Kathmandu, January 23

Nepal Medical Council has scheduled special examination of post-graduate doctors on March 10.  It has requested the applicants to submit online forms to take the examination.

As per the instructions provided, the online form can be filled up by logging into exam.nmc.org.np. Online application submissions will be accepted from January 23 to February 21. Applicants can also submit applications online on February 22 and 23 by paying a  late fee.

Any doctor who has completed his/her Master’s degree is eligible to sit for the examination. “The exam is taken thrice every year. Only doctors passing the examination will get the opportunity to be registered as specialists. Those who fail the exam will limit themselves as MBBS doctors,” said Dr Dharma Kanta Baskota, chairman of Nepal Medical Council.

Earlier, the council, regulatory body of medical studies and practitioners, had directed students seeking to enrol in foreign medical colleges to pass the entrance examination conducted either by the foreign colleges or colleges in Nepal.

Every year, around 500 students take entrance examination for post-graduate medical courses. Of them, 300 students enrol in foreign colleges and universities. Around 200 students go to China, while the Philippines and Bangladesh are second and third choices for students, according to NMC.