The National Exit Test(NEXT) by which the status of a “doctor” is achieved is favoured by 12 states and four union territories in India. This information was revealed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as a response to a Right to Information(RTI) query. The states which have expressed support to make NEXT […]
Amidst concerns from doctors and parents of medical students about the proposed National Exit Test(NEXT), experts are pointing out the impracticality of such an exam. At a panel discussion that was held in Mumbai on Sunday, experts said that NEXT cannot act as a licensing test for doctors. The Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill 2015 has […]
The Exit exam for MBBS graduates to become doctors which has been recently proposed has become the cause of protests from doctors and medical students in different parts of the country. Protest on the ground In Madurai for instance, the members of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association (TNGDA), IMA(Madurai branch) and medical students formed […]
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill which makes provision for an exit test for MBBS graduates was introduced earlier this week. The Union health ministry’s draft has it that only those MBBS graduates who pass the National Exit Test(called NEXT) could practice medicine. However, surprisingly or not, many people- doctors and concerned parents among them […]