NMC to Conduct NEXT Mock Test on July 28, Registration to Start Tomorrow

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) is going to conduct a mock test for the National Exit Test (NExT) on July 28, 2023 and the registration for the same is going to start tomorrow i.e. June 28, 2023.

This was informed by the Apex medical commission chairman during the webinar on NExT, which was scheduled to be held today at 2:30 PM. Further, NMC has informed that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi will be in charge of conducting this mock/practice test as well as Step 1 of the NExT examination.

NMC informed during the Webinar, "This examination will be conducted by AIIMS Delhi as a designated authority for NExT Step 1. Only final year students pursuing M.B.B.S courses in the medical college/ institutions are eligible for such mock/practice test."

"Aim of such test is to familiarize the prospective candidates with the Computer Based Test (CBT), software interface and process flow in the examination center. The sample questions in the Mock/Practice will only exemplify pattern and format of the NExT-Step 1 examination. Still, they may not represent the complete NExT-Step I examination/syllabus coverage," the Commission further informed.

However, the NMC presentation shown during the webinar also clarified that "Complete detail of the NExT examination is being notified through regulation separately. So, anything contained or spoken in this presentation will be superseded by such regulation."

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that with an aim to address the apprehensions and stress built around the National Exit Test (NExT) examination, NMC had decided to hold a webinar on NExT with all the medical colleges.

All the final year MBBS students along with the faculty of the medical institutes across the country were directed by NMC to attend the webinar on June 27, 2023, at 2:30 P.M.

Writing to the heads of all the medical colleges across the country, the Under Secretary of NMC, K Srinidhi mentioned that the Chairman of NMC will address the final year MBBS students along with the faculties to remove the anxiety regarding the common exit cum licentiate examination, NExT.

NExT, a common exit exam envisaged by the government to standardize medical education across the country, was proposed by NMC as a part of the bill passed in the year 2019.