Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced the Revised syllabus for National Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2022. The syllabus has been finalized after consultation with various stakeholders and it has been ensured that no topic is outside the current syllabus of any board in Pakistan. MDCAT 2022 syllabus is announced after the National Medical and Dental Council’s 12th meeting held on June 27, 2022.
MDCAT syllabus is designed to evaluate the problem solving, critical thinking, and knowledge of natural, behavioral, and social sciences concepts and principles of a candidate required to the study of medicine. MDCAT will be a standardized multiple choice computer based examination. MDCAT will also test the aspirants’ other abilities like intuitive and critical thinking skills.
The weightage of the subjects in MDCAT is changed. As per details, 34% of questions in the MDCAT will be from Biology, 27% from Chemistry, 27% from Physics, 9% from English, and 3% from Logical reasoning. MDCAT paper shall consist of a total of 200 MCQs based on the approved percentage.
Content list for Biology syllabus for MDCAT 2022
- Biodiversity (acellular life/ variety of life)
- Bio-energetic
- Biological Molecules
- Cell Structure and function
- Coordination and control/ nervous & chemical Coordination
- Diversity among Animals
- Enzymes
- Evolution
- Life process in Animals & Plants (nutrition/ gaseous exchange/ transport)
- Prokaryotes
- Reproduction
- Support & movement
- Variation & genetics/ inheritance
Content list for Chemistry syllabus for MDCAT 2022
- Introduction to fundamental concepts of chemistry
- Atomic Structure
- Gases
- Liquids
- Solids
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Reaction Kinetics
- Thermo-chemistry and Energetics of chemical reactions
- Electrochemistry
- Chemical bonding
- S and p block elements
- Transition Elements
- Fundamental principles of organic chemistry
- Chemistry of Hydrocarbons
- Alkyl halides
- Alcohols & phenols
- Aldehydes and Ketones
- Carboxylic acid
- Macromolecules
Content list for Physics syallbus for MDCAT 2022
- Force and motion
- Work and energy
- Rotational and circular motion
- Waves
- Thermodynamics
- Electrostatics
- Current Electricity
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Electronics
- Dawn of modern Physics
- Atomic spectra
- Nuclear Physics
Content list for English for MDCAT 2022
High and low-frequency words from the course book or to be selected from similar contexts or the contexts the HSSC and CIE students may be familiar with.
- All present, past tenses
- Four types of sentences,
- Conditionals Types of clauses
- Fragments
Logical Reasoning
- Critical Thinking
- Letter and symbol series
- Logical deduction
- Logical problems
- Course of action
- Cause & effect