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Jonathan Adrian, MD
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🇮🇩 Doctor + Writer. Tweeting about my IMG journey to the UK 🚗
Sep 22, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
My PLAB 1 result just came out & I scored 157/180 (~87%). I was able to achieve this on my first attempt despite having prepped for just 6 months, juggling between 40-hr/wk ER shifts.

Here’s how I managed to pull this off, and how you can too – A thread 🧵

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#PLAB1 1. Have a solid plan
Set a fixed time plan for your preparation. My exam was in August and I started properly preparing in February. I made a 6-month weekly plan, deciding specific plans & topics to cover until exam day. The worst thing you can do is cram towards D-day. Image
Jun 28, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Why do we need to target a lower SpO2 in patients with COPD?

- A mini thread 🧵 (1/7) In a nutshell:

1️⃣ Increased V/Q mismatch
2️⃣ Haldane effect

Let’s elaborate slightly (2/7)
Jun 24, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
10 ORTHO mnemonics to help you memorise pearls for board exams and clinical practice – A thread 🧵

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#MedEd 1. GRUEesome MURder

💥 GRU → Galeazzi, Radius fracture (1/3 distal), radioUlnar dislocation
🔪 MUR → Monteggia, Ulnar fracture (1/3 proximal), Radial head dislocation

👉🏽 Remember Z is distal and A is proximal (Z in galeaZZi so fracture is 1/3 distal)
Feb 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
10 NEUROLOGY mnemonics to help you memorise concepts for board exams and clinical practice – A thread 🧵

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#MedEd 1. PITS ➡️ Visual field defects

👉🏽 Parietal lobe involvement (eg PCA stroke) → Inferior quadrantanopia
👉🏽 Temporal lobe involvement (eg MCA stroke) → Superior quadrantanopia
Jan 20, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
10 HIGH YIELD mnemonics to help you memorise concepts for board exams and clinical practice – A thread 🧵

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#MedEd 1. Tetralogy of Fallot ➡️ PROVe

⛽️ Pulmonary infundibular stenosis
📈 Right ventricular hypertrophy
🎢 Overriding aorta
🕳 Ventricular septal defect

🫀 Most common cyanotic heart disease, causes R-L shunt
🔪 Tx: Surgical repair
Nov 13, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
10 HIGH YIELD clinical associations for PLAB/UKMLA/USMLE/board exams – A thread 🧵

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#MedEd 1. Thymoma ↔️ Myasthenia Gravis

👉🏽 MG → autoimmune disorder involving neuromuscular junction
👉🏽 Once diagnosis is established, patients should receive chest CT / MRI to evaluate for thymoma
👉🏽 15% of Px with MG have concomitant thymoma

Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…