NBE Foreign Medical Graduate Examination 2013

NBE Foreign Medical Graduate Examination 2013

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has invited applications from all foreign degree holding Indian doctors who want to practise in India, for appearing in the Screening Test 2013 conducted by the Medical Council of India. The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) will be held in late September and would be conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE).

According to the regulations set by the Screening Test 2002, all Indian students possessing degrees from universities and institutions outside India must clear the Screening Test to attain permanent registration from the Medical Council of India (MCI). The permanent registration is mandatory to be able to practise medicine in India.


Eligibility :

* The applicant must be a citizen of India or an overseas citizen of India

* The basic medical qualification of the applicant must have been confirmed by the MCI. This qualification should also be recognised for medical practice in the country where the institute awarding the qualification is situated.

* The applicant should have completed the entire medical course from the same institute abroad.

* Applicants who took admission in a medical programme abroad after 15 March, 2002, should have obtained an "eligibility certificate" from the MCI. (This is not applicable for candidates who went abroad to study medicine before 15March, 2002.)

* Applicants who went abroad before 15 Mar 2002 need not meet the minimum admission norms of the MCI to appear for FMGE 2013.

* Applicants should be obtain their Primary Medical Qualification before the FMGE exam i.e. before 29 September, 2013.

Candidates who got their undergraduate medical degree from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom or the United States of America and has also been awarded a post graduate medical degree from any of these six countries and is eligible to practice medicine in these countries, need not qualify the FMGE to obtain a permanent registration in India

Applications can be downloaded from the official website www.natboard.edu.in upon paying the specified amount via credit or debit card

The application forms can also be collected from selective branches of Indian Bank by a payment of Rs. 750 cash from 3 June, 2013 onwards

Duly filled in application forms must be submitted to the NBE by 30 June, 2013 to avoid late fees

The last date for submission of late applications with late fees is 7 July, 2013

For more information visit : http://www.natboard.edu.in/

FMGE SCREENING TEST-September 2011

FMGE SCREENING TEST-September 2011

Foreign Medical Graduate Screening Test 2011, National Board of Examinations

As per the Screening Test Regulations 2002, an Indian citizen possessing a primary medical qualification awarded by any medical institution outside India who is desirous of getting provisional or permanent registration with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or after 15.03.2002 shall have to
qualify a screening test.

The next session of the FMG Exam shall be conducted by the National Board of Examinations on Sunday the 25th September, 2011 at New Delhi

Eligibility-:
The eligibility of the candidate shall be governed by the Screening Test Regulations and Eligibility Certificate Regulations issued by Medical Council of India with prior approval of Government of India and as per the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court issued from time to time.

For details of the scheme of examination, eligibility criteria, fee structure and application forms, candidates are advised to refer to the Information Bulletin cum
application Form downloaded (29.04.2011 onwards) from the website www.natboard.edu.in (bulletin fee of Rs. 750/- will have to be paid for downloaded forms alongwith the fee for examination) OR Obtained on cash payment of Rs.750/- from selected branches of Indian Bank (06.05.2011 onwards), For list of branches of the bank, Kindly refer to detailed notice at website www.natboard.edu.in

Important Dates-:
The last date of submission of duly completed Application Form is 10th June,2011(without late fee) and 30th June, 2011 (with late fee of Rs.1,500/-).

For more information contact-:
National Board of Examinations
(Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India)
Ansari Nagar, Ring Road, New Delhi-110029.
Telephone : 011-46054605; Fax : 45593009
E-mail : mail@natboard.edu.in;

For more information visit-: http://www.natboard.edu.in/

MCI Screening Test Must for All Foreign MBBS Graduates

The Supreme Court has ruled that students with medical degrees from abroad will be allowed to practise in India only if they clear a screening test conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The rule also applies to those with MBBS degrees from countries with whom India has a reciprocity agreement.

The Supreme Court gave the ruling on a plea challenging the test by some students who had got their medical degrees from Nepal. Justifying its order, the SC said some students studying abroad “did not fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for admission to medical courses in India and serious aberrations had been noticed in the standards of medical education in some countries.

The court also upheld the Medical Council of India's regulation requiring Indians who obtain an MBBS degree from institutes in Nepal to pass a screening test for grant of a Certificate of Registration to practise as doctors in India.

The screening test will also be compulsory for medicos who have a MBBS degree from a country with which India has a reciprocal agreement.

Graduates from Manipal College of Medical Science, Pokhara, and Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhaiarahawa, will have to sit for the screening test conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI).