Amidst all the confusion prevailing about the NExT exam here is some initial information from sources

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Amidst all the confusion prevailing about the NExT exam here is some initial information from sources
●Comments & Suggestions from all medical students studying in India & abroad are Invited on this page to form an opinion about this issue & how should we proceed further in this matter

There was a meeting with The BoG at ICMR. Meeting was just for proposals. No final conclusion has been made.

1)As per preliminary information received from sources, #NExT will be 2 step exams

■#NExT_1 : 6 to 8 weeks after final proff exams. It will comprise of exams as shown in slide
1⃣Medical & Allied - 120 items (3 hrs)

  • Paediatric -60 items (1.5 hr post lunch)
    2️⃣Surgery & Allied - 120 items (3hrs)
  • ENT - 60 items (1.5 hr post lunch)
    3️⃣ Obst. & Gynae - 120 items (3 hrs)
  • Ophthalmology - 60 items (1.5 hr post lunch)
    #PATTERN
    60% Problem Solving
    30% Comprehension/Analysis
    10% Recall
    10% Preventive & Public Health
    (10% of the total in each stream will be asked from applied basic sciences)
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    ◆Qualifying this exam is necessary if you want to enter internship and get MBBS degree. (cutoff will be decided by NMC)
    ◆Exam will be Online, it will decide your rank for getting admission in PG course
    ◆NExT-1 will be conducted over 3 days. (details are still confidential & can’t be disclosed as of now before ratification)
    ◆Scores will be in Percentile.

■#NExT_2 : will be held After Internship (after 1 month)
:point_right: It will be only an exam to test practical skills of Doctor.
It will be based on skills learnt by MBBS graduate during his/her internship
extra attempts will be provided on failing in 1st attempt

  1. Both Exams will get implemented for the Batch of 2017.
    :point_right:Batch of 2016 should be prepared to give a Qualifying exam at the end of Internship to be allowed to practice.
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  2. There was proposal of quashing the Final 2 Year Profs, converting them to IA by College and instead there can be conducted a NExT-1 exam (in March) after course completion (in Jan).
    In other words, the suggestion was to :
    :point_right:Eliminate theory exam of 3rd proff part 1 and part 2 and only test their practical exam.
    Then at the end of MBBS 3rd proff part 2, NExT -1 will be held comprising of all subjects with involvement of only applied knowledge from pre & para medical subjects
    In this manner NExT-1 can reduce exam burden of students & will also act as both licentiating as well as PG entrance exam
    Now that plans for quashing an Essay Based Final 3rd & 4th Profs is being discussed, the necessity of a Supplementary Exam was strongly put forward and it will be considered, so we can hope for a #Supplementary_Exam

●With the change in GMER schedule, the Prof III part II exams are proposed to be held in January, in all medical colleges.
● Supplementary exams are proposed to be held in February.
● NExt 1 also known as Prof-IV part I is proposed to be held in March.
● Internship is proposed to start from April
● Internship is proposed to complete in March
● NExT 2 also known as Prof-IV part II is proposed to be held in April
●PG course is expected to start in JULY