Health Perspectives with Dr Rohan Krishnan: Are we ready for NEXT exam?
Are we ready for NEXT?
The field of medical education is going to see a Sea Change from the next year, with the impending introduction of the National Exit Test which will not only serve as a licentiate exam for doctors to practice but also as a gateway for PG Medical entrance.
But, is the medical education system, currently attuned to the NEET PG exam ready for it?
Joining us in Today's Episode of Health Perspective, is Prof Dr Ravi Kant, Director AIIMS Rishikesh and former Vice Chancellor of KGMU, Lucknow; Dr Sakshi Singh, National General Secretary, IMA- MSN, who is doing her MBBS internship at HIMS Varanasi and Dr Dhruv Chauhan, MBBS intern at Rama Medical College, Hapur.
What's NExT?
Section 15 of the NMC Act provides for the conduct of a common final year undergraduate examination, to be known as the National Exit Test (NExT) which shall be the basis for Registration to practice medicine, admission to PG medical courses and Screening Test for foreign medical graduates to practice modern medicine.
The NExT was supposed to be operational within three years from the commencement of the NMC Act, 2019 i.e. 25th September 2022 and conducted through a designated authority and in such a manner as may be specified by regulations. The Act came into force in September 2020.
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