INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

MEDICAL STUDENTS' NETWORK

Date: 16.02.2020
A meeting was held with the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India at Indian
Council of Medical Research on 15th february 2020.
IMA MSN represented at the meeting.

The following points were informed to the student attendees:-

1. SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED EXAMS
● 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 the 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

2. SUBJECT WISE DISTRIBUTION OF NExT 1

● It will be an All India Concurrent online exam
● Consisting of 120 items of MEDICAL and ALLIED subjects (3 hours,
pre-lunch) + 60 items of PEDIATRICS (1.5 hours, post-lunch)
● Consisting of 120 items of SURGERY and ALLIED subjects (3 hours,
pre-lunch) + 60 items of ENT (1.5 hours, post-lunch)
● Consisting of 120 items of OBSTETRICS GYNAECOLOGY and ALLIED
subjects (3 hours, pre-lunch) + 60 items of OPTHALMOLOGY (1.5 hours,
post-lunch)

● Out of total questions, 60% will be problem solving, 30%

comprehension and analysis, 10% recall
● Out of total on each stream, 10% questions will be from applied basic
sciences, and 10% preventive and public health.

3. NExt Exam 1 is expected to be first held in 2022.

Sr. No. EXAM WILL BE HELD BY

1 Prof 1 University

2 Prof 2 University

3 Prof 3 part 1 University

4 Prof 3 part 2 University

5 Prof 4 part 1 (NExT 1) National Body

6 Prof 4 part 2 (NExT 2) University/College

 INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
MEDICAL STUDENTS' NETWORK

NExT 2 is a pass or fail exam which includes

Practical exam by university/college to judge the basic practical efficacy of the student.
A list of basic practical skills which a student should know,
Should be fulfilled.

NExT 1 is objective exam

Prof 3 part 2 NExT 1 Internship NExT 2 Result

(Licenciating (licenciating
and competitive exam)
exam)

Pass Pass, marks will Can go for Pass Gets PG seat

be used for PG internship with marks of
ranking in NExT 1
counselling And gets
licence

Pass Pass, marks will Can go for Fail ●Does not get
be used for PG internship PG seat
ranking in ●Does not get
counselling licence

Pass Fail Cannot gp for Cannot write -

internship exam

4. The score for NExT 1 will be valid for 2-3 years

5. A way to find scope for improving score of NExT 1 is expected

In nutshell
After passing university final examination students have to pass NExT 1 to start internship
After completing 12 months of internship
Student has to pass NExT 2 to practice as a doctor
It is frightening that NExT is taking it's name grammatically and is indeed indicating towards
a NExT 3, 4, 5 coming up.
Are we ready for infinite NExTs or fight to stop this.

Compiled by:
Dr. Simrran Kalra (National General Secretary IMA MSN)
Aravind Swamy (National Convenor IMA MSN)
Dr. Mrityuanjay Gupta (Past general secretary IMA MSN)