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NEET-SS (EXAM PATTERN)

NEET ACADEMY is offering coaching & around 250 Grand Tests in more than 35 SS-branches as below for which the eligible MD/MS and DNB branches are mentioned as under for this year:

DM-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
  • MD/DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Tropical Medicine)
DM-CARDIOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
  • MD/DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
DM-PULMONARY MEDICINE
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
  • MD/DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
DM-NEPHROLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
DM-ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-NEUROLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
  • MD/DNB (Biochemistry)
  • MD/DNB (Pathology)
DM-CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-HEPATOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MS/DNB (Radiotherapy)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-MEDICAL GENETICS
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine)
  • MS/MD/DNB (Obst. & Gynae.)
  • MD/DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-NEONATOLOGY/ PEDIATRIC (GASTROENTEROLOGY/CARDIOLOGY/ NEPHROLOGY/ONCOLOGY/HEPATOLOGY)
  • MD /DNB (Paediatrics)
DM-CARDIAC/ORGAN TRANSPLANT/PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA
  • MD /DNB (Anaesthesia)
DM-CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
  • MD /DNB (Anaesthesia)
  • MD /DNB (General Medicine)
  • MD /DNB (Paediatrics)
  • MD /DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
  • MD/DNB (Emergency Medicine)
MCh-SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
  • MS /DNB (ENT)
  • MS /DNB (Orthopaedics)
  • MS/MD/DNB (Obst. & Gynae.)
MCh-GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • MS/MD/DNB (Obst. & Gynae.)
MCh-REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
  • MS/MD/DNB (Obst. & Gynae.)
MCh-GI SURGERY/HP BILIARY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-UROLOGY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-ENDOCRINE SURGERY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-PLASTIC SURGERY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-NEURO SURGERY
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-CVTS/THORACIC/VASCULAR/PAEDIATRIC CVTS
  • MS /DNB (General Surgery)
MCh-HEAD & NECK
  • MS /DNB   (General Surgery)
  • MS /DNB   (ENT)
  • MCh /DNB (PlasticSurgery)
  • MCh /DNB (Surgical Oncology)
  • MCh /DNB (Neuro Surgery)
NEET-SS shall be conducted by NBE as a computer based test on a single day.

NBE to conduct NEETSS in the following manner:
  • A candidate can choose a maximum of two super specialty courses for which his/her broad specialty qualification is eligible, at the time of online submission of the application form.
  • Pattern of examination: 40% of the questions shall be from all the eligible feeder broad specialty course(s) and the remaining 60% shall be from the
  • super specialty course selected by the candidate at the time online submission of application form.
  • NBE may club certain super specialties in which the number of seats offered are less.
  • The eligibilities 
Total No. of questions in any Super Specialty question paper is 100. 
All the questions shall be at PG Exit level (MD/MS/DNB).

Part – A of the question paper:

Part-A of the question paper for any super specialty course shall comprise of MCQs from the eligible feeder broad specialty course(s). In case, there is only a single feeder broad specialty course for a particular super specialty, Part A in such a case will comprise of questions from only one broad specialty. For eg. MS/DNB General Surgery is the feeder broad specialty for MCh Urology, therefore Part A of Urology question paper will comprise of questions from General Surgery. The list of eligible feeder broad specialty courses for various super specialty courses is tabulated below:

For Super specialty courses having multiple feeder broad specialty courses, Part-A will comprise of questions from all the eligible feeder broad specialty courses. For eg. Part - A of Cardiology question paper shall comprise of questions from all the three feederbroad specialty courses i.e. General Medicine, Pediatrics & Respiratory Medicine.

Part – B of the question paper:

It shall comprise of 60 questions pertaining to the concerned super specialty. The questions shall be of PG Exit level and shall cover topics from clinical practice and basic sciences as applied to the concerned super specialty.


Clubbing:

Certain Super Specialties which have less number of seats and have a single common feeder broad specialty course have been clubbed together. Each clubbed group of super specialties shall be treated as one for the purpose of online submission of the application form and generation of the question paper. For eg. Neonatology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Hepatology have been clubbed together with Pediatrics being the single common feeder Broad Specialty qualification and all these clubbed specialties will be treated as a single unit for the purpose of online submission of application form and examination. Therefore, part A of the question paper for the clubbed super specialties shall comprise of questions from the single eligible feeder broad specialty and the part B shall comprise questions from all the clubbed super specialties.

A candidate can opt for only two super specialty courses/clubbed group at the time of online submission of the application form based on his/her eligibility for the concerned super specialty course. Broad specialty qualifications eligible for admission to a particular super specialty course shall be as per Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000 notified by Medical Council of India.Candidates are advised to refer to MCI website for information  regarding availability of seats/prior entry requirement for any super specialty course(s) they wish to apply.

Result: There shall be a separate merit list for each super specialty course / clubbed group. There shall not be any equating / normalization/ percentile calculation. The merit list shall be based on the marks obtained by the candidate after applying the tie-breaking criteria which will be indicated in the Information Bulletin.

The information bulletin for NEET-SS shall be notified shortly. Candidates are advised to read the information bulletin thoroughly once the same is notified.