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NMC publishes a new proposed draft for the NEXT Exam: Know all details

 

NEXT Exam Details that are important from the draft:

NEXT 1

  1. NExT Step 1 will be a theoretical exam;
  2. The questions will be multiple-choice
  3. the examinations will be given via computer-based or online mode;
  4. this will be a centralized common all-India exam that will be administered by a body or authority designated by the commission;
  5. the exam will have six papers that cover subjects of the III MBBS or Final MBBS, both
    a. Medicine and related fields;
    b. Surgery and related fields;
    c. Obstetrics and Gynecology;
    d. Paediatrics;
    e. Otorhinolaryngology;
    f. Ophthalmology;
    g. Applied aspects of all subjects covered by I MBBS and II MBBS;
    h. Applied aspects of all subjects covered by III MBBS/Final MBBS Part l;

    NEXT 2

  6. Next 2 consists of
    a. Medicine and related fields;
    b. Surgery and related fields;
    c. Obstetrics and Gynecology;
    d. Paediatrics;
    e. Otorhinolaryngology;
    f. Ophthalmology;
    g. Orthopaedics; and PMR (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
  7. The examination will be Objective Structured, Clinical Case Based, Simulated Cases/Patients with the goal of evaluating the practical The Commission will select the university or institution authorized to conduct NExT Step 2 for each college in the absence of state health universities.
  8. Once a year, there will be a regular NExT Step 2 exam. Once a year, there will be a NExT Step 2 Supplementary exam, which is only open to candidates who have failed one or more (up to three) of the seven subjects and are required to repeat those subjects.
  9. Candidates who do not pass both the NExT Step 2 Regular and Supplementary Examinations in a given year can only take the NExT Step 2 Regular Examination the following year.
  10. There is no limit on the number of times a candidate can take NExT Step 2, as long as they have passed both the NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 Examinations within ten years of starting the MBBS Course.

Question paper pattern:

 

– The majority of the questions will be clinical vignettes; 65 percent of the questions will be of the problem-solving variety.

– Twenty-five percent of the questions will be comprehensive.

– Recall questions will make up 10% of the questions.

Level of expertise that will be evaluated:

– Must know 60% – Nice to know 30% – May know 10% Papers and distribution 10% will be from preventive and social medicine 10% will be from basic sciences
Questions pertaining to forensic medicine, preventive medicine, and social medicine will be integrated.

Every day, there will be a break of two hours between the two sessions.

Proposed Schedule

Particular Date
NExT 1 regular examination 2nd week of December
NExT 1 Supplementary Not mentioned
Final professional university practicals 1st week of January
Internship 1st February
NExT 2 regular examination 2nd week of March
NExT 2 supplementary Not mentioned
Post graduate admission May to June
Post graduate course commences 1st July

 

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