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The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) is the primary organization to conduct the Screening Test for Foreign Medical Graduates who want to practice in India. As per the regulation of FMGE, “ Any Indian students or foreign students pursue a medical degree awarded by any recognized abroad medical universities. Candidates need to qualify FMGE test if they want to be desirous of getting provisional or permanent registration with the Medical Council of India now known as National Medical Commission (NMC) or any other State Medical Council.
The screening test for The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) is conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) as per Screening Test regulations 2002. Students who are from India or any other country and possess a primary medical qualification, which is confirmed by the Indian embassy of the particular countries concerned to be an approved qualification for enrolment as a medical practitioner in the particular country in which the institution providing the said qualification is located can eligible to apply for FMGE provided that the result of the final year on or before the prescribed cut-off date for a particular session of FMGE test.
The candidates who have both the Eligibility Certificate and the Provisional Pass medical degree certificate of Primary medical qualification. Students can visit the National Medical Commission's official site for the Screening test guidelines.
Following are some important eligibility criteria for the FMGE test in order to appear in the upcoming exam:
Particulars |
Details |
Mode of the examination |
Online |
Medium |
English only |
Total number of questions |
300 |
Type of questions |
MCQ |
Negative marking |
No |
Sections |
Two (Part A and B) |
Duration of the examination |
5 hours (2 hours and 30 minutes for each section) |
Below are the correct process to fill out the FMGE registration form
Category |
ST, OBC, General, SC, EWS |
Quota |
|
Mode |
Online |
Gender |
Female, Male, |
Amount |
₹ |
Following is the syllabus for the FMGE test:
Subject |
Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Orthopaedics, Radio-Diagnosis, Radiotherapy, Paediatrics, Medicine, Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Psychiatry, Dermatology, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Community Medicine |
FMGE exam will be conducted in two parts. Both parts have separate question papers on different subjects. The 1st part of the exam will contain questions on Pre-Clinical and Para-Clinical subjects. The below table is the distribution of marks for each of these subjects:
Subject |
Number of questions asked/ Total marks |
Anatomy |
17 |
Physiology |
17 |
Biochemistry |
17 |
Pathology |
13 |
Microbiology |
13 |
Pharmacology |
13 |
Forensic Medicine |
10 |
Total Questions |
100 |
Subject |
Number of questions asked/ Total marks |
|
Medicine and allied subjects |
Medicine |
33 |
Psychiatry |
5 |
|
Dermatology and STD |
5 |
|
Radiotherapy |
5 |
|
General Surgery and allied subjects |
General Surgery |
32 |
Anaesthesiology |
5 |
|
Orthopaedics |
5 |
|
Radiodiagnosis |
5 |
|
Paediatrics |
15 |
|
Ophthalmology |
15 |
|
Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
30 |
|
Community Medicine |
30 |
|
Total |
200 |