NExT Exam 2024 Syllabus, Eligibility Criteria, Latest Exam Pattern

NEXT Exam 2024 or National Exit Test is a computer-based exam likely to be held in May 2024. As per the latest updates NExt 2025 is confirmed for MBBS 2020 batch students . AIIMS, Delhi will release the NEXT Exam 2024 notification for further updates. According to the NMC information brochure, the National Exit Test (NExT) will be conducted biannually in two sessions, Step 1 and Step 2.

NExT Exam 2024 Highlights

NExT Exam 2024 Eligibility Criteria

• Foreign medical graduates will be able to apply for NExT 2025 or NExT Exam 2024 to obtain a license and practice medicine as a registered practitioner in India.
• 2020 Batch MBBS students from a medical college approved by the National Medical Commission are eligible for NExT Exam 2024. Candidates must meet the other requirements such as getting registered with NMC/SMC.
• Candidates who wish to apply for NExT Exam 2024 must have 50% aggregate marks in their MBBS degree.

NExT Exam 2024 Syllabus

• Medicine and allied subjects
• Pediatrics
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Surgery and allied subjects
• Obstetrics
• Gynecology
• Ophthalmology

NExT Exam Pattern 2024

• The NExT Exam Phase 1 will be held in online mode and have a total of 540 multiple-choice questions.
• There will a total of six papers covering subjects from the 3rd year and final year MBBS course.
• NExT Exam Phase 1 will be entirely theory-based including Part 1 and Part 2 and MBBS students must pass it within 10 years of enrolling in the course.

• NExT Phase 2 will check the practical learnings of MBBS students with viva voice-based questions of short and long-answer type.
• MBBS students will need to complete a 12-month mandatory internship after qualifying for NExT Step 1 and before appearing for NExT Step 2.
• As per the guidelines, candidates must score 50% marks in each paper to qualify for NExT Step 1 and Step 2.

NExT Exam 2024 New MBBS Curriculum

• Launch of a one-month foundation course at the start of the first year of medical school Students will become familiar with the setting of a medical college throughout this Foundation Course.
• The MBBS curriculum, the Indian healthcare system, and medical ethics will all be introduced to them. The students will receive language instruction, time management, and communication skills training in this foundation course.
• The Attitude, Ethics, and Communication (AETCOM) module is introduced. This will instill information, skills, attitudes, values, and responsiveness so that an MBBS graduate may perform responsibly and effectively as the community's primary care physician while remaining internationally relevant.
• Removal of theoretical and practical components that were purely technical, more memory-based, and did not help MBBS students become effective primary healthcare providers to match NExT Exam 2024 requirements.
• Conceptual integration between subjects from the same year is known as horizontal integration. Students would learn to combine the MBBS curriculum from the first year by introducing clinical postings in the first year.
• The MBBS program's length is expected to be reduced from 54 to 50 months (4 years, 2 months).