RPSC Asst Prof. (Phy. Med. & Rehabilitation) Syllabus 2015 rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in

RPSC Assistant Professor Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Health & Medical Department) Latest Prescribed Exam Pattern and Syllabus Rajasthan PSC Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Scheme of Exam and Syllabus

RPSC Exam Syllabus 2014

Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) will conduct a Screening Test for recruitment of Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) in Health & Medical Education Department. Those applied candidates who are ignoramus about the scheme/pattern and syllabi of this written exam and worry about their preparations. They may get the latest prescribed exam pattern and syllabus for the exam of Assistant Professor for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Medical Education Department) by RPSC from here.

Exam Pattern : Exam Pattern for Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Screening Test is as Follows :-

► Written Exam will be Multiple Choice Objective Type.
► The Question Paper consists of 100 Questions and 100 marks.
► There will also be negative marking for every wrong answer.
► The Duration of Test is 02 (Two) Hours (120Minutes).

Exam Syllabus : Exam Syllabus for Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) written Test is given below :-

1. Basic Sciences as Applicable to PMR
• Basic surgical techniques and basics of skin grafting as applicable to PMR

2. History and Scope of PMR, Definitions and Terminology

3. Understanding Disability

4. Community Based Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation

5. Legislations, Acts and Policies related to disability

6. Disability Assessment and Certification

7. Schemes and Benefits for  persons with disabilities (PWDs)

8. Clinical valuation of Patients in P.M.R. and Documentation

9. Quality and Outcome Measures in PMR e.g., FIM, Barthel Index, GMFCS, FMS etc.

10. Diagnostic Tests, utility & interpretation in relation to PMR

11. Therapeutic Exercises (including PNF & NDT)

12. Electro Therapy and Physical Modalities e.g., SWD, IFT, Ultrasound etc.

13. Electro diagnostic Medicine–EMG/NCV/Evoked potential studies/Audiometry

14. Pharmacotherapy in PMR

15. Gait and its Deviations, Gait Analysis

16. Orthotics : Principles of orthotic prescription, biomechanics

17. Prosthetics : Principles of prosthetic prescription, biomechanics

18. Wheel chairs, Seating Systems and Ambulatory Devices

19. Principles and scope of Occupational Therapy

20. Principles and scope of Physical therapy
• Assessment and execution of exercise and physical modalities

21. Vocational and Psycho Social evaluation and rehabilitation

22. Rehabilitation of Patients with Amputations

23. Spasticity Management
• Pathophysiology, Medical Management, Corrective and Surgical Management, Chemo enervation & Prescription of orthoses.

24. Holistic Rehabilitation of Cerebral Palsy

25. Pediatric Rehabilitation including children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, learning disabilities and multiple disabilities, etc.

26. Rehabilitation interventions in patients suffering from endocrinological/metabolic disorders/metabolic syndromes, causing impairment, functional limitation or participation restriction

27. Rehabilitation of Patients with Neck and Back Pain

28. Rehabilitation of Patients with Arthritic & Rheumatological conditions
• Clinical evaluation, assessment of disability, impairment and functional limitation
• Comprehensive management including monitoring of disease control

29. Rehabilitation and management of Patients with Pain
• Pathophysiology, Comprehensive Management and Rehabilitation of painful conditionsincluding Neuropathic, musculoskeletal, somatic aspects, cancer pain, migraine, fibromyalgia, myofacial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia etc.
• Various peripheral & neuraxial blocks including clinical anatomy & rationale, Joint & soft tissue injections
• Chronic pain management, education & rehabilitation

30. Essentials of Occupational Health

31. Rehabilitation of Cumulative Trauma Disorders including common occupation al disorders

32. Management & Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Conditions of Upper and Lower Limbs and spine including infections, degenerative disorders, tendinopathies, and its sequelae, etc.

33. Rehabilitation of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
• Introductions, Epidemiology and need; Models of Care
• Anatomy, Mechanics and Syndromes of Traumatic Injury
• Non-Traumatic SCI; Outcomes
• Acute Phase Management: Conservative & Surgical
• Comprehensive Rehabilitation
• Complications and their management

34. Stroke Rehabilitation
• Introduction, Pathophysiology and Risk Factors
• Comprehensive Rehabilitation in the acute, sub-acute and chronic phases
• Medical and therapeutic management of complications and Special Problems& needs

35. Rehabilitation of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
• Epidemiology, Prevention, Pathophysiology, Prognosis
• Comprehensive Rehabilitation in the acute, sub – acute and chronic phases
• Recent advances in Traumatic Brain Injury management and rehabilitation

36. Rehabilitation of Patients with other Neurologic Disorders
• Rehabilitation of Patients with Peripheral Neuropathies, nerve injuries
• Rehabilitation of Patients with Hansen’s Disease and anesthetic limbs
• Rehabilitation of plexopathies, Motor Neuron Diseases (MND)
• Rehabilitation of Patients with Poliomyelitis – Post P olio Residual Paralysis (PPRP) conservative and surgical management of deformities around each joint
• Rehabilitation of Patients with Diseases of Muscles & Myoneural Junction Muscular dystrophies, Myopathies, Myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, etc.
• Rehabilitation of Patients with Movement Disorders and other neurodegenerative disorders , ataxia, multiple Sclerosis
• Other Infective and Inflammatory disorders causing neurologic impairments necessitating rehabilitation

37. Rehabilitation of Patients with Neural Tube Defects rehabilitation, Long Term Complications

38. Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction & Management

39. Prevention and Management of Chronic Wounds

40. Speech and Hearing – Assessment and Rehabilitation
• Basic knowledge of hearing aids
• Types of speech disorders : Communication skills & interventions
• Basics of sign language

41. Rehabilitation of Swallowing Disorders

42. Visual Rehabilitation
• Common causes of blindness and low vision in India and its prevention
• Assistive devices/technology for the visually impaired

43 . Assessment, counseling and interventions for Sexual Dysfunctions in persons with disabilities

44. Rehabilitation of patients with HIV/AIDS 45  . Principles of  rehabilitation of  persons with  mental retardation 46 .  principles of rehabilitation of persons  with mental illness

45. Management of  sports injury
• Complete assessment of sports performance
• Treatment and medical rehabilitation of persons of sports injuries
• Taping and therapeutic exercises, Sports psychology & Post – injury rehabilitation

46. Principles and procedures in Burn Rehabilitation

47. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• General principles, Conditions like COPD, bronchiectasis, etc.

48. Cardiac Rehabilitation
• General principles, Rehabilitation of Common cardiac conditions like MI, CHD, CMP, CCF, CAD, HT.

49. Vestibular Rehabilitation

50. Rehabilitation of patients with Peripheral Vascular Diseases

51. Geriatric Rehabilitation

52. Cancer Rehabilitation
• Principles of rehabilitation of skeletal neoplasms
• Rehabilitation of persons with long – term complications e.g., functional decline, radiation fibrosis, post – radiation weakness, myelitis etc.
• Management of lymphedema & cancer pain

53. Rehabilitation protocol of Joint Replacements and other orthopaedic surgeries.

54. Rehabilitation of Patients with Congenital Deformities of upper and lower extremities like radial club hand, CTEV, CDH, AGMC etc. and Spinal Deformities

55. Health Promotion and principles of lifestyle disorder management
• Lifestyle disease Prevention and management
• Management of obesity and its complications
• Importance and ways to promote physical activity

56. Women’s Health and Rehabilitation
• Pre-and post partum rehabilitation programs
• Post menopausal issues in rehabilitation and management of osteoporosis

57. Architectural Barriers, Environmental Modification
• Identification of barriers, accessibility of persons with disabilities and barrier free environment

58. Organ Transplantation and Rehabilitation

59. Rehabilitation in ICU and CCU setting

60. Medical emergencies in PMR
• Autonomic dysreflexia, Aspiration pneumonitis, DVT/PE, Urinary retention/obstruction, etc.

61. Palliative care/long-term care of terminally ill

62. Complementary and alternative medicine

63. Ethical practices in Rehabilitation

64. Evidence Based Rehabilitation

65. Research Methodology
• Basic understanding of research methodology
• Ability to identify research needs, formulate null hypothesis and interpret statistical analysis

66. Role of rehabilitation in Disaster Management

67. Quality assurance in PMR

68. Information & communication technology (ICT) and rehabilitation including tele-rehabilitation

69. Current Developments/Recent Advances in PMR

70. Teaching Methodology

71. Public health programme, State & National program

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