| Getting admissions to the Medical colleges is an | | | | references, and paying a registration fee. |
| arduous task and completing the medical course is | | | | Medical Colleges – Admission Procedure |
| yet another cumbersome task. However, the craze | | | | The fervor of MBBS entrance is at its peak when |
| for admissions to Medical colleges continues to rise | | | | students are in their high school days. The following |
| among students. | | | | procedure must be followed to get admissions into a |
| A medical school is a tertiary educational institution or | | | | medical colleges: |
| part of a larger education institute that teaches | | | | 1. |
| medicine. Some medical colleges offer varied | | | | This requires the candidate to complete 12th |
| programs enabling students to opt for Master's | | | | standard examinations or equivalent centralized |
| Degree and Doctor of Philosophy and other post | | | | examinations. For medical college admissions, a |
| secondary education. Medical colleges can also employ | | | | student is required to complete his high school with |
| medical researchers and operate hospitals. Medical | | | | Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics or any |
| colleges teach subjects, such as human anatomy, | | | | other elective subject with English as prescribed by |
| biochemistry, pharmacology, immunology, neurology, | | | | NCERT. |
| obstetrics, gynecology, anesthesiology, internal | | | | 2. |
| medicine, family medicine, surgery, psychiatry, | | | | The applicant applying for a seat in any medical |
| genetics and pathology. | | | | college must have secured an aggregate marks of |
| The entrance criteria, structure, teaching | | | | 50% in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. A reserved |
| methodology and the nature of medical programs | | | | relaxation is given up to 40% in case of scheduled |
| offered at medical colleges vary considerably around | | | | classes and backward classes. |
| the world. Medical colleges are extremely competitive | | | | 3. |
| and use standardized entrance examinations through | | | | The candidate must complete 17 years of age on or |
| out the world to suit the stringent selection criteria | | | | before December 31st of the year of admission. |
| for candidates. Some of the global medical entrance | | | | 4. |
| exams are GAMSAT, MCAT, UMAT, NMAT, BMAT, | | | | To get admission in a premium institution for medical |
| UKCAT and many others. Medical colleges are | | | | sciences in India a candidate should appear in the |
| regulated by each country and are listed on the | | | | entrance test conducted by the CBSE (Central Board |
| WHO Directory of Medical colleges or the FAIMER | | | | of Secondary Education of India) or PMT (Pre-medical |
| International Medical Education Directory. | | | | Test).PMT consist of two parts: Preliminary |
| In India, the study of medicine is completed as an | | | | Examinations and Final Examinations. Unless a student |
| undergraduate degree and authorizes to work | | | | have cleared the preliminary exams, he will not be |
| without any prerequisite undergraduate coursework. | | | | allowed to appear in the final examinations. |
| However, an increasing number of places are | | | | 5. |
| emerging for graduate entrants moving medical | | | | Apart from CBSE-PMT there are also state level PMT |
| education closer to the US/Canadian model. In this | | | | test held in every state to absorb the student of |
| model, there is a requirement of several years of | | | | these particular state. |
| university level study. Students wanting to enter | | | | Aspiring medical student need proper guidance and |
| medical school often complete a bachelors degree | | | | counseling to score well at the medical entrance test. |
| with a (pre-medical or medical science) curriculum | | | | It is necessary to follow a discipline routine, focused |
| including physics, chemistry, genetics, biochemistry, | | | | study, time management and proper solution of test |
| pathology, anatomy and physiology and human | | | | papers. Coaching centers offer services to students |
| biology. | | | | who are ready to appear for MBBS entrance. They |
| Medical colleges confer upon graduates a medical | | | | provide students with the list of medical colleges |
| degree, such as BMBS, MBBS, MBChB, MD, DO, | | | | where they should apply. Such a list includes all the |
| MDCM, Bmed. However, a doctor can not legally | | | | requirements by a particular college. Counseling and |
| practice medicine until licensed by the local | | | | guidance help students to overcome the stress |
| government authority. Licensing have specific | | | | during the preparation for admissions into a medical |
| requirements to be fulfilled, such as passing a test, | | | | college. |
| undergoing a criminal background check, checking | | | | |