Syllabus · Current · V5 (2025) · Gastrointestinal System

J4 · Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

J4.ii · Antiemetics

Official V5 objective
Understand the pharmacology of drugs with anti-emetic activity.
5 SAQ topics 6 SAQ appearances 1 VIVA station

Written examination

SAQ history

6 appearances
2016A Q23
Classify anti-emetic agents by describing their mechanism of action and provide examples.
52%
2009B Q14
Classify antiemetic drugs and describe their mechanism of action.
33%
2012A Q23
Classify antiemetic drugs and give an example from each group (60% of marks). Outline the gastrointestinal effects of metoclopramide (40% of marks).
40%
2012B Q17
Classify the 5HT receptors and give examples of pharmacological agents that affect them (60% of marks). Outline the pharmacology of ondansetron (40% of marks).
45.4%
2022A Q14
Describe the neural integration of vomiting, highlighting the site and mechanism of action of antiemetics.
60%
2014A Q03
Describe the neural integration of vomiting. (60% of marks) Describe the pharmacology of ondansetron. (40% of marks)
58%

Oral examination

VIVA history

1 station

Sources: objective text from the relevant CICM syllabus; historical SAQ and VIVA wording from CICM examiner reports.