INFORMATION REGARDING NEXT STEP 1

On the explanation of NExT Step 1, the draft notes the following

NEXT Step I shall be a Theoretical Examination, The Questions shall be one or more than one type of the Multiple Choice Type, The Examinations shall be delivered by a Computer Based /Online mode, This shall be a Centralized Common All India Examination to be conducted by an authority/Body/ authority for the purpose by the commission.

The Examination shall consist of Six papers: Medicine and allied disciplines, Surgery and allied disciplines, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Applied aspects of all subjects covered under I MBBS and II MBBS, Applied aspects of all subjects covered under III MBBS /Final MBBS Part 1

All those students who have completed the III MBBS /Final MBBS course from a medical college recognized by the Commission shall be eligible to appear in the examination, There shall be a regular NExT Step 1 Examinations held once a year prior to the University Practical Examination for the III MBBS (Part2)/Final MBBS preceding Compulsory Rotating Internship

A NExT Step 1 Supplementary Examination shall be held once a year and is restricted to only those candidates who have failed in one or more of the six papers and are required to repeat those particular papers /subjects, Those who do not pass both the NExT Step 1 Regular and the Supplementary Examination of a particular year shall be able to appear for the NExT Step 1 Regular Examination only in the following year.

There is no restriction to the number of attempts to appear in NExT Step 1 provided the candidate has passed both NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 Examination within 10 years of joining the MBBS Course, There is no restriction to number of attempts to appear in the NExT Step 1 Regular Examination to improve scores provided these examinations for improvement of scores are taken at least after one year of completion of NExT Step 2

The NExT Step 1 shall replace the conventional university/institutional Theory Examinations of III MBBS /Final MBBS Part II. III MBBS /Final MBBS Part 1 and III MBBS/ Final MBBS Part II Practical/ clinical examinations shall continue to be held conventionally unless otherwise notified by the Commission

Papers and Distribution of Subjects

The NExT Step 1 examination will have six subject papers with respective weightage in items and time allocation, Applied aspects of all other subjects of MBBS including Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FMT) and Community Medicine will be mainstreamed into the relevant clinical subjects, In each paper 10% items will pertain to applied aspects of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine relevant to the subjects evaluated

In each paper 10% items will pertain to applied aspects of Public health / Community Medicine relevant to the subjects evaluated, The following Table 1 provides the subjects in each paper papers will respective weightage in items and time allocated with the provision of 20% of the items distributed according to Section 3.1 (3) Subsections (iii) and (iv) above

Proposed Time Scheduled of Papers