Medical Officer Interview

OPD medicine at a PHC or CHC: the common presentations of fever, cough, diarrhoea, body ache and weakness, a rational approach to each, when to investigate and when to treat empirically, and antibiotic stewardship · Tuberculosis under the National TB Elimination Programme: presumptive TB identification, sputum and NAAT testing, drug-sensitive regimen in outline, adherence support, Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana and managing adverse effects and contacts · Vector-borne and seasonal disease: malaria diagnosis and treatment principles including severe malaria referral, dengue warning signs and fluid management principles, scrub typhus, leptospirosis and heat stroke · Chronic disease management in a government setting: hypertension and diabetes diagnosis and targets, the standard treatment workflow under NP-NCD, lifestyle counselling, complications screening and when to refer · Emergency management at a PHC without specialists: anaphylaxis, acute MI first care and referral, stroke recognition, status epilepticus first steps, snake bite and anti-snake venom principles, organophosphate poisoning, dog bite and rabies prophylaxis · Maternal and child health for an MO: managing a normal delivery and recognising complications, postpartum haemorrhage first steps, neonatal resuscitation, IMNCI classification and the sick child who needs referral · Rational prescribing and essential medicines: the state essential drugs list, generic prescribing, drug interactions a PHC MO must know, prescribing in pregnancy and in renal impairment, and the habit of confirming doses from a standard reference · Medico-legal duties of a government doctor: MLC documentation, consent and capacity, death certification and the MCCD form, post-mortem requests, POCSO and domestic-violence reporting duties, and the Clinical Establishments and biomedical waste rules

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Basic Life Support in the right sequence: scene safety, response, calling for help and the crash cart, chest compressions, airway and breathing, AED use, and when to stop or hand over · Triage in a government emergency: red, yellow, green and black categories, first assessment with ABCDE, recognising shock, and prioritising in a mass-casualty or road-accident influx · Emergency presentations and the first actions for each: chest pain and suspected MI, stroke and the time window, seizures, anaphylaxis, severe asthma, hypoglycaemia, poisoning and snake bite · Trauma and burns first care: spinal precautions, bleeding control, splinting, burns percentage estimation and fluid priority, tetanus and wound care in the casualty · ICU basics: monitoring and alarms, oxygen delivery devices and target saturation, non-invasive and mechanical ventilation basics, suctioning, central and arterial line care, sedation and pressure-injury prevention · Sepsis recognition and bundle thinking: early warning scores, cultures before antibiotics, fluids and source control, and what the nurse or MO does in the first hour · Emergency drugs on the crash cart: what each class is for, how to check the cart, high-alert handling, and the rule of confirming dose and route from the protocol rather than memory · Medico-legal cases, consent in an emergency, informing police, documentation and handover using a structured format such as SBAR

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National Health Mission structure: the rural and urban components, state and district health societies, Rogi Kalyan Samiti, untied funds, the Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee and the ASHA, ANM and CHO team at the Ayushman Arogya Mandir · Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Nutrition health (RMNCAH+N): Janani Suraksha Yojana, JSSK entitlements, PMSMA, HBNC and HBYC home visits, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram and the adolescent health programme · Immunisation delivery: Mission Indradhanush, VHND and session planning, due-lists, cold chain at the sub-centre, left-outs and drop-outs, and vaccine hesitancy counselling in a village · NCD screening and management under NP-NCD: population-based screening of adults for hypertension, diabetes and oral, breast and cervical cancers, the CBAC form, follow-up and drug refill at the Arogya Mandir, and referral pathways · Communicable disease programmes as practised: the National TB Elimination Programme and Ni-kshay, malaria and dengue surveillance, leprosy case detection, the HIV programme and the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme reporting formats · Health information and digital tools: HMIS and the Reproductive and Child Health portal, ABHA IDs and Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, teleconsultation from the Arogya Mandir and the limits of these in a low-network area · Community mobilisation: VHSNC meetings, Jan Arogya Samiti, working with the panchayat and school, IEC and behaviour change for sanitation, tobacco and anaemia, and handling rumours during a campaign · Outbreak response at PHC level: recognising a cluster, line listing, notifying the block and district, water and vector measures, and communicating with the community without panic

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The public-health facility ladder: sub-centre and Ayushman Arogya Mandir, PHC, CHC and first referral unit, sub-district and district hospital, and what each is meant to provide under the Indian Public Health Standards · Running a PHC or CHC: staffing norms, duty rosters and night coverage, drug and consumable indenting, the drug and vaccine store, equipment maintenance, Rogi Kalyan Samiti funds and the facility's monthly review · Quality and accreditation: Kayakalp, National Quality Assurance Standards, LaQshya and MusQan in outline, patient-safety incident reporting and infection-control committees · Programme supervision: reading HMIS data to find a problem, supportive supervision visits to sub-centres, ASHA incentive payments, VHND monitoring and handling a programme that is under-performing · Epidemic and disaster preparedness: Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme reporting, rapid response teams, line listing, mass-casualty plans, heat-wave and flood action plans and coordination with the block administration · Health legislation a facility in-charge must know: the Clinical Establishments Act framework, PCPNDT Act duties, Biomedical Waste Management Rules, the Mental Healthcare Act basics, the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act for the pharmacy · Health financing and schemes: Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY empanelment and claims at a government hospital, state insurance schemes, free drugs and diagnostics initiatives and the limits of out-of-pocket protection · Ethics and conduct of a government health officer: private practice rules and non-practising allowance, pharma inducements, handling a complaint against a colleague, grievance redressal and transparency with the community

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