Below is a list of links to navigate through different topics.

This was a mess to compile as the questions typically try to cover more than one area. In these cases, we have included the question more than once.
If you are studying from here and you hit the same question more than once, good luck to you, get it right this time.
The topics are arranged as per the current CICM First Part Examination Syllabus

CICM – First Part Syllabus – Fourth Edition (2023)

Upto the second sitting of 2023, there have been ~473 unique questions.
Just to give you an idea, this means that if you have 6 months to do past questions, you need to do ~2-3 questions (not including repeats) per day so you finish with time to spare.
This is 30 mins per day, just on past questions.

Also, Look through the examples of the new marking rubric.
This is helpful when you plan how to answer the SAQs based on the question asked.

CICM – New Marking Rubric Examples (2023)

Main Topics

Section	Topic	SAQs	Section	Topic	SAQs
A	Pharmaceutics	1	M	Autonomic Nervous System	8
B	Pharmacokinetics	15	N	Liver Physiology	10
C	Pharmacodynamics	4	O	Gastrointestinal System	17
D	Variability in Drug Response	9	P	Nutrition and Metabolism	17
E	Cellular Physiology	9	Q	Haematological System	26
F	Respiratory System	71	R	Thermoregulation	7
G	Cardiovascular System	79	S	Immunology and Host Defense	7
H	Renal System	26	T	Microbiology	18
I	Body Fluids and Electrolytes	21	U	Endocrine System	26
J	Acid Base Physiology	7	V	Obstetrics	11
K	Nervous System (including Pain)	57	W	Measurement and Monitoring	3
L	Musculoskeletal System	14	X	Procedural Anatomy	10

Sub-Topics

These four topics have been broken up into sub-topics for ease of preparation and presentation.

Section	Resp Sub-topic	SAQs	Section	CVS Sub-topic	SAQs
F1	Anatomy of the Respiratory System	5	G1	Structure and Function of the Heart	3
F2	Control of Ventilation	3	G2	Electrical Properties of the Heart	6
F3	Mechanics of Breathing	6	G3	Determinants and Control of Cardiac Output	13
F4	Pulmonary Gas Volumes	4	G4	The Peripheral Circulation	4
F5	Pulmonary Circulation	6	G5	Applied Cardiovascular Physiology	14
F6	Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships	4	G6	Cardiovascular Measurement	6
F7	Diffusive Transfer of Respiratory Gases	3	G7	Cardiovascular Pharmacology	33
F8	Gas Transport in the Blood	6
F9	Pulmonary Function Tests and Equations	3
F10	Applied Respiratory Physiology	14
F11	Respiratory Pharmacology and Therapeutic Gases	7
F12	Respiratory Measurement	10

Section	Neuro Sub-topic	SAQs	Section	Haem Sub-Topic	SAQs
K1	Physiology of the Nervous System	12	Q1	Physiology of Haematological System	14
K2	Pharmacology Related to the Nervous System	25	Q2	Pharmacology of Haematological System	9
K3	Pain Physiology	2	Q3	Measurement of Haematological System	1
K4	Pain Pharmacology	16	Q4	Blood and Blood Products	2
K5	Nervous System Measurement	2

Pharmacopeia

PHARMACOPEIA	SYSTEM	PAST QUESTIONS
Pharmacopeia – Y01	Respiratory	F11 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y02	Cardiovascular	G08 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y03	Renal	H02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y04	IV Fluid	I02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y05a	Neuro	K02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y05b	Pain	K04 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y06	Neuromuscular	L02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y07	Autonomic	M02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y08	Gastrointestinal	O02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y09	Haematological	Q02 – SAQs Q04 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y10	Antimicrobials	T02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y11	Endocrine	U02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y12	Obstetric	V02 – SAQs
Pharmacopeia – Y13	Antidotes

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