care: components, high-risk identification, routine investigations, visit schedule
  • Preeclampsia/eclampsia: danger signs, initial management, magnesium sulphate, referral
  • Gestational diabetes: DIPSI screening, management, postpartum follow-up

Women's health and reproductive medicine

  • Contraception: OCP, IUCD, injectables, emergency contraception, contraindications
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding: PALM-COEIN, age-specific management
  • Menopause and HRT: benefits, risks, non-hormonal alternatives

Common presentations in family practice

  • Headache: red flags, migraine vs tension-type, prophylaxis, referral
  • Low back pain: red/yellow flags, conservative management, imaging indications
  • Acute abdomen and GI bleed: initial assessment, Rockall score, referral criteria

ENT, eye, and skin at primary care

  • Red eye: conjunctivitis, corneal ulcer red flags, uveitis referral
  • CSOM, epistaxis, vertigo/BPPV: primary care management
  • Diabetic retinopathy screening and common dermatoses (eczema, tinea, scabies, psoriasis, acne)

Prevention, programs, and public health role of FP

  • Screening principles: sensitivity, specificity, PPV, criteria for screening programmes
  • Smoking cessation: 5 A's, transtheoretical model, pharmacotherapy
  • National programs: NTEP, NACO, IMNCI, JSY, SUMAN, Ayushman Bharat, HBNC

Primary care consultation skills

  • Three-stage assessment, ICE (ideas/concerns/expectations), shared decision making, safety netting
  • Family APGAR, patient-centred vs disease-centred medicine, red and yellow flags

Older DNB Family Medicine Question Papers & DipNB Papers

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