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.<\/p>\n
The Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill 2015 has proposed the exit test for medical students to procure the title of a doctor. Also, it\u2019s to replace the entrance test for PG admissions.<\/p>\n
However, according to an expert who was present at the discussion, a single exam cannot serve the two purposes of licensing and of an entrance exam since both these assess different capabilities of the candidates.<\/p>\n
As Sagar Mundada, Chief advisor of MARD puts it, “All agreed that standardization in medical education is necessary but NEXT is not the way out. It was suggested that the final-year exam be standardized across India to improve quality of doctors.”<\/p>\n
As per Dr Pravin Shingare, director, directorate of medical education and research, giving doctors the licenses should be the state\u2019s prerogative. . “The exit test will act as a licensing test. For 50 years, we had no test for registering doctors. This will also mean that the Centre will have a say in doctors getting a licence from the state medical council,” said Shingare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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