Got Apprehensions about NExT exam? NMC to Organise Webinar on NExT with Final year MBBS Students, Medical College Faculties
New Delhi: Addressing the apprehensions and stress built around the National Exit Test (NExT) examination, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has 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 have been 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 has 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.
"It is to inform that a webinar is proposed to be held on 27.06.2023 at 2:30 P.M. in which the Chairman, NMC will address all final year MBBS students along with faculty of all the Medical Colleges (Private or Govt.) in order to remove apprehensions and stress built around proposed National Exit Test (NExT) examination," read the NMC letter dated June 23, 2023.
"All Medical Colleges are requested to join the webinar through the link provided below one hour prior to the actual scheduled timing at 1:30 P.M. on 27th June and make suitable arrangement in their lecture hall with proper audio-video. The webinar is to be attended by all final year MBBS students along with the faculty and only single login is permitted from each medical college," it further mentioned.
"It is further requested to all medical colleges to join the link for a mock run on 26' June at 2:30 P.M. for removing any technical glitches before the webinar," it added.
Confirming about the webinar on 27th of June, Dr. Yogender Malik, a Member of the NMC Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) and head of the Publication Division of NMC, mentioned in a Tweet, "A meeting of Chairman @NMC_IND is proposed with final year students and faculty of all medical colleges on 27th June 2023 to remove apprehensions regarding National Exit Test."
In another Tweet, Dr. Malik, who has been nominated as the Public Relation Officer (PRO) in NMC, asked the students and doctors to send their queries that they want answered by NMC Chairman.
"I request the students and RMPs to send the queries you want answered by Chairman NMC. I will try to include maximum for answers. Pls be assured we will clear all doubts and queries," read the Tweet.
The link for the webinar is as follows:
"https://events.teams.microsoft.com/eventi2f6bb54f-13e8-4a55-a2df-79a20a6bbc4e@b0ebec68-73ccÂ4678-ac24-4d2c3ce38b6d"
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About NExT Examination:
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that 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.
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.
Last year, NMC finally released the proposed draft regulations related to the National Exit Test (NExT) providing details regarding the manner of the exam and its other details.
In the Draft, NMC informed about the objective of NExT, its applicability, its bifurcation into STEP 1 and STEP 2, and how these two steps examinations be conducted as well as the calculations and validity and the uses of the NeXT scores.
According to the draft, NEXT step 1 scores will be used towards PG entrance and NEXT STEP 2 will be a qualifying exam. The validity of the NEXT STEP 1 score towards PG entrance shall be 3 years and at the same time there is no limit on the attempts at both the exams provided that the candidate has passed both NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 Examination within 10 years of joining the MBBS Course
To view the NMC letter, click on the link below:
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/next-webinar-212622.pdf
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