National Exit Test mandatory for BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, and SowaRigpa
National Exit Test will be held for granting license to practice as medical practitioner of respective discipline of Indian System of medicine.
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine, Ministry of Ayush, notified that now National Exit Test will be mandatory exam for granting license to practice as Medical Practioner of respective disciplines of Indian System of Medicine.
The notification said that the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act , 2020 provision in section 15 (1)(2)(3) states to conduct National Exit Test for a final year medical under graduate students.
The Commission stated that a National Exit Test of each discipline such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and SowaRigpa of Indian System of Medicine shall be conducted by the Commission through designated authority.
The NExT exam shall be problem based to test the clinical competency, understanding of medical ethics and the ability to deal with medico-legal cases as a medical practitioner in these disciplines. The exam will be tentatively held in February and August every year.
Eligibility Criteria for National Exit Test
Following are the eligibility criteria:
- An intern who has completed minimum two hundred and seventy days of internship as on closing date of the submission of the application for National Exit Test; or
- Graduates of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Sowa-Rigpa who have completed one year compusory internship; or
- Foreign nationals whose medical qualification has been recognised under section 36 of the Act.
Without qualifying National Exit Test, any graduate of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery of Bachelor of SowaRigpa Medicine and Surgery, shall not be eligible for enrollment in the State Register or National Register, as the case may be, added the Commission.
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