Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance Medical Officer Syllabus

Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance medical officer exam dates are out. The commission will conduct the Assistant Insurance Medical officer written test for the Insurance Medical Services on January 22, 2021, Friday. Successful candidates will get appointed in the Insurance Medical Services department in the scale of pay of Rs. 45,800 -89,000. Here we are discussing the syllabus of the Kerala PSC Assistant insurance Medical Officer in detail.

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Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance Medical Officer Syllabus 2020

The syllabus for the Assistant insurance Medical officer written exam is:

Assistant Insurance Medical Officer: Human Anatomy

General Anatomy
General Embryology
Upper Limb
Lower Limb
Thorax
Head and Neck
Brain and Spinal Cord
Abdomen, Pelvis and Perineum
Genetics

Biochemistry

Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Metabolism of Lipids
Metabolism of Amino acids
Haemoglobin
Vitamins
Mineral Metabolism
Maintenance of Homeostasis
Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology
Plasma Proteins and Immunoglobulins
Biochemistry of Cancer
Clinical Chemistry

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Human Physiology including Bio-Physics

Haematology
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Gastrointestinal System
Renal System
Skin and Temperature regulation
Nerve – muscle physiology
Nervous System
Special Senses
Audition
Endocrinology
Physiology of Reproduction

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Forensic Medicine
Definition, diagnosis and certification (as per MCCD rules), somatic, molecular and brain death. Sudden natural deaths, suspended animation. Changes after death.
Inquest procedures
Courts in India and their powers.
Medical certificates and medico-legal reports.
Medico-legal autopsy and exhumation
Mechanical injuries or wounds
Asphyxial deaths
Medico-legal aspects of deaths due to starvation-forced feeding.
Human sexual function
Infant and childhood deaths
Biological fluids
Forensic psychiatry
Medical jurisprudence
Forensic toxicology

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Assistant Insurance Officer Syllabus: Microbiology

General microbiology
Systematic bacteriology
Virology
Immunology
Parasitology
Mycology

Pathology

Cell injury
Infectious diseases
Circulatory disturbances
Growth disturbances
Miscellaneous disorders
Haematopathology
Cardiovascular pathology
Respiratory pathology
Renal and urinary tract pathology
Pathology of the gastrointestinal tract
Liver and Biliary tract pathology
Lymphoreticular system.
Reproductive system.
Histopathology
Endocrine Pathology
Neuropathology
Dermato-pathology

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Pharmacology

General pharmacology and basic concepts of clinical pharmacology
Autonomic nervous system
Autacoids and related drug
Central nervous system
Cardiovascular system
Drugs affecting blood and blood formation
Respiratory system
GIT
Drugs acting on the Endocrine system
Chemotherapy
Toxicology
Miscellaneous
National health programmes
Infective/ Parasitic conditions
Medical emergencies

Community Medicine

Concept of health and disease
Social and behavioural sciences
Environment and Health
Health promotion and education/communication for behavioural change (Information, education, communication)

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Opthalmology

Acute conjunctivitis, Trachoma, Allergic conjunctivitis, Pingencula, pterygium, Xerosis/ bigot spots, Dry eye, Angular conjunctivitis, neonatal conjunctivitis, subconj haemorrhage, D/D of conjunctival and limbal nodule
Chronic conjunctivitis, Dry eye, membraneous conjunctivitis, Inclusion conjunctivitis, Corneal Inflammations: Corneal ulcers-bacterial, fungal, viral, Mooren’s ulcer, Vitamindeficiency and keratomalacia, exposure keratitis, neurolytic keratitis, corneal blindness, eye banking, eye donation, keratoplasty, arcus senilis, corneal oedema, deep/interstitial keratitis, degenerations and dystrophies, an overview of keratorefractive surgery.
Scleritis, episcleritis
Iridocyclitis, Panophthalmitis, Endophthalmitis
Systemic associations of uveitis
Photocoagulation
Retinal vascular diseases
Central retinal artery occlusion
Awareness of amblyopia
Dacryocystitis – congenital, acute, chronic, epiphora
Ectropion entropion, trichiasis, ptosis, Iagophthalmos, symblepharon, blepharitis, Chalazion, refractive error, myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia, aphakia/pseudophakia, Anisometropia, an overview of keratorefractive surgery.
Chemical injuries, open globe injuries, closed globe injuries and first aid treatment including sympathetic injuries.
Siderosis bulbi, Chalcosis, medico legal aspects.
Definition and types of blindness. Causes of blindness
Promotion of eye donation
NPCB, Vision 2020
Eye camps
Symptomatic disturbances of vision, an overview of recent advances in ophthalmology
Lasers in Ophthalmology
Enucleation – Indication, technique
Eye and systemic diseases including AIDS
Causes of sudden / partial / painless dimension of vision
Ocular malignancy – retinoblastoma and malignant melanoma of the choroid
Pharmacology
Chronic side effects of systemic medication, local anaesthetics, viscoelastic, steroid and
NSAIDs

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Otorhinolaryngology

Ear
Nose and paranasal sinuses
Throat

Medicine and its allied Specialities

Nutrition and nutritional disorders
Fluid and electrolyte balance
Disturbance of body temperature
Infections
Immunology
Primary Immune deficiency disorders
Genetics
Environmental and occupational problems
Medical disorders in pregnancy
CVS
GI system
Respiratory system
Haematology
Renal medicine
Central nervous system
Geriatrics
Critical care
Rheumatology
Endocrine disease
Pain and principles of palliative care
Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics

Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance Medical Officer Syllabus: Psychiatry

Classification of psychiatric disorders
Aetiological factors in psychiatric disorders
Clinical interview and mental state examination
Organic brain syndrome
Substance abuse
Bipolar disorders
Depressive disorders
Schizophrenia
The major manifestation of psychiatric illness
Treatments used in psychiatric illness
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Sleep disorders
Legal aspects of psychiatry

Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance Medical Officer Syllabus: Radiology

Production of X-rays
Biological changes
Skeletal radiology chest and Mediastinum
Gastrointestinal system
Hepatobiliary system
Genitourinary system
Neuroimaging modalities
Emergency radiology

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Dermatology

Infections of skin
Eczematous dermatitis
Bullous skin lesion collagen disorder
Pigmentary disturbances
Maculopapular
Squamous lesion
Neoplastic lesions
Lesions of skin appendages
Gastrogenic disorders
Leprosy and national leprosy control programmes

Surgery and it’s Allied Specialities

Principles of Surgery, genetics, history of surgery, surgical ethics

Trauma
Pre-operative and post-operative care
Surgical sepsis – specific infection, Nosocomial infection, antibiotic policy
Immunology and organ transplantation, HIV and surgeon, Hepatitis B
Principles of imaging techniques
Suture materials and anastomosis
Skin and soft tissues
Thyroid and parathyroid thyroglossal cyst and fistula Breast
Genitourinary system

Orthopaedics

Traumatology
Definition of a fracture and types of fracture and general principles of management of the fracture
Complications of fracture – open fractures and pathological fracture
Fracture clavicle, fracture neck of humerus and shoulder dislocation
Fracture humans (Shaft) and supracondylar fracture
Intercondylar fracture and Olecranon fracture
Elbow dislocation and forearm fracture
Monteggia fracture and Galeazzi’s fracture
Colle’s fracture and fracture scaphoid
Fracture spine and traumatic paraplegia
Fracture pelvis and hip fracture – fracture of the femur
Hip dislocation and fracture shaft of the femur
Meniscus tear and fracture patella
Leg fracture
Ankle injuries – Pott’s fracture
Hand injuries
Extensor mechanism injuries of the knee
Fracture of tarsal bones

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Cold orthopaedics
CTEV and flat foot
CDH
Torticollis, congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia and arthrogryposis multiplex congenital osteomyelitis septic arthritis tuberculosis – spine, hip, knee, elbow, wrist and other sites
Perth’s disease and slipped upper femoral epiphysis
Rickets and osteomalacia
Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis
Intervertebral disc prolapse
Scoliosis and spondylothesis
Bone, tumour, osteochondroma, simple bone cyst, aneurysmal bone cyst and enchondroma, giant cell tumour, osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, metastatic bone diseases and osteogenesis imperfecta
Nerve injuries – Radial nerve, ulnar nerve, sciatic nerve, amputations and osteoarthritis hip, knee, cerebral palsy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Introduction to physical medicine and rehabilitation disability process and progression of disabilities concept of Impairment/disability and hard cap
Principles of physical therapy – various modalities and therapeutic exercises
Pain management principles
Principles of occupational therapy its application in the rehabilitation of various disabilities
Principles of prosthetics and rehabilitation aid their application in the rehabilitation of disabilities
Disability evaluation – principles people with disabilities Act – 1995
Principles of rehabilitation of people with disabilities: To understand the basic principles of disability conclusion and for certification purposes
To get exposed to the potentials of social-vocation rehabilitation of the various describing
conditions in the light of the 1995 Act people with disabilities (equal opportunities etc) Act 1995
To get oriented to the basic principles of community-based rehabilitation of people with disabilities

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Radiotherapy

Cancer Epidemiology and possible etiological factors, screening for cancer
Principles of cancer chemotherapy and chemotherapeutic agents used in the management of cancer
Hormone treatment in cancer
Principles of radiation oncology, radioactive sources – Teletherapy, Brachial therapy and nuclear medicine
Methods of radiotherapy and recent advances
Common malignancies, diagnosis and treatment

Anaesthesiology

Introduction – the scope of Anaesthesiology
Pre-anaesthetic check-up premedication
General anaesthesia – Basal anaesthesia triads of anaesthesia Inhalational agents
Intravenous anaesthetic agents
Regional analgesia – subarachnoid and epidural analgesia, other techniques of regional analgesia and agents used.
Types of equipment in anaesthesia and methods of oxygen therapy
Intravenous fluid therapy, intraoperative monitoring
The complication in anaesthesia and postoperative period
Cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation, basic cardiac life support (BCLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
Methods of pain relief

Paediatric

Infectious diseases
Gastrointestinal tract and liver disorder
Connective tissue disorders
Malignancies in children
Behavioural problems in children
National programmes – IMNCI, RCH3, NRHM, Vitamin A, Iodine deficiency, IDSP, ARI, ADD, AFP & PPI
Common chromosomal disorders and genetic counselling

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Pregnancy – Diagnosis, Clinical features, differential diagnosis, relevant tests and the principles underlying the tests
Antenatal care: objectives of antenatal care routine antenatal check-up, Assessment of period of gestation, obstetric examination, general examination, other system examination
Clinical monitoring of maternal and fetal well being, detect the abnormality
Common problems in Pregnancy – Oedema, Pruritis, heartburn, piles, varicose veins, clothing and footwear, exercise, sex, hygiene, nutrition, rest, drug in pregnancy
Drugs: Immunisation, drug prescription relevant blood examination, urine examination and interpretation of the results and physiological changes in pregnancy
Ultrasound examination
Fetal surveillance
Normal Labour
Physiology of onset of labor, fetal skull and pelvis
Mechanism of labour
Labour monitoring partogram, Labour analgesia
Induction of labor (various methods of induction – merits and demerits)
Acceleration of labor and drugs used in labor
Delivery: stages of labour, management of first of labour
Management of the second stage of labour (vaginal delivery with an episiotomy)
Management of the third stage of labor:
Active management of the third stage of labor
Prevention of PPH, Management of PPH
Other complications of the third stage of labor and management
Abnormal labor: Hypertonic contractions, hypotonic contractions and incoordinate uterine action
CPD, obstructed labour, Caesarean section (indications, complications), Vaginal delivery after caesarean
Abnormal presentations and management: Occipito posterior position, Breech presentation, transverse lie, brow/face presentation
Abortions: Types, etiopathology, investigations and management
Recurrent pregnancy loss: causes, investigations and management
Ectopic pregnancy: etiopathology, early diagnosis, late diagnosis, clinical features, differential diagnosis and principles of management (conservative, medical and surgical)
Trophoblastic diseases: etiopathology, classification, clinical features, diagnosis, management, long term follow up and complications
Hyperemesis gravidarum: definition, etiopathology, clinical features advice and drug therapy
Abnormal puerperium: cause clinical presentation investigations and management
Abnormal pregnancy: Multiple pregnancies
Intrauterine death
PROM (Premature rupture of membranes)
Preterm labor
Post date
IUGR
Elderly primi, grand multipara, Rh-negative, Gynaecological disorders complicating pregnancy
Fetus and newborn:
Fetal distress: definition, diagnosis and management neonatal resuscitation, care of the newborn, the examination of the newborn and identifying congenital abnormalities, jaundice in newborn
Breastfeeding
Contraception: various methods and devices, selection of patients, counselling of the Couples, follow up, side effects, complications, and failure rates
Medical termination of pregnancy: MTP Act, Legal and ethical aspects, methods, complications and management
Operative obstetrics
Indication and steps of the procedure of episiotomy
Vacuum extraction, forceps delivery
Instrumental evacuation
Caesarean section
Assisted breech delivery, breech extraction
External cephalic version, internal podalic version
Cervical encirclage extra amniotic instillation and manual removal of placenta
Ultrasound MRI in obstetrics: diagnostic and interventional
Fetomaternal medicine: Screening for congenital abnormalities, blood tests (maternal and
fetal) Amniotic fluid analysis, fetal tissue biopsy
Medical disorders in pregnancy:
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Heart disease complicating pregnancy
Anaemia in pregnancy
Diabetes in pregnancy
UTI, hepatitis, TB, chest disease complicating pregnancy
Veneral disease, infections, HIV complicating pregnancy
Thyroid disorders, immunological disorders like SLE, ACLA, and thrombophilia complicating pregnancy
Jaundice in pregnancy Haemorrhage and coagulation disorders in obstetrics and immunology in pregnancy
Dummy pelvis, Mannequins resuscitation of the newborn

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Kerala PSC Assistant Insurance Medical Officer Syllabus: Gynaecology

Normal menstrual cycle – physiology of menstruation
Abnormal menstruation – definition, classification, clinical features and principles of investigations, diagnosis and management
Amenorrhoea: Definition, classification, causes, investigations and management
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding and postmenopausal bleeding: Definition, causes, investigations and management
Hormonal therapy: when to give, when not to give, type of hormones with dosage, duration of hormonal therapy, complications and contraindications for hormonal therapy
Infertility: Types, definition, causes, counselling, the examination of the couple and essential investigations, ART: various methods of assisted reproductive techniques, setting up of ART lab
Genital injuries including fistulae: Causes, diagnosis, clinical features, and principles of management and prevention
Genital infections: STDs, PID, HIV infection and AIDS, genital TB – aetiopathology, diagnosis and principles of management
Neoplasms of genital tract – Benign and malignant, aetiopathology, clinical feature, diagnosis, principles of management and cancer screening and preventive aspects
Abnormal vaginal discharge: causes, clinical examination, diagnosis, investigation and management.
Counselling regarding prevention of STD’s
Endometriosis: aetiopathology, classification, clinical features, diagnosis and management, contraception
Operative gynaecology: Indications, complications of D&C, cervical biopsy
Medical termination of pregnancy, evacuation of incomplete Abortion tubal ligation,
IUCD insertion
Abnormal hysterectomy
Vaginal hysterectomy, sling procedures
Ovarian tumours
Radical procedure for malignancy
Correction of enterocele, diagnosis and operation for vault prolapse
Endoscopy in gynaecological practice
Laparoscopy: Principles, indications, instrumentation, procedure, complication, the scope of laparoscopy in gynaecological practices
Hysteroscopy: Principles, indications, instrumentation, procedure, steps in present gynaecological practices and complications.
Colposcopy: Principles instrument, procedure
Endocrinology
Postoperative management:
Routine management of postoperative patient like IV fluids, drugs, antibiotics, ambulation, nutrition
Management of fever, skin wound complications, complications like burst abdomen, intraperitoneal bleeding and intraperitoneal collections, instruments, specimens etc.
Acute abdomen
Adolescent medicine (Gynaecology)
Analgesia
Urological problems

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Family Welfare

Applied anatomy of mechanical methods for prevention of conception In female – Barrier contraception, female condom, IUCD, tubectomy etc.
In male – Condom, vasectomy (NSV) etc
Physiology, endocrine and regulation of reproduction in the female. The safe period rhythm method of contraception, the principle of use of oral contraceptives.
Pharmacology
Paediatrics: Problems of child health in relation to the large family: organization of pediatric services, nutritional problems of mother and child, childhood diseases due to overcrowding.

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