Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) or MCI Screening Test which is a mandatory test for students who study MBBS outside and want to come back to India to pursue their masters. The exam will be held around mid-June this year and it is known to be one of the toughest entrance exams ever. An Indian Citizen or Overseas Citizen of India who has a Primary Medical education awarded by any Medical institution outside India which is recognized by MCI can apply for this. They can get a Provisional or Permanent registration with Medical Council of India or State Medical Council.

Since its only your bachelors you have to take masters. Masters in surgery is what you will have to go for. This is called specialization. Master of Surgery in General Surgery will deal with this subject generally without any specification. You will narrow down your specialization further while doing your super specialization. This is a 3-year post graduate program in the surgical field. The minimum eligibility that is required is an M.B.B.S. with a minimum one-year internship at least. there will be counselling after clearing the entrance exams. NEET and AIIMS are some of the entrance exams that will have to be taken. Some of the best colleges for pursuing masters in surgery would be:

 AIIMS, New Delhi

Manipal University, Manipal

Christian Medical College, Vellore

Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Madras Medical College, Chennai

MS General Surgery graduates have many job opportunities. They can work as an Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia Technician (AT), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA), Anesthesiologist Assistant (AAs) and Medical consultant etc. they can also work in many fields like universities, hospitals, clinics, government organizations and research centers with an average salary of INR 10 to 30 Lacs per year. The salary will increase with experience and expertise. This is a post graduate course which is provided under the discipline of general surgery. General Surgery comes under surgery and deals with the surgical treatment of abdominal organs like intestines inclusive esophagus, stomach, colon, liver and furthermore of the thyroid gland and hernia. It is a course for 3 years which is divided across 6 semesters. This duration also includes the period of examination. But if a student has completed a recognized two year post graduate diploma course in the same field of study then the duration of training will be 2 years. After this you have to take masters of surgery which is also known as Ch.M. This is an advanced qualification in surgical medicine.

Hi Akshata

FMGE exam is a screening test which is conducted for the Indian citizens who have possessed a medical degree from a foreign university and are desirous of practicing medicine in India.

FMGE Result 2018 – The National Board of Examinations (NBE), has declared the result of 131 withheld candidates on February 6. So far the authority has released the result of 2272 candidates. Earlier the authority had released the schedule to issue FMGE 2018 pass certificate. NBE has released the schedule of distribution of pass certificate of FMGE 2018. The pass certificates will be issued from February 12 to 15, 2019, a month after the declaration of the result of FMGE 2018. A link to check the date-wise schedule of issuance of FMGE pass certificate is provided below Candidates must note that FMGE 2018 pass certificate will be issued In-Person to the candidates. Candidates will be required to carry following documents while going for the collection of FMGE pass certificate 2018.

Admit Card of FMGE 2018 (with the latest photograph affixed on it).

Original Passport (except those who have obtained the primary medical qualification from Nepal).

Original MBBS Certificate

Original Eligibility Certificate issued by MCI

Original and Valid Voter ID card or PAN Card or Driving License or Aadhar Card

To check the date-wise schedule of issuance of FMGE 2018 Pass Certificate link is provided below.

- https://results.natboard.edu.in/fmge/dec2017/schedule_search.php

INTERNSHIP:

To apply for internship you may have to lookout on various online websites such as Internshala, linkedIn, letsintern , naukri.com etc as nowadays companies and firms offer opportunities and select desirable interns through online portal. Just login and prepare your bio data and you will have various options to choose from.

Other than this, you can seek advise or contact your seniors or college alumnis who can guide you about internship opportunities. Also if you want to apply yourself directly  then send/mail your cv to the companies that you are aware of and that offer medical internship oppotunities.

Good Luck!

Hello Aspirant,

I am attaching a link below which will tell you about the eligibility criterion for foreign applicants to apply in all the medical colleges for PG in all over India. 

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-pg-eligibility-criteria

Hope this answers you well. Good Luck.

Dear Deepak, if you are an Indian National but have completed your MBBS abroad, then it is mandatory that you clear FMGE. Unfortunately, there is no alternative to it. A total of 12077 candidates appeared for the exam, of which only 1,275 aspirants have qualified the FMGE 2018 December session, while the result of 2976 candidates was withheld out of which result of 1844 candidates has been declared until now. However, you have another session in June to reappear and clear the exam. Its only a matter of months before you take the exam again. 

Dear Sharon, the score card has been released on January 4th. The withheld score cards also have been released. The link to the pdf file of results along with held candidates is given in the links provided in our page. Please check those links here at:  https://medicine-careers360-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/medicine.careers360.com/articles/fmge-result/amp?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.careers360.com%2Farticles%2Ffmge-result

Hi Harihar,

Yes it is mandatory to do 1 year internship in India after passing your FMGE examination. You can apply in any medical college for the same after receiving your passing certificate. You may choose the subject to do internship in the specific duration.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Hey Vini, i will help you out with this.as you are enquiring about this i suppose you are already pursuing your mbbs. USMLE has multiples resources that you can prepare for , like KAPLAN,BECKER,PATHOMA,DIT,PICMONICS,SKETCHY MICRO PHARM,and qbanks like UWORLD, QMAX,KAPLAN and books like BRS ,HI yield and many more.basically its up to u to choose what u like or want, like how some like tripathi for pharm but some hate it and like tara or katsun. it basically comes to individual preference.but always start and end with NBME to assess yourself and also use FIRST AID,and UWORLD as your core resources. good luck buddy

Dear Sandeep, the information that you are looking now is for 2 years from now. Any information given now might be relevant for he next 2 years or might not be. The authorities usually release information for that particular accademic year. So, we cannot predict or assume tje Govt.'s future plan regarding NEXT. Hope you understand. Regarding clearing FMGE with NEET preparation, NEET is an entrance examination for admission into Medical college where the students highest qualification is 10+2 and the syllabus is based more or less at that level. But FMGE is for thosr medical graduates who studied abroad to practise in India. So the syllabus is vastly different. But preparing for NEET PG and FMGE will be on the same page because both of them need Medical knowledge.