Things to Know Before Planning for MBBS in Abroad

In India getting admission in medical college is very tough. Even after clearing the entrance examination, many students do not get any seat in any medical college of India. Thus a lot of Indian students pursue MBBS in abroad. But students should know the following basic information before planning to pursue MBBS in abroad:
 • Countries offering good and reliable medical education: Students should know which countries offers good and reliable medical education. Countries like Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, etc. offers good medical education. The medical college of these countries does not charge any capitation fee or donation for taking admission in these colleges. Moreover the course fee of MBBS course is not as high as the private medical college of India. The degrees offered by the medical college of these countries are recognized by the international bodies like WHO, UNESCO, MCI, etc.

• Eligibility Criteria to study MBBS in abroad: Students should know about the eligibility criteria where they are going to take admission for MBBS. The medical universities in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, etc. do not require any entrance examination for admission in MBBS course. The admission is truly based on the marks of the 12th standard. Apart from that the student should complete the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the MBBS (General Medicine) course.
• Passport and Visa Details: Students should know about the passport and visa details before taking admission for MBBS in abroad. Students must acquire passport well before they apply for the course. Students will require visa for entering into the country where they wish to take admission. For that students should apply online or offline for visa through any Passport Authority of India offices, located in the major cities of India. Student will need 10th certificate, residence and identity proof like Aadhar card and birth certificate for applying for passport. After getting admission for MBBS in overseas countries, students will have to get visa stamping from the Embassy of that country.

• Rough estimate of expenditure: Students should do a rough estimation of expenditure for tuition fees, hostel fees and other expenditure of the country where they are going to take admission. This estimation will help them to know how much it will cost to pursue MBBS course in that country.

 • Scope after completion of MBBS in abroad: Students should be well aware of the various scope of job opportunities after completion of MBBS in abroad. Students should do MBBS course from a university which is recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI). After passing out MBBS from abroad students will need to go through the screening test conducted by MCI to practice in India.

Tips for Clearing Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE)

Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) is licensure exam conducted by Medical Council of India (MCI). It is mandatory to clear this exam for all students who have pursued MBBS from foreign countries to practice in India. Here are some tips that will help students to clear FMGE:

 • Mastering the syllabus: Students should cover the whole syllabus. They should know and study the syllabus in depth. They should avoid selective study and give importance to all sections of the syllabus

• Making own notes: A number of books are available in the market to prepare for FMGE. But the best way to prepare for the exam is to make own notes. These notes become handy when there is a shortage of time and students cannot read the entire book.

• Working on weak areas: Students should indentify the areas which they feel that they will not be able to score good marks. They should devote more time on those areas. Students should cover all sections of the syllabus.

• Attempting maximum number of MCQs: Students need to practice a number of multiple choice questions. Passing this exam requires precision and speed to score well. So practicing MCQs will not only help the students to improve their speed but it will also help to strengthen their weak areas. The more they practice the greater would be the chance of scoring high in the exam.

• Attempting mock test: Student should attempt a number of mock tests. It is a great way to check where the student stands in terms of preparation. Many websites are available that offers free mock test. Students should attempt those mock tests. It will give the students a feel of attempting the exam and will also test their speed.

• Avoiding too many study resources: Too many study resources may confuse the students. A number of books are available in the market. But student should only use books by authoritative authors and should not change books very often.

Why pursuing MBBS in abroad is a better option than pursuing MBBS in private medical college of India?

Pursuing MBBS in abroad is always a better option than pursuing MBBS in the private medical college of India. There are several reasons for that. Some are discussed below::

• Quality of Education:The medical universities of countries like Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, etc. offers new and highly advanced technique to educate the medical students. No matter how good a private medical college in India is, it is still lagging behind the overseas medical universities while we compare the infrastructure, quality of faculties, practical training, advanced equipments and amenities of the overseas medical universities with the private medical college in India.


• Price Factor:The course fees of MBBS in abroad are a little costlier than India. But the best thing is that the overseas medical universities do not charge any donation or capitation fees. Now a day the course fees of MBBS in private medical college of India is no way cheap and apart from that students have to give huge donation for admission to the private medical college in India. The cost of living in the metropolitan cities of India is also high. Thus if we compare the cost of pursuing MBBS in abroad and pursuing MBBS in private college in India than we will find that the overall cost of pursuing MBBS in abroad is almost same or less than the cost of pursuing MBBS in private medical college of India.


• Global Exposure and Experience:When students pursue MBBS in abroad they meet people from different countries. They come to know about different language, culture, lifestyle, ethnicity, etc. and they live in a totally mixed culture of environment. Thus students studying overseas MBBS have a good exposure to multicultural people. Staying in native land never gives so much experience and exposure as when a student stay in foreign land they have to meet with new people and have to overcome new and difficult situation in almost every day of their life. Thus global experience and exposure automatically comes to a student when studying in foreign land.


• Availability of Seats in Medical College:In India the number of aspiring MBBS student is very huge. As such it is very difficult to secure a place even in private medical college. But there are numerous countries in the world that provides quality medical education. So it becomes easier for students to choose a seat for MBBS in abroad as per his budget and requirements.


• Scope of Opportunity:Students pursuing MBBS in abroad get much better job opportunities than students pursuing MBBS in their native land. Most of the students who pursue MBBS in abroad take up the job in that country itself where they studied and get settled there as they get better opportunities to earn more and lead a better life in that developed country.

So students should think about their future, budget, scope of opportunities band their desire to stay in India or abroad before taking the final deciding of taking admission in the private medical college in India or abroad.

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Some Essential Tips for Medical Students

The students of MBBS have their own strategy of studying their lessons. But the following are some very useful tips that every students should follow:

• Do not cram: The lessons of MBBS are really tough and students need to memorize their lessons by heart. But still a medical student should not cram anything. They should understand the concepts and not memorize the lessons. Students should even try to understand the concept of their lessons and not just memorizing the subject. Whenever any topic is not understood, the student should ask his teacher to make the concept clear in the class.


• Avoid group study: There are some students who like to study in a group. But in fact in group study, students always used to interrupt each other’s study. They very often used to discuss about some unrelated questions or about the latest TV show. It is not very helpful. So it is better to avoid the group study in medical universities.


• Focus on studies: While studying student should turn off their Internet connection, shut down their computer, stop checking the e-mail or Whatsapp messages on their phone and should only concentrate on their studies. Writing things out can help a student to remember the concepts of medical studies.


• Collect the copies of previous year question papers: In the medical examination many questions are repeated. Sometimes same question are asked with a little changes of word, having the concept same. Students can learn and understand the pattern of the question by studying the previous year’s question papers. They can understand what type of questions may appear on their examination and can prepare accordingly. The students can have a copy service in their medical universities where they can pay some extra money to get the copies of previous year question papers.


• Never get the moral down: Students should not get their moral down even if they get poor marks on their examination. Rather they should study hard to do their best. Students should never get discouraged. If they put effort in their studies they will surely graduate and become a doctor.


• Learn what medicine is all about: Students should not stick only to the textbooks. Apart from text book, students should read journals, articles and medical blogs about topics that interest them. There is a big difference between book sense and common sense. A student requires both to become a successful doctor.


• Set aside a day for relaxing: All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. So student should take a day off in their busy schedule and should go for relaxation. Sometimes the students should relax, have party, go to the beach, play cards and should act like a general student. The student should make friends and have fun. Medical universities are neither a school nor a prison.


• Never forget your family. Students should talk to their family members over phone regularly. Sometimes students should write an e-mail and send pictures to their friends and families. The families of student may have sacrificed a lot for them and they may probably brag about the student to all their relatives and friends. So the student should also give their families some material to brag with. Without the support of the family, no MBBS student can ever become a successful doctor.

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Advantage of Pursuing MBBS in Abroad

In India, most of student’s dream is to pursue MBBS. But the number of seats for MBBS is very less as compared to the aspiring candidates. Every year about 10 lakh candidates appears in All India and State level entrance examination whereas the approximate number of seats for MBBS in India is only 50,000. Thus only 5% of aspiring students can fulfill their dreams and can pursue MBBS in India. But students who did not get a chance to pursue MBBS in government medical colleges in India can pursue MBBS in abroad and can make their dreams come true. There are a lot of advantages in pursuing MBBS in abroad. Let us look at some advantages of pursuing MBBS in abroad:

• No Entrance Examination:No entrance examination is required to take admission in MBBS in abroad. Admission in MBBS in abroad is only based on the performance of 12th standard.


• No Donation or Capitation Fee:In India almost every private medical college charges a huge capitation fee apart from the yearly fee. Thus for a middle class family it becomes impossible to pursue MBBS in the private colleges of India. But this is not the case in foreign countries like Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, etc. The medical university of these counties do not charges any donation or capitation fees for pursuing MBBS. Even the tuition fee of MBBS course in abroad is comparatively low than the private medical college of India.


• Advanced Learning Technique:The medical universities of countries like Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, etc. offers new and highly advanced technique to educate the medical students. These overseas medical universities provide world class laboratories. Moreover, they offers clinical training to their students rather than theoretical approach and this clinical training helps students to become expert in maintaining rapport with the patients, taking a comprehensive history from the patient, decision making on the various options of treatment, etc.


• Good Exposure: When students pursue MBBS in abroad they meet people from different countries. They come to know about different language, culture, lifestyle, ethnicity, etc. and they live in a totally mixed culture of environment. Thus students studying overseas MBBS have a good exposure to multicultural people.


• Better Job Opportunities:When students pursue MBBS in abroad they receives higher standard of education and come to know about many advanced technologies. This is the reason why students pursuing MBBS in abroad gets much more job opportunities and higher job roles in their country.


• Higher Pay scale:Students who have pursued MBBS in abroad always gets higher pay scale than the students who pursued MBBS in his own country. Students who have pursued MBBS in abroad always have better practical knowledge and advanced techniques than students who pursued MBBS in his own country. For this reason every organization offers higher pay scale to students who pursued MBBS in abroad.


• Chances of Exploring Working Lifestyle of a Foreign Country:The cost of living in the foreign country is very high. That is why many medical universities in Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, etc. allow its foreign students to do part-time job in their country. These part- time jobs allow the students to get an opportunity to know the working lifestyle of that country.

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Campus Life of Indian Students in Russian Medical University

Russia is one of the most popular destinations for pursuing overseas MBBS. Every year hundreds of students from India go to Russia for pursuing overseas MBBS. The medical universities of Russia are well recognized all over the world and are accredited by almost all international bodies like WHO, UNESCO, MCI, etc appear in the top of the list of directory of world medical school.

Moreover, medical universities of Russia like I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, PirogovRussian National Research Medical University (PRNRMU), Rostov State Medical University, Astrakhan State Medical University, Tambov State University, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Saratov State Medical University, etc. appear in the top of the list of directory of world medical school.

Indian students pursuing overseas MBBS in Russia enjoys a very happy and healthy life. The medical university of Russia provides the best accommodation and infrastructural facility to the Indian students. At present around 5000 students are pursuing MBBS in Russia. Due to the huge demand of Indian students, the higher education in Russia has increased 10 times.

The teachers of medical universities of Russia are very cooperative and they behave with the Indian students very nicely. The Russian language is not very difficult. The medium of instruction for Indian students in MBBS in Russia is English or Russian. Even if Indian students choose English as a medium of instruction, yet they gets chance to learn Russian as all Russian medical university gives a parallel Russian language class for the foreign students. Thus Indian students pursuing MBBS in Russia learns Russian language very easily and can interact freely with their classmates and professors. 

The medical universities of Russia strictly prohibited ragging in the campus.

Most of the medical university of Russia organizes a regular excursion program every year. So the Indian students get the opportunity to visit the marvelous cities of Russia and know the historic and cultural importance of the place. Visit www.apcl.co.in for details.

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