Success is the sum of all efforts repeated day in and day out.———Robert Collier
Success, as they say, doesn’t come easy. For success in medical exams such as FMGE and NEET PG, a lot has to be changed, knocked down, and rebuilt. This applies to any path that one may choose in life, including preparing for these medical entrance exams. The duality of success and failure, as we define it according to prevailing social notions, starts from the day a child is born. Being born alive and healthy is a success for both the child and the mother. Similarly, while learning to walk, a child often falls, and gets up again, and who knows, someday that child might turn out to be the next Usain Bolt. Success and failure go hand in hand. The same thing applies to NEET PG and FMGE exams. The man had to endure innumerable failures before he could master the lighting of fire, and the spider had to endure many falls before it could succeed. The process motivated Maharana Pratap, who in his life was facing setbacks in battles, yet he took inspiration from a small arachnid and ultimately turned failure into success and tasted victory.
Similar battles go on in the life of a medical graduate, regardless of whether he is a foreign medical graduate or an Indian medical graduate. The completion of an MBBS is the first step in the life of a successful doctor. Once MBBS is complete, an FMG has to gear up for his licensure exam, i.e., FMGE, and later for NEET PG. Similarly, an Indian medical graduate has to buckle up for the NEET PG entrance exam (in the coming days, probably from 2025, they both will have to face the same exam, i.e. NExT). Achieving success in these exams is no easy task, as can be gauged from the fact that FMGE has a success rate of miserly 8–9%. NEET PG Exam is evolving every passing year and is inclining heavily towards practical application and clinical scenario-based questions. It becomes a daunting task for young doctors who have limited field exposure to understand each and every nuance of the subjects they have studied and their subsequent applications. Utilizing what they have studied, the NEET PG question bank and FMGE previous year’s question papers can significantly help.
The first step towards success is knowing what you are up against. A famous Chinese thinker, Sun Tzu, wrote in his book Art of War, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” The first step towards success is to know the demands of the exam that you are going to take, i.e., FMGE, NEET PG, or the upcoming NExT exam. You should be thorough with the syllabus, FMGE’s previous year’s question papers, NEET PG’s previous year’s question papers, and examination patterns. Once you understand the requirements of the exam, you’ll be much smarter in your approach and planning. Well begun is half done.
As Jim Rohn had said, “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better”. For assured success in any academic exam, three qualities are a must in the personality of an individual: determination, perseverance, and tenacity, or D.P.T. If you don’t have them then develop them, inculcate them, and nurture them in your personality. They have helped mankind since time immemorial in achieving success across various endeavors man has undertaken. Along with these personality traits, to achieve academic success, one needs to work on the principles of LERA, i.e., learn, enrich, revise, and apply.
Learn: Conceptual clarity is a must to succeed in any exam, be it FMGE or NEET PG. With exam patterns now tilting more towards clinical case-based questions, overall conceptual clarity becomes all the more important. Although we say it’s an age of information, finding content that is well-organized and that addresses the needs of the exam in one place is really difficult. Nextillo has understood this difficulty being faced by young learners and has thus adopted a unique approach to organizing and presenting its content. With Nextillo’s Video Lectures, E-notes, image databases, Subject Books, and unique initiatives like MadEasy, the focus is heavily on providing highly effective and required content with an emphasis on complete conceptual clarity. This, coupled with regular weekly live lectures and offline classes, will not only promote healthy two-way interaction between teacher and learner but will also provide a platform to clear any kind of doubt the learner might have. For instance, NEET PG online coaching and fmge Online Test Series are integral parts of our offering.
Enrich and Revise: Constantly adding on to what we have learned, enriching it with new information from various sources, and revising it on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis is a must for achieving success in both the NEET PG and FMGE Exam Preparation. Bruce Lee once said, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times”. Nextillo, after extensive feedback and interaction with thousands of medicos, has come up with a unique learning initiative for its learners in the form of DIBS (daily informational bulletin service) and OTOP (one topic, one page) that not only help enrich and refine the already existing knowledge but will aid greatly in its effective and timely revision. This, coupled with daily quizzes, will bridge the gap that exists between learning and its practical application.
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Apply: The dynamic nature of the exam has ensured that now there is increased stress on practical application rather than rote learning and cramming of facts and information. One improves in this facet of the exam through constant practice. To ensure this, Nextillo has an extensive question bank for NEET PG and FMGE question bank that is constantly updated to keep in line with the dynamic nature of the exam. Along with it, Nextillo has come up with a Clinical Case Scenario initiative that focuses on practical application along with subject integration. This will be available in both text and video formats for easy understanding by our learners. Utilizing these NEET PG Videos and fmge study material is crucial for success.
Another important ingredient of success is Planning. Those who succeed are very good at planning their actions well in advance, and once they have set out a plan, they make sure they stick to it. Reading and revising 19 subjects for NEET PG and 19 subjects of FMGE, retaining relevant information, and reproducing it in the examination hall is no easy task and requires meticulous planning. Every minute of the day has to be productively utilized to achieve ultimate success. Accessing and organizing the syllabus and following it up with revision and evaluation becomes a major task in itself. It takes many tries before one can come up with a perfect plan that suits one’s requirements. Understanding this issue, Nextillo has come up with a study planner that will help learners formulate a tailor-made plan at the press of a mouse click that suits the learners’ needs and requirements and the time frame that they have at hand. The Study Planner is AI-powered, so it will dynamically evolve the plan as per the learning patterns followed by the user. This will not only save precious time wasted in the hit-and-trial method but will also formulate a plan that is in tune with users’ learning capabilities. It’s essential to incorporate fmge exam paper, neet pg mcq books, and neet pg study material into your study plan.
Wilfred Peterson has said that Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. We need all our efforts and energies to be focused on the goal that we have set for ourselves. However, maintaining this level of motivation for a long period of time becomes a tough task. Few individuals can stay motivated and focused even during adversities but most of us tend to get distracted by what’s happening in our day-to-day lives. We need a coach or a mentor to guide us through this period. Nextillo, with its MedEbuddy program, aims to focus on building a community of learners who are there to provide that helping hand in times of need, who are there to lend an ear, and who are there to guide us when our thinking is clouded and whose vision is blurred. Every learner will be assigned a mentor who has successfully cleared these exams, be it FMGE, PLAB exam, USMLE, or NEET PG. These mentors will handhold young doctors in their time of need and will not only help in their preparation journey but will also be their guide in their socio-personal life. Incorporating resources such as NEET PG Video lectures and the previous year’s question papers can be beneficial.
When we undertake such a massive task as succeeding at the NEET PG or FMGE Exam Preparation, it is very important to celebrate small milestones. Celebrate your success in quizzes and mock tests, keep yourself motivated, and learn to switch on and switch off. Spend time with your loved ones, keep them in the loop of your preparation cycle, have interactions with your friends, and spend some time with them. This will help not only in refreshing your brain but you’ll also get that extra dose of motivation from your loved ones. They are the ones who stand by us in thick and thin times and are always there to lend a helping hand. To excel, make use of sample question paper for FMGE and NEET PG, and FMGE grand test resources on the Nextillo FMGE Exam Preparation App.
There will be countless obstructions in the path of success but turning those obstructions into stepping stones of success is what differentiates a champion from an ordinary person. You are already champions in your own right. In a country of nearly 1.5 billion people, you are among the handful of people who have completed their medical education to serve humanity with care and compassion. Be proud of what you have accomplished and stay motivated and hungry for more that is left out there to achieve. Nextillo team is always there for you in your journey with the best resources for FMGE and NEET PG to aid in your journey.
Always remember the wise words of Poet Vrind Ji:
“करत–करत अभ्यास के जडमति होत सुजान । रसरी आवत–जात ते सिल पर परत निशान”॥
Stay Focused, Stay motivated, Stay Hungry, and Always believe in yourself. Yes, you can and yes you shall.
