What is NExT Exam?
While NEET PG presented its own set of difficulties for medical students, the topic of discussion today is: What’s NEXT? National Exit Test (NEXT) is a replacement for NEET PG in 2019 by the Indian government. Now the NEXT will take place from 2024 ( Expected) ,The official announcement has been done. NEXT will bet the standard national test for all MBBS students, replacing NEET PG and the MCI Screening Test (FMGE: Foreign Medical Graduate Test) as a single-window examination. Both Indian and international medical graduates will have to pass the NEXT exit test to begin their internship. The NEXT test score (rank) will also be the criteria for allocating PG (MD/ MS/ DNB/ Diploma) seats in Indian government and private medical institutes. NEXT will assess final-year MBBS students’ conceptual comprehension and problem-solving abilities.
Exam Pattern
Students have been speculating about the pattern of the exam ever since the announcement. As per the speculations, NEXT will have two parts: theory (NEXT-1) and practice (NEXT-2). There will be multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for the theory section. Students will begin internship after passing NEXT-1. Those who pass the theory exam (NEXT-1) must also pass the practical exam (NEXT-2) after the clinical rotation. After the internship, your NEXT-1 score will assist you in obtaining a PG seat. NEXT-2 grades will not have an impact on the allocation of a PG seat. As a result, NEXT-1 will be both a qualifying and a competitive exam. To pass NEXT, you will get an unlimited number of tries, but the NEXT-1 test score will be valid for 2 to 3 years for the PG Entrance ranking.
Syllabus
The syllabus of the NEXT examination will comprise all 19 subjects from the revised MCI curriculum. However, the subject-wise mark distribution will vastly differ from that of the NEET-PG or FMGE. Clinical topics will receive higher weightage than the pre-clinical and para-clinical ones. NMC (National Medical Commission) and NBE (National Board of Examination) discussed this plan, but the NTA is yet to make an official announcement.
TIPS TO PREPARE :
Starting with the MBBS batch of 2017, NEXT will be implemented (proposed) for the first time in 2024 (Expected).
1. Sharpen your Basics.
Since 90% of the NEXT questions will test your problem-solving abilities and understanding, students must begin focusing on the fundamentals. The updated NEXT pattern is likely to reduce the rote learning strategy used by MBBS students to pass their PG medical entrance examinations. This MBBS exit test will include questions that integrate pre-clinical, clinical, and para-clinical learnings, and you will have very little chance of passing if you have not dedicatedly focused on refining your core notions. Ensure that you strengthen your fundamental concepts. By watching Medicoz community videos, you will strengthen the foundation, upon which the remaining course structure is built.
2. Emphasise on Critical Concepts
One cannot overstate the relevance of clinical topics in securing a PG seat. The most remarkable difference between NEET PG and NEXT is the proportion of clinical questions. You should give experiments special attention because questions will judge you on what you did rather than what you read. Pay special attention to your practicals and attempt to apply what you have learned. One good way of keeping critical concepts on your tips are by practicing customised tests for the concepts you’re weak in. On the Medicoz Community app, you can choose whichever topics you struggle with and practice them till they’re on your tips.
3. Never leave out an Entire subject
Speculations are that NEXT would have a lot smaller syllabus than NEET PG due to the planned test pattern’s fewer courses and that you will not need to study as much. That is not quite correct. Even though several things are unclear in the NEET PG – NEXT test schedule, the overall MBBS syllabus will overlap with NEXT’s coverage.
4. Attempt Previous Years’ NEET PG and AIIMS papers
Hints for the exam pattern for NEXT have been clear with the recent change in NEET PG papers. The paper is now more clinically focused than it has ever been. The most recent NEET PG observed clinical and applied questions, such as films of various tests and photographs of multiple diagnoses. The percentage of para-type questions was disproportionately higher, resulting in the paper being lengthier than usual.
5. Begin Early
Another vital point to consider is that students previously had approximately 9-11 months to prepare for NEET PG; however, with the introduction of NEXT, those additional months will not be available because NEXT-1 will be conducted in the final year, rather than post-internship. MBBS students, particularly the final-year medical students, will now be expected to achieve a bit more to earn the title of ‘Doctor.’ If you intend to begin studying for PG medical admission examinations in your third year, we recommend starting your prep in the second year.
How to prepare with Medicoz Community APP?
Medicoz community app is engineered in such a fashion to ensure the Attractive User interface and high Quality users experience . As Medicoz community app is designed as per modern trends , Students are recommended to follow this pattern as per Expert faculties of Nation. Following Medicoz community will Make you Exam ready. Moreover, Medicoz community offers LIVE INTERACTIVE CLASSES which helps the students to Clear their doubts with the faculties anytime. It is Recommended to watch the Live Interactive classes of Medicoz community and Then refer the standard textbooks to have more more hold on the concepts. This way also helps you to get the Foundation , and makes complex topics the easier one.
Live Interactive sessions will be stored in Medicoz community server for the future benefit of the students ,so that they’ll either not miss the concepts taught in live session or They can go through these live sessions multiple times as and when required to have more clarity on the concepts and to understand them in depth. This will eventually make your foundation more stronger.
Also, Ensure to utilize Medicoz community Q-Bank and Test series. The Process for Optimal learning will be attending the Live Interactive classes , Read the e-notes provided by the expert faculties, and Solve Module related to that concept from Q-Bank. Following This method once again makes you more stronger in your concepts , and helps you to have a track on your progress, and Areas to Improve.
Medicoz Community being your study Partner for NEXT not only provides the tips for last minutes preperations but also will be your study Companion for Long term with Crash Courses and Curriculum , Q-Bank and Test series are revised by the experts on regular basis to make our students EXAM READY and nothing should be special for them on EXAM DAY. Our Faculties are Masters in helping you to transit from NEET TO NEXT.
Courses Design :
Medicoz Community has designed the courses Dividing it into Para-Clinical and clinical Courses . For Para-clinical Courses , We recommend to finish the 2nd year subjects with MCQs and then read the first year topics after completing the Second year topics. We have designed the Courses in Particular to Paraclinical subjects to have firm hold on them . These Courses will assist to conclude your preperations , and helps to have clear ideas on time distribution .
Clinical Courses :
From third year students , our expert faculties recommend to finish all third year Topics, not to forget to include the relevant anatomy, Physiology, pathology, microbiology and Pharmacology and Related MCQs.
Highly don’t skip any of the topics and it is best to finish before the test. Doing so will help to develop positive pressure and increase your efficiency.
We Highly Recommend not to worry on NEXT from here on, Because NEXT is just a another exam which one can pass with proper approach and right advice. “Change your Notation from I can’t to I will “ and Try to Give your best every day to come out with flying colors.
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