General Medicine for NEET PG

General Medicine is one of the largest subjects and is mostly clinical reasoning: recognise the picture, choose the investigation, and pick the next step. It overlaps with pathology, pharmacology and microbiology.

What General Medicine covers

  • Cardiology
  • Respiratory medicine
  • Gastroenterology and hepatology
  • Nephrology and electrolytes
  • Endocrinology and diabetes
  • Haematology and oncology
  • Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Emergency and critical care

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

  1. 1

    For each disease know the classic presentation, the best test, and the first-line treatment.

  2. 2

    Practise stepwise questions: what is the immediate next step in management?

  3. 3

    Revise ECGs, ABGs and key lab patterns as image or table sets.

Where students slip

  • Choosing the most thorough option over the best first step.
  • Forgetting emergency management sequences such as DKA and anaphylaxis.

Where the General Medicine practice questions concentrate

Our 980 worked General Medicine questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

  • Cardiology 127
  • Neurology 108
  • Respiratory medicine 91
  • Rheumatology 73
  • Infectious diseases 70
  • Endocrinology 69
  • Gastroenterology 67
  • Haematology 43
  • Nephrology 41
  • Gastroenterology and hepatology 28
  • Endocrinology and diabetes 23
  • Hepatology 22

Browse all General Medicine worked questions

Four quick-revision cards

  • Commonest cause of community-acquired pneumonia?

    Streptococcus pneumoniae.

  • ECG changes in hyperkalaemia, in order?

    Peaked T waves, PR prolongation, loss of P waves, wide QRS, sine wave. Give IV calcium to protect the heart.

  • Triad of Wernicke encephalopathy and first treatment?

    Confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia; give IV thiamine before or with glucose.

  • Classic symptom triad of aortic stenosis?

    Angina, syncope, heart failure.

All General Medicine flashcards · 12 General Medicine mnemonics

Try a General Medicine question

A sample item with the reasoning behind every option. Nothing here is recorded.

General Medicine · Endocrinology

Sample item

A 19-year-old with type 1 diabetes presents with vomiting, deep rapid breathing, fruity breath and a glucose of 450 mg/dL. After airway and monitoring, what is the most important first step?

Common questions

How do I approach clinical-vignette questions?

Name the diagnosis first, then answer exactly what was asked: investigation, drug or complication.

How much overlap is there with other subjects?

A lot. Pharmacology, pathology and microbiology reinforce medicine, so link them when revising.