Most repeated FCPS Part 1 pathology topics

The pathology and microbiology topics that come up most often in FCPS Part 1 Paper 1, with a textbook chapter and practice questions for each.

1. 1
   Neoplasia and carcinogenesisGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
2. 2
   Basic immunologyGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
3. 3
   Haemodynamic disordersGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
4. 4
   Genetic disordersGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
5. 5
   Viral infectionsMicrobiology
   Comes up very often
6. 6
   Acute inflammationGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
7. 7
   Environmental pathologyGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
8. 8
   Cell injury and necrosisGeneral pathology
   Comes up very often
9. 9
   Gram-positive bacteriaMicrobiology
   Comes up very often
10. 10
    Wound healingGeneral pathology
    Comes up very often
11. 11
    Mycobacteria and spirochaetesMicrobiology
    Comes up often
12. 12
    Gram-negative bacteriaMicrobiology
    Comes up often
13. 13
    Medical parasitologyMicrobiology
    Comes up often
14. 14
    Interpreting lab testsGeneral pathology
    Comes up often
15. 15
    Cellular adaptationGeneral pathology
    Comes up often
16. 16
    General bacteriologyMicrobiology
    Comes up often
17. 17
    Metabolic response to traumaGeneral pathology
    Comes up often
18. 18
    Chronic inflammationGeneral pathology
    Comes up often
19. 19
    Fungal infectionsMicrobiology
    Comes up often
20. 20
    Vaccines and infection controlMicrobiology
    Comes up often

Ranked by how often each topic appears in the past-paper recalls we analysed (43,000+ remembered questions, copies removed). It tells you where marks have come from before, not what will be asked next time, so cover the whole syllabus. How we did the analysis.