FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination): MCI Screening Exam

Medical Council of India (MCI) Screening Exam which is also known as MCI Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) is a qualifying exam conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) in India. Indian students who completed MBBS abroad in countries like Russia, China, Philippines, Georgia, Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Bangladesh & other foreign countries must clear MCI Exam for Foreign Medical Graduates to get licence to practise in India. Only the candidates who have passed MBBS from MCI recognized medical colleges abroad are eligible to appear FMGE. A list of mci approved foreign medical colleges can be found on MCI website.

After passing MCI Exam for Foreign Medical Graduates, students have to undergo compulsory 1 year rotatory internship in India after which they get permanent registration with MCI (MCI is now replaced by NMC: National Medical Commission) or State Medical Council.

The difficulty level of FMGE: Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (MCI Screening Exam) is comparatively high & is similar to NEET-PG. Due to “Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)” students cannot share the actual MCI exam questions with anyone in written, oral or electronic forms. Hence, MCI past questions or FMGE question papers are not available for students to review.

After passing MCI Screening Exam, during internship the students may appear NEET-PG if they want to pursue post-graduation (MD/ MS/ DNB/ Diploma). From 2022, FMGE & NEET-PG will be merged & replaced by NEXT: National Exit Test which will be a common exit exam for MBBS, Indian as well as Foreign Medical Graduates.

NEXT (more commonly known as National Exit Exam for MBBS) will be a single window examination which will replace NEET-PG exam & MCI Screening exam (FMGE: Foreign Medical Graduate Examination). It will be implemented from 2022.

This exam will be mandatory for Indian as well as foreign medical graduates. The students who will pass NEXT exit exam will start their internship. Score (rank) in NEXT exam will also be used to allot PG (MD/ MS/ DNB/ Diploma) seats in Government and private medical colleges in India.

NEXT will standardise the medical education in India. It will judge the conceptual understanding and problem solving skills of final year MBBS students.

We have unique features to help you achieve your dream of getting a PG (MD/ MS) seat in speciality of your choice in a reputed government medical college. We assure you to crack your entrance for NEXT exam for MBBS.

• Structured course: We have divided the entire new MBBS curriculum into topics & subtopics. We will not give you everything at once & leave you so that you will watch few lectures from few topics haphazardly in the initial enthusiasm & then cool down. We will allot you the topics in a structured manner so that you will not be overwhelmed by the vastness of the syllabus & at the same time you will not miss anything. Teaching & self-study are blended together in a systematic way through the series of modules.

• Excellent time management: We have short & engaging lectures prepared specifically in a manner so that every minute you spend in our course, will give you high results. What other lecturers explain you in 1 to 1.5 hrs, our lectures will prepare you for the same stuff in 30 to 40 minutes! So even if you devote half an hour daily in BEW NEXT exam for MBBS Online Course, it will yield miraculous results! Revisions by technique of spaced intervals to boost the yield.

• Total support: When we allot you a topic, our counsellors (who are themselves PG doctors well versed in NEXT pattern) will be in continuous contact with you solving your difficulties, tracking your performance & discussing it with you, designing customized strategies for you & motivating you. Through our modular system, we will map your strengths & weaknesses and help you converting your weaknesses into strengths.

• World class teaching faculties: Building a clear conceptual frame-work in every subject will be crucial for success in NEXT exam for MBBS. We have team of teachers who have decades of experience of teaching for exams like NEET-PG & MCI Screening Test (FMGE: Foreign Medical Graduates Examination).

• Notes & Test Series: Concise notes for every lecture, topic-wise, subject-wise tests, Whole syllabus tests, Grand Mock Tests, High Yield Tests all are included in the course to make it a complete package.

• Long duration’s courses: We offer courses of different durations for MBBS students in 1st, 2nd … any year. MBBS students in medical colleges in India & abroad can choose the course depending upon when they will be appearing NEXT-1 exam.

Every subject in MBBS is vast. There are thick & multi-volume textbooks & MCQ books to be studied for exam. This creates huge confusion about what to study, how to study, in what depth to study, how & when to revise, how to track the performance. Our Online Coaching is a one-step solution for all this.

Please feel absolutely free to contact us in case of any query. At Studi Breeze we are always happy to interact with the students and their parents. Get updates for exit test for mbbs & learn how to study for next.

Pattern of NExT exam

NEXT will comprise of two parts: Theory (NEXT-1) and practical (NEXT-2). Theory questions will be multiple choice questions (MCQs). NEXT-1 will be conducted after final year MBBS, before internship. After passing NEXT-1 students will start internship. Those who manage to pass theory (i.e. NEXT-1) will have to clear NEXT-2, the practical test, separately at the end of internship. The score obtained in NEXT-1 will help you to gain a PG seat after internship. Follow below structure to understand national exit test syllabus strategy.

NEXT-2 will be a pass/ fail type of exam. Marks in NEXT-2 will not contribute to PG seats allocation. Thus NEXT-1 will be a qualifying as well as competitive exam.

There will be unlimited attempts in NEXT exam. Score of NEXT-1 exam will be valid for 2 to 3 years for the purpose of PG Entrance ranking.

National Exit Test Syllabus

All 19 subjects in new MCI curriculum will be included in NEXT exit test syllabus for MBBS. But subject-wise marks distribution will be drastically different than what it was in NEET-PG exam or MCI Screening exam (i.e. FMGE: Foreign Medical Graduate Examination). The clinical subjects will carry disproportionately more marks than pre- & para-clinical subjects.

As per a proposal which was discussed in a meeting dated 15 Feb 2020 with Board of Governors (NMC: National Medical Commission), following could be the NEXT-1 question paper pattern:

Among above 540 MCQs:

• 10% MCQs from each stream will be from basic applied sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology & pharmacology)
• 10% MCQs will be from Preventive & Social Medicine (PSM)
• 60% will be problem solving
• 30% comprehension & analysis
• 10% recall

NOTE : Above is a proposal which was discussed. The official announcement about NExT question paper pattern is yet to come from NMC (National Medical Commission), NBE (National Board of Examination) or NTA (National Testing Agency).