Is the NEXT Exam Compulsory for Both an Indian and a Foreign MBBS Student

Overseas graduates will be expected to pass the new National Exit Test (NExT) instead of the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam beginning at an undetermined date (FMGE). Applicants who want to practice in India must pass NExT within two years of finishing their medical education overseas.

What exactly is the NEXT Exam?

The National Exit Test is now both the licentiate test and the national medical postgraduate exam that students/MBBS hopefuls must pass to receive a "Doctor" tag next to their name. The central government of India included the test in the National Medical Commission Bill 2019. The NEXT test will be established and rolled out in 2023 and will serve as a substitute for both the FMGE Exam and the NEET-PG Exam.

According to the presented by the National Medical Commission (NMC), all medical graduates who finished their MBBS abroad must also pass the National Exit Test within two years of their MBBS. This is because, as previously stated, it will replace the FMGE test, which was formerly the licentiate exam for practicing in India. Candidates must pass the NEXT test to be registered for medical practice in India. PG admission in Indian medical institutes will be solicited and determined based on the results of the Upcoming medical test. The NEET-PG exam, which is meant to assess the abilities and knowledge of final-year medical students, is also likely to be changed.

The new medical bill's goal is to provide a single-window exit test for final-year medical students. After the new legislation is in effect, there will only be one test for a final year degree, medical practice license, and medical PG admittance.

What are the benefits of the NExT Exam?

• The National Exit Test will make sure that education is the same and the same all over the country. This is because it will be a pan-Indian test that every state will be required to take, including the same curriculum system for medical studies. In reality, it must also provide an equitable and consistent educational quality. Karnataka, Punjab, and Delhi have the most significant medical institutions today, but due to the NEXT Exam, other states will be able to compete as well. Colleges will raise their educational standards as their students compete in the same tests as overseas medical graduates.
• In some ways, it will compel/persuade medical colleges to raise their educational standards since their students will be competing against international medical graduates in the same test.
• If the president signs the measure into law, it will require people to work toward raising the standard of medical education in the country, which will contribute to an overall improvement. This would also lead to India adopting the same (or comparable) educational culture as industrialized nations.
• Foreign graduate physicians will no longer need to take separate tests thanks to the NEXT Exam since they will get a practicing license if they pass the National Exit Test. There will be a consolidated test in which they would compete against Indian students.