‘Before overseas MBBS, check if you will pass local exam’

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Mint. Any variation in duration, medium of instruction, syllabus, clinical training or internship/clerkship may lead to disqualification in grant of registration in India.

In case of disqualifications, the sole responsibility shall lie upon the candidate only, it said. Dr Yogendra Malik, a member of the Medical Registration Board of National Medical Commission (NMC) said, “Now that NEET exams are over, a lot of students plan to go aboard for medical education.

We have just alerted students that if they wish to go outside, students should follow all the criteria mentioned in the (FMGL) Regulations 2021." Queries sent to the health ministry remained unanswered. In 2022, around 750,365 students went abroad to study medicine.

For example, FMGs should undergo a medical course from a leading foreign medical university with a minimum duration of 54 months, should have internship for a minimum duration of 12 months from the same medical college and should receive the foreign medical degree with medium of instructions in English etc., while 444553 in year 2021. The safety and well being of Indians abroad, including students, is top priority of the government of India.