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Well.. I am Back again. Your own Dr.Suresh Shenvi

It has been exactly 5 years since I was  reading in  KLE Dental college reading room.  Life is sooo different now. Working as staff in the same institute makes you realize that time has changed so much. Students haveBIG BRAINS BUT NOT THE BIG DREAMS. Just kidding !

A good author always finds many critics.  I am sure many wont like these advises.You all should know that THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR INTERNS DONT HAVE MUCH IDEA AND END UP WASTING THEIR PRECIOUS 10 months for JUST NOTHING. My ultimate aim has been to inspire those who always hoped it as a dream. And those sincerely attend the internship , do find less time for preparation and not much guidance from anyone. Well.. this gonna help you a lot big time .. For those who have whole day or taking a break of year will also  benefited from it. You can always modify it . You all are smart enough. I have no doubt in that

THE FIRST STEP- THE START 

The more time you waste in taking the first step.. the more chances that you going to loose the battle.

I have divided the next 10 months and have tried to allot time for each subject so that it gives you a clear vision and a goal. The time table has been framed keeping in mind of  the brain of an average student and the brilliant one.. And I hope this helps you.So here it goes.. APRIL to JANUARY  AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW

All the seven steps for MDS preparation continues in the next page …

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For all Dental Students : 

NEET for MDS Entrance MDS Entrance Exam for MDS Seats Admission 2013.
Entrance Exam for MDS seats admission session 2013, on All India Basis shall be conducted by AIIMS. Announcement in this regard shall be made 

The Official Site of NEET has given the rules of Exam mostly in relation to MS/MD .

Its being said that the rules for MDS Exams will be same . But We should see for the final Notification by AIIMS for the NEET MDS Entrance . 

WHAT IS NEET ?

National Board of Examinations conducts entry and exit examinations at Postgraduate and Post Doctoral level and licensing examinations as Screening Test for Indian Nationals with Foreign Medical Qualifications.

NEET-PG is the eligibility-cum-ranking examination prescribed as the single entrance examination to various MD/MS and PG Diploma Courses under ambit of Post Graduate Medical Regulations notified by Medical Council of India with approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified National Board of Examinations for conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Post Graduate courses.

So its very crucial that you know the crucial points of NEET and be very clear with it .

AMENDMENTS OF NEET 2013 FOR MDS ENTRANCE BY DCI

Dental council of India has published the official notification Download the notification here

STEP BY STEP EXPLANATIONS OF ALL THE POINTS . READ CAREFULLY .

WHAT ABOUT THE MERIT LIST/NATIVE STATE ?

An all India merit list as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidates shall be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and candidates shall be admitted to Post Graduate courses from the said merit lists only.

( This point is mainly for the In Service Govt Candidates ) Provided that in determining the merit of candidates who are in service of Government/public authority, weightage in the marks may be given by the Government /Competent Authority as an incentive at the rate of 10% of the marks obtained for each year of service in remote and /or difficult areas upto the maximum of 30% of the marks obtained in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, the remote and difficult areas shall be as defined by State Government/Competent authority from time to time.

No candidate who has failed to obtain the minimum eligibility marks as prescribed in regulations, shall be admitted to any Postgraduate courses in the said academic year.

WHAT SHOULD A BDS STUDENT UNDERSTAND FROM THIS ?

The Universities and other authorities concerned shall organize admission process in such a way that teaching in postgraduate courses starts by 2nd May and by 1st August for super speciality courses each year.

There shall be no admission of students in respect of any academic session beyond 31st May.

OFFICIAL SITE OF NEET : http://www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg/

The Medical Council of India may direct, that any student identified as having obtained admission after the last date for closure of admission be discharged from the course of study.

For all Dental Students : 

NEET for MDS Entrance MDS Entrance Exam for MDS Seats Admission 2013.
Entrance Exam for MDS seats admission session 2013, on All India Basis shall be conducted by AIIMS. Announcement in this regard shall be made 

The Official Site of NEET has given the rules of Exam mostly in relation to MS/MD .

Its being said that the rules for MDS Exams will be same . But We should see for the final Notification by AIIMS for the NEET MDS Entrance . 

Disclaimer : This particular post is a self recounting of a MDS aspirant who  cleared  the exam. This letter is a point of experience . The aim is to clear certain doubts of students and motivate them .

From PMT to PG, a little boy transforms, from a novice, who runs to mom and daddy for every worry of his; to a person, to whom people run for their worries!

It’s a big story. If tried to tell in short, then we will have to start from the internship period. Because before internship there is nothing that big we are exposed to. Till then our lives are up to canteen and classes only. Once internship strikes, you come to know that what you are going to face next. You are going to be on your own, going to be the most treasured graduate in this country!

“Power brings responsibility along with it” used to tell the uncle of Spiderman! Same happens in internship. We are working like a doctor for the first time, getting handsome stipend; on our own, to an extent. After the on call duties in wards, you return in the room and think “Ok! Now what next? Where do I want to see myself some five or ten years from now?”

I used to idolize my teachers; I wanted to be like them. Like the best one among them! For that, here came a need of post graduation. May be you are thinking that I was bit late in thinking about it, but it’s a story of average people in the undergrad amongst whom I found myself.

There come MCQ books, along with long forgotten anatomy and microbiology too. But… how to start? What to read and what not? My few weeks went in thinking and planning new ways to study until I realized that “Oh boy! You need help!” Go to those successful, those preparing, seniors. Among them many were those with whom I didn’t have a good rapport or had a sour relationship. Somewhat hesitant, I thought not to approach them, but the big question of life was meandering in front of me “a PG seat!”

I swallowed my false self pride in front of seniors and approached them and my goodness! They were so kind in forgetting all bad blood and being eager in helping their loving junior of a time! Life taught me a lesson again, like Spiderman’s uncle, that life is too small and we are smaller even; there are few people whom we know in our lives among millions in this world and there was no use in fighting with hand full of human beings we will ever be able to know in this big world in our small life span!

Any way, my preparation started and went on smoothly. I stopped news paper, forgot who the new chart-busting singer is and who married whom. I went through all this for months. At last the prayers of my family, my well-wishers, melted the heart of God! He blessed me with a decent rank in AIPG 2006!

Life changed altogether! People started to take note of me; my dad mom could say that they have sons who can realise their dreams!

But the biggest change came from within, in me! I started to get back my confidence that I was also worth and I could also have a place of my own in this fast-forward world!

During my preparation days, I used to think it this way: that we all graduates were people corked inside a big bottle! And there was one mouth of the bottle to come out and see the world, which was fitted with a cap. All of us plan and prepare to push open that cap of the bottle, all the months until first Sunday of January comes! On that fateful day we all jump leaps and bounds, we push open the cap!! But there are so many people locked inside the bottle that not all can escape the imprisonment in that bottle….. Some escape, being blessed, some have to toil again. More than that they have to wait for full one more year…

With all its teachings through the years, life teaches us how to wait for that great Sunday of January and how to jump so precisely to uncap that bottle and end up with freedom! To lead the next part of it – Life!

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In this part we will be discussing some major DO’s & DON’Ts  of MDS PG Entrance Exams

• If you had earlier studied in groups during your undergraduate days – follow it.
• If you had studied alone during your undergraduate days – follow it
• If you used to read in Library during your undergraduate days – follow it
• If you used to read in your room during your undergraduate days – follow it
• If you used to read watching TV during your undergraduate days – follow it

• A discussion of 2 hours a day will be enough initially. ( When you allot more than 2 hours the discussion will drift to extra curricular topics)
• In the last month, you can discuss upto 3 to 4 hours a day
• Choose a subject and then a topic and one person discuss it each day
• If the same group also works out MCQs, don’t do both in the same time
• First Discuss and then go to MCQs

Assumed Advantages by Reading in Cities

• Some people talk of a “trend” – There is nothing like that.
• In today’s era of Communication, there is no advantage in city life. All the notifications, current trends can be had from the internet.
• I Personally feel that this present trend is the same one which was 7 to 8 years ago for Entrance Exams after XII Standard – you will get medical and engineering seat only if you study in Cities – Now we know for sure that, that idea was absurd

Disadvantages in Cities

• Lodging – minimum Rs 500 per month
• Food – minimum Rs 1300 per month
• Other expenses – Rs 400 per month
• Water – Hope you are aware of the Water Scarcity in Cities.
• Travel & Phoning home – Even if you visit your home once a month – Rs 1000
• Totally you spend Rs 3000 per month ie Nearly 40,000 per year for no obvious benefit
• Note - Petrol Charges not included

• There are a lot of coaching programs and you can enroll in any one of them. And after a long toil at this circuit what I could conclude was that as far as the papers ( ie notes / study materials/question papers / high yield points etc ) are concerned, in majority of cases, it is almost the same as SARP/ PARAS / Bhatia/ Salgunan / PG Plus/ Dharmendra Sharma Crash Course/ Mudit Khanna / Tapas-Arun Yadav/ Various Pretests etc
• The notes of the coaching program and the MCQ books are nearly equa but when you attend the “CLASSROOM” COACHING, it will be beneficial. In fact the only thing that seems as an advantage is the classroom coaching.
• So if you want any advantage, please don’t look at the previous years “papers” – notes/test explanations – you are going to get those details from the books you normally refer.
• It is the class room coaching / lectures that you are spending your/your parents’ hard earned Rs 20000 or 30000 in any coaching class
• So if you are joining make sure that you will be attending all the classes or you can very well read with the standard books.
• In South India, Kottayam is a good choice

• Pre Exam – (Before the day of exam)
• o       Before 1 month
• o       During the last month
• o       During the last week
• o       During the last day
• Per Exam – (On the Exam day)
• o       Before you enter the hall
• o       In the hall
• Post Exam – (After the Exam day)

As you go through the following paragraph, you may come across certain facts which are Extra Academic and may appear insignificant or “childish” to you and you may like to skip those. I feel that advices regarding the MCQs are available freely every where and it is these “small things” that are taken for granted. Nevertheless, they are important and they are given here because I know at least one person who suffered because he/she didn’t do one of those “trivial” things.

• Plan your time
• Read Daily. But if you are working and have a tight routine You can read more one day and less another day, but don’t skip a day
• Divide your time available for that day into 3 parts
• o       Read the Text books first
• o       Then read the notes
• o       And work out MCQs
• These three are to be done daily and it is better if different subjects are done for each
• What not to be done : Don’t allow a day to pass without reading at least one hour

• Keep the last 1 month for revision
• And you should spend a Minimum 20 hours a week, and If you can spend more than that it is well and good
• Calculate how much time in hours you now have at your disposal. You will be surprised to see that you have lots and lots of time, but when you start to allot it to your subjects that is not enough!!

• If the exam centre is a different place, BOOK Your Tickets for your travel. Remember that you are not the only person appearing for this exam
• Start Revision
• o       Pharmac and Biochem should be revised 2 times and it is better if you start them first
• o       And topics like Embryology and Nerve Supply in Anatomy, Enzymes and Metabolism in Biochem, General Pharmacology, Culture Media in Micro, Growth and Development in Paediatrics, Fetal Skull and Diameters of Pelvis in OG, Values in SPM are to be studied again and again
• o       The list given is just to give you an idea about is not exhaustive. In short the topics that “you” easily forget are to be read more than once in the last month
• What not to be done : Don’t Read any new topics
• And I think that you are not a kid for us to advice you to Skip 3Cs Cricket, Cinema and Celebrations during this last month

Extra Academic

• Decide where you are going to stay. Get those facts right now before one week.
• Check whether you have got your hall ticket. If not communicate to the concerned authorities. Read the details given in the hall ticket and the prospectus ONCE AGAIN.
• Does the exam need Pen or Pencil. Get 2 (or 3) pens ready. If the exam needs pencil, get 2 pencils, an eraser (which does not leave mark on the paper – check it now – not on the answer sheet) and a sharpener.
• Pack these and the hall ticket and anything you may need and (if you have a special dress for exams, as most people have – pack that too) now itself. Keep your journey (to and fro) ticket along with these.
• To search for all these just 1 hour before the start of the journey is not going to do your confidence any good. Don’t leave these vital things which (may appear insignificant now, but will occupy the whole of your mind , if not properly planned for and) may significantly affect your PERFORMANCE

Academic

• Take an old question paper of the exam you are going to attend Lock yourself inside a room. Try to complete the paper in the prescribed time Correct the paper with the Standard Text book and not with the key given in the MCQ book itself. Now concentrate on your MISTAKES. They are more important at this stage. You will now know your “Achilles heel”. Don’t repeat it in the exam.
• Don’t care about the answers you got right. You will get it right again in your exam !!
• What not to be done : Don’t waste your time to topics like “the question will be tough”,  “the question will be easy!, “the question is out !!”,  “he/she is not here – gone to get the question paper!!!”
• Listen to only Academic discussions…… If you are preparing with a group, it is better to get away from the group and become “solitary” in the final week. It may sound odd, but this is a practical problem and I have seen most aspirants getting depressed after hearing such kinds of news.

• Take rest !! If you have traveled a long distance, try and get a good sleep. Revise those facts which you find hard to remember , especially the numeric values, investigations, syndromes, etc. Go to bed early

What not to be done : Don’t try to read more points by forgoing your sleep on this particular day In addition to you recent memory (which you will by reading the whole night) for a good performance you need certain other skills like remote memory, analytical skills, speed, decision making the next say. And to get all these at the zenith is to have a good sleep.

• Get to the exam centre early at least 1 ½ hours before the start of the exam. Check that your number is displayed in the notice board. Some times 2 schools / colleges with identical names (or a main school and the branch) will be centers and the Auto Rickshaw will take you to the other center – for example, Kendriya Vidyalaya or SBOA - I was once forced to see many a SBOA School in Chennai just before the start of the exam at the eleventh hour. Get out of the campus and wait outside.Check your purses/wallets and make sure that there are no bits of papers (which you might have kept long time back) inside that might create problems with a checking squad

• First Write your register number looking at it from the Hall ticket (and not from your memory – however good your memory is) and then shade accordingly
• Then shade the Question Paper Code, if any. If there any other paper work do it. Read the instructions in the question paper / answer paper. What not to be done : Don’t leave the important details like register number question paper code blank and start with the questions right away. You may commit a mistake (which may be fatal) when you shade these things later “in a hurry”.
• Mark the answers in the Q.Paper as you read the questions. When you have completed a batch of 25 (or 50) quesitons transform the answers to the answer sheet

Write the details on the rough sheet and work systematically. If you know an alternate way of working that particular problem try that also and check whether the solutions tally.

What not to be done : Don’t do mental calculations or try from you memory.

Relax ! Try to recollect the questions. It is better if you do it as a group. Contibute the questions to any internet discussion group

Work out the answers. Try to find out how much you might score. Wait for the result !!!

What not to be done : Don’t try argue over few questions that might be ambiguous
To Conclude

The lines you have read so far are not for advising you

They are to point out to you some facts

ALL THE BEST DOCS … GO FOR IT …

TIME MANAGEMENT

It requires minimum of 4-6 months for initial preparation and 4 months for final preparation for a particular exam. Start planning to prepare for entrance exam as soon as you enter internship.

• • Pen down  all the subjects systematically and assess how much time you need for each subject and assign the time according to availability . Try to stick to this rough estimated time schedule.

  • stress on proper revision Schedule

Two methods of preparation can be identifed. They are:

First Method (Subject-wise preparation)

Procure all the study material and finish subject by subject within stipulated time. The proposed allotment of time for each subject for initial preparation may be considered:

     Pre-clinicals—2- 2 ½months

     Clinical subjects—3 -3 ½ months

Physiology                               ——–1 week

Biochemistry                           ——– 1 week

Pathology                                ——–  1 week

Microbiology                          ———1 week

Pharmacology                      ———- 1 week

Dental materials                  ———–1 week

Dental anatomy and oral histology—1week

b)  Dental radiology ……………………………………        1 week

c)   Oral surgery ………………………………………….       1 weeks

d)  Periodontology ………………………………………      1 week

e)   Conservative dentistry ……………………………        1 week

f)   Endodontics ………………………………………….      1 week

g)  Prosthodontics ………………………………………      1 week

h)   Orthodontics  ——————————-                 1 week

1.     pedodontics            …………………                                   1 week

i)    Community dentistry ……………………………..         1 week

j)    General medicne ……………………………………       1 week

k)   General surgery …………………………………….        1 week

Advantage of reading the subjects in the above sequence is repitition of topics and overlapping of MCQs.

Advantage of this method is better understanding of the subject; increased memory retention due to immediate repetition and revision of MCQs.

Disadvantage of this method is that if unexpected entrance dates are announced or if you fail to follow the schedule strictly, there is chance of skipping one or two subjects which may cost you a PG seat.

Second method ( Incremental Study of Every subject )

In this method incremental reading of every subject everyday in a sequence is done instead of reading a single subject at a stretch. This is followed by reading previous years MCQs. This method is advantageous in situations where unexpected dates for entrance exam are announced.

Best method would be to follow the first method for initial preparation and second method for subsequent preparations;

however, program planning and time to be alloted is subject to individual capacities and capabilities.

The interview of many toppers reveal the following principles of preparation

• • Minimum time required for PG preparation is 6-8 months.
  • Keep one day/ week as relaxation day or revision day depending upon you time ration.
  • Don’t read any single subject at a stretch.
  • Don’t read all the subjects at a stretch from any single individual mcq book.
  • Read a subject from one book—revise it from other book
  • During study times, take a break every fifteen to twenty minutes
  • Read both the clinical and non clinical subjects at same time. Here is an brief idea to read clinical and its concurrent preclinical or relative subject.

   

  

   

   

• Split your  time  in the ratio of 1:1:1;1

i.e.., one fact oriented clinical subject: 1 technical subject : one relative preclinical subject.

Suppose you are reading for 6 hours a day –tentatively you can draw your time table like this

The main theme is to be

Be in touch  with all the subjects at any time simultaneously covering the previous year mcq .

The answer is definitely –yes –yes -yes

 Importance of MCQs

 

* Do atleast 200 mcq per day  including one practice test  In essence there are 12000 mcq in dentistry which are given interchangeably.

By calculation at this rate you will able to revise  2-3 times .

No. of  mcq  per day= 200 ( either from clinical, preclinicals or previous year MCQ)

No.of  working days in a month= 24-25

No. of  mcq completed in a month on average = 6000

Total No.of  mcq completed in 4 months on average =24000

No.of revisions on average =  24000/12000=2.

 

 

 

Use previous MCQs to check your progress and preparedness for the exam. Reading the subject again and again will not help much; it is important that the progress be monitored properly by evaluating yourselves by proper self-assessment test.

 

During self-assessment test:

Don’t proceed beyond the questions you answered wrong by simply knowing the right answer. Purpose is not to learn a particular question, but to find out which topic requires follow-up.we suggest you not to allow more than 45 seconds for each MCQ during practice.

 

 

 

So Don’t worry. Be happy. Have a positive outlook and be confident.

]]> http://www.dentalorg.com/race-for-mds-pg-entrance-preparation-part-ii-by-dr-gowri-shankar.html/feed 9 http://www.dentalorg.com/preparing-for-mds-entrance.html http://www.dentalorg.com/preparing-for-mds-entrance.html#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:05:52 +0000 Dr.Gaurav Mathur http://www.dentalorg.com/?p=4481 Preface :

A warm welcome to all the dental students . Your friendly Dr.Deb is here again .

This time we present you an article by  Dr. Gaurav Mathur . 

Credentials of Dr.Mathur 

AIPGDEE 2012 rank 89

COMEDK 2012 rank 11

MANIPAL 2012 rank 42

JSSU 2012 rank 44

KLE 2012 rank 86

So  I hand Over the Article to Dr.Gaurav .

A warm to all docs from me (Dr.Gaurav)

First of all..all the best to mds aspirants…I hope that this helps you all in deciding your preparation strategy…theres no one method to prepare for exams. Take advice from all but follow that which is best for you….ask your seniors about their way of prep, books they followed, exams they gave. But I must say again “Follow what is best according to you”

To start with, remember few points..

Keep your objectives very clear, i.e. your aim for preparation. Many times during preparation, question arises in our mind about usefulness of this preparation, but always remember…

  “People who think get only that, what is left behind by people who try”

Hard work always pays off in the end. Keep your mind focused, procure all appropriate study material and do dedicated hard work, its definitely gonna pay off in the end.

Don’t think that competition is so tough, its not possible, its too hard, I cant read so much, etc etc . believe me people, these thoughts come in every mind, but it lies in your own hands entirely how to deal with them and prove them wrong.

Here are some points about my preparation that ill like to share with you all.

1. Time:

I attended my internship for about 6 months…then started prep for this year exams..so had roughly 6 and half  mnths in my hand for aipg and 7 and half for MAHE and COMED, time is not less for those who have just started prep but time management is very very important and every second counts..utilize this time to its fullest extent. remember..each second you waste your competitors get ahead of you , SO DONT GIVE THEM THIS CHANCE!!! Don’t think that this is my first attempt, ill do better prep next year. Students do get selected in first attempt, its no rocket science. Just give your maximum to it.

2. Books to be done-

3. Theory -

Reading theory part is very important.Mere cramming mcqs wont help you..u must understand question, logic behind it and then solve questions…also “dont read just anything and everything, thats not possible”, read what is RELEVANT…AND FROM GOOD BOOKS . Mark new questions from explanations, synopsis and maintain separate diary for values,scientists, years..etc…theyll be helpful to you for last time revisions and yes I must tell here that my theory part was always strong thoughout my clg life so I didnt face too many difficulties in reading books and my ntes. But yes, if you feel that you are not able to do theory part then its ok, no need to worry, read explanations and synopsis part carefully.

4. Schedule-

Having a proper schedule is very very important. Set your priorities, like which topic and how many topics u have to finish in how much time and try to stick to it, also dont make a very hectic schedule….relax…dont overstress yourself.

5. Coaching classes- I didnt join any classes coz I started very late and so I had to decide things myself, if u think that u wont be able to keep up to your schedule then join classes but dont just rely on them completely, the schedule that they provide may not be suitable for all students .Set your own priorities and work according to them.

6. Sequence-

a.  What I did first was read a particular topic (not everything, just brushed through them) from buks and then solved questions

from pulse ,dentest and  read their explanations..

b. Once I completed them…I moved on to aipg and aiims papers… Aipg and Aiims papers didnt take too much time( theory and explanation part becomes very handy in these papers and helps solving them).

c. NBDE:   Next I started NBDE papers, NBDE are comparatively easy to do but still essential and lengthy, so plan properly. I wasn’t able to complete all, but I completed clinicals. You dont have to do them at a stretch, you can also do them at a rate of 1-2 papers per day right from beginning, since new aspirants have a lot of time u can finish them off within 4-5 months at this rate…aiims and aipg papers have repeats from them definitely.

d. Medical Papers: Right from very first day of my preparation…started Mudit khanna and amit ashish and did few questions per day instead of doing them at a stretch…they took A LOTT OF TIME!!! Problem with these papers is that they are very difficult to retain and very very important…aipg and aiims definitely repeats questions from these. keep separate time for their revision…believe me ppl…doing these papers was HARDEST  part of my strategy and they are very volatile so make sure u revise them properly…I didn’t do explanations as there was no time but in any case if u read them its always beneficial..

e. Then I started bytes…there was no time left so cldnt finish all papers..but THE MORE YOU DO THE BETTER!!!! these papers not only helps you to assess your preparation but also builds up your speed and also tells you the important topics and pattern for a particular exam,  it also serves as a question bank from where questions can be asked…

f. Prabhakaran: perio has about 300questions..can be done anytime u want, by the time I reached this stage I had already done a lot of questions and many were repeat from prabhakaran, so doing it wasn’t a problem.

g. After aipg, you’ll again get around one month, again set your eyes on next important exam…PREPARE ACCORDING TO IT!! make your schedule according to it…don’t modify your schedule for other exams that comes in between…like my next exam was comed…so i studied according to it. and just revised 1-2 days before other exams…

7. REVISION:

8. Time to be given per day :

Now it depends upon time u have in your hand and your speed. When I was attending internship I was able to study 3-4 hrs per day. And afterwards when I really sat for prep I increased it  to 7-8 hrs per day and eventually to 12-13hrs. It was too hectic for me but I had to compensate for time lost in clg. Those preparing this year and starting right away, you’ll be having more time so u don’t have to stress so much…relax but don’t relax too much…on avg u need to give abt 8-10 hrs per day for prep.

I hope it helps you in your preparation…if there’s anything I can help you with regarding preparation. do let me know…

Dr. Gaurav Mathur

Your friendly Dr.Deb is back again and Proud & Privileged to present a brand new series of  articles on MDS Entrance Preparation by one of the Icons in this field .

This series of Article is Written By DR.GOWRI SHANKAR . Anyone who has ever prepared for MDS Entrance Exams must have  read the books written by Sir. Here is a brief review of his achivements .

Dr. Gowri sankar completed his BDS from GDC Hyderabad in 1994.

Awards :

1. Colgate Palmolive gold medal for standing first in third year University exams.

2. Dr. B. Seshadri’s gold medal for standing first in final year University exams.

3. I.D.A. Gold medal for standing first in the subject of oral medicine.

4. International college of dentists (Indian and Srilankan chapter) “Plaque award” for the best out going student.

5. Second prize in All India Dental quiz, 1996 at Asia Pacific Dental Conference mumbai He was selected by entrance PGI-4th rank and MAHE-1st rank in 1996 and opted for Orthodontics in MCODS, Mangalore.

Author :

Dentest •

Dental bytes •

Dento pedia •

A Text book of orthodontics •

Synopsis of Dental materials

 He is also the chief editor of the journals” annals and essences of Dentistry”

 He is the Director of DENTAQUEST  He has given guest lectures at national and state conferences.

 At present he is working professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, GDCH Kadapa

He along with wife Dr. E. vanaja are the Hon. consultants of the famous Tirumala Tirupati

So , all the readers who are aiming for MDS seat … buckle up … and learn from one of the best  article series on MDS Entrance Preparation . The article begins … Over to Dr.Gowri Shankar .

FAST and STEADY ( STUDY) wins the race —YOUR RACE FOR MDS PG entrance Preparation–part I

The title of this page  aptly chosen to  highlight for what is actually needed for Entrance preparation. It is a small  modification of the old proverb ‘ie  slow and steady wins the race’. In MDS PG entrance preparation you should be FAST as well as STUDY( STEADY) in your approach in preplanned strategy.

This is written keeping in view different entrances. If we have common entrance we guess that the paper will be in line with AIPG and the strategy changes accordingly

 The database analysis is the essence of interviewing many toppers about their viewpoint on the strategies that led them to success.

Dear  Aspirants

       First of all I would like to thank all the students who supported us for all this 15 years. Infact Iam very much annoyed by the comments made by some bloggers and inexperienced colleagues  on the internet on how to prepare for  entrances.  Our new aspirants are being carried away by the suggestions given by them which is not practical also. One of the friends suggested to read some 50 text books.  I can guess he might have never prepared for the entrance or might have not succeeded after many attempts still reading to complete this text books.   Dear friends first of all let me make clear what all you see on all these social sites and the discussions being carried is only less than 2% of the total number of candidates appearing for various entrances and the toppers on these sites are less than 0.2% of the total number of successful candidates.

     With vast experience and by scientific  methodology after interviewing with the many toppers and  who have lost despite of reading well.

     The group  included 100 toppers— 40 made through AIPG, 25 comed, 10  for mahe, 2for AIIMS and 2 for PGI, and rest the toppers for other state entrances. All of them succeeded in recent  3-4 years. Apart from this we have included those who have lost despite of their hard work

  By posting this I don’t mean to hurt my co bloggers and authors of various books including mine as I have also faced some critical remarks for my books also.

“Nothing succeeds like success”

After all, successful men are the role models today.

This  theme is made for you in association with many aspirants like you. It is meant to make your preparation effective, yet not harder. It is based upon the experience of many toppers who succeeded in various PG entrance examinations.  As you know a prerequiste for success in any PG entrance exam is:

“Right type of information at the right time”

First of all we discuss those are preparing for the First time

When to start preparation

  First approach is the best approach. Every year some 25000 new aspirants are competing with you.  Remember this.

  In the changed scenario at least 8 months of preparation is needed to face any entrance confidently

Happily enjoy first 2-4  months during your internship as we are of course human beings . This is the golden period of your life and also the platform where you have to start journey for your rest of life. I strongly suggest you to start for PG immediately after  2 months of internship starting.

Time lost can never be gained. Time and Tide wont stop for any body

As a teachers we have seen Internees wasting their time by reading news papers, novels , some chit chats in the Department. Instead of that utilize this time for reading any MCQ questions papers.

Internship is the turning pointing in the life of a dental surgeon. We strongly suggest you to shed off your inertia and fully  utilize  this  valuable and irrevocable golden  time .

Preface : 

Hi to all the students from your friendly Dr.Deb

Welcome to one more article discussing about MDS Preparation . Internship is a very crucial period in the life of any BDS student.Fresh out of BDS final exams the student is anxious and pumped up to move forward . For obvious reasons preparations for MDS is one of the most thought after option . Internship is no doubt hectic but  it is  also a very important phase of  MDS preparation . If used wisely it gives the student that much needed necessary start which can prove decisive in the rankings . 

Even if the student doesn’t get a rank right in the 1st attempt during internship , the preparation in the internship comes very very useful when the student goes for an all out preparation in the year after Internship.

In this article Author ( Dr.Suresh Shenvi) is discussing how he went about preparing for MDS Entrance during his internship . 

A warm thanks to Dr.Suresh Shenvi for sharing his experiences that will be helpful to so many students … 

PART 1 OF THE ARTICLE 

INTERNSHIP & SUCCESS

Hi .

I am Dr.Suresh Shenvi.

Hope you must have read my earlier blogs on the entrance and hope most of them were benefitted from it.

And for the new once , The another one is here.. It was the first blog ever written by me for the entrance which was totally based on my fresh experience just after the end of MDS entrance. Although the later blogs cover all the doubts in detail, this one is the shortest one. So here it goes.

Once you enter the best days of internship, after that hectic long BDS final year,with a dream of doing MDS in mind.. you start looking for the books need to be read? You also start wondering which coaching to join.?? Isn’t it?? . but many  students later realize that, such facilities will be available only in metro cities..so the student starts thinking about dropping another year to join the coaching next year so that he or she  can give his/her 100%.May be they are not wrong .. But you do  have 10 precious month of internship . so why dont you give a complete genuine try when you already have free time.

Now the big question is HOW???

PREPARATION

I can tell you how I had prepared for entrance during my internship . I had a good score during my BDS yrs, but I too was not sure about how to prepare for entrance for MDS???. so I was no different from others.

I had asked some of my immediate seniors who got through various entrances..so apart from reading this long mail , you should also ask  your seniors, as they will give u better idea about your state entrance

Its better to follow the things said by Seniors who have got success than trying to find a new path on you own..

10 MONTHS

You have around 10 months from now.

There are two ways.. Either read theory or MCQ explanation.

I will give you  formula. Your  success can be divided in to
60% what you do in internship
20% what you did in past 4 yrs
10% luck
and remaining 10% can’t be achieved no matter what you read

HOW TO ACHIEVE 60%-

60 PERCENT

Start from the 2nd month of internship, or at least 10 months before exams.

All are at the same position when you start preparation , may be one or two percent  ahead of you,, but IT’S THE NOT START,, IT’S THE END WHICH MATTERS THE MOST.

U need to do following books minimum

Dental Pulse-6 times
Gourishankar- 4 times
Neeraj wadhwan-3 times
Jatin kalra-2 times(optional for oral pathology)
Ritu Duggal 2 times(optional specially for ortho)

Prabhakaran for perio
Dental Bytes-2 times
Mudit khanna-3 times

Amit ashish – 2 times
Recent exam papers ( OUR OWN BOOK DENTAL QUEST AND OTHERS like dental explorer )
National Boards

I repeat.. Its the minimum time.. If you start early you can finish the pulse more than the above mentioned  times for sure  but yes the revisions some different approach so that you can improve the speed. For that do check my other article on Review of MDS entrance books.

Yous  need complete this task this before December.. And in January you   have only time to do Pulse  or Gowrishankar Dentest and just the Dental papers and just question and answer from Mudit khanna …

End of part 1 …

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to scrap the common entrance test for post-graduate medical courses in wake of allegations of copying at some centres saying that mere apprehension of cheating cannot be a ground to quash the entire test when the incident is being probed.

Justice Hima Kohli dismissed the pleas, made by some candidates, to quash the All-India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE), held on January 8 at 156 centres across the country, saying that they were “premature” and based on “surmises” and “conjectures”.

“Merely an apprehension expressed by the petitioners that they would suffer irreparable loss and injury in the event of a scam, which is under investigation by the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, cannot be considered as sufficient ground for quashing the AIPGMEE-2012 held on January 8, 2012 for 69,069 candidates all over the country, said Justice Kohli.

“When the magnitude of the aforesaid incident is still unknown and the investigations are on, the present petition can only be termed as one based on surmises and conjectures. The petition is dismissed along with the pending application, as being premature and without any basis,” she added.

The petitions filed by five candidates had mentioned reports of copying from various centres including Noida saying that it was a part of a widespread scam.

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has rejected a plea to scrap the common entrance test for postgraduate medical courses in the wake of allegations of copying at some centres. Mere apprehension of cheating cannot be a ground to quash the entire test when the incident is being probed, the court said.

Justice Hima Kohli dismissed the pleas, made by some candidates, to quash the All-India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE) held on January 8 at 156 centres across the country, saying that they were “premature” and based on “surmises” and “conjectures”.

“Merely an apprehension expressed by the petitioners that they would suffer irreparable loss and injury in the event of a scam, which is under investigation by the crime branch, Delhi Police, cannot be considered as sufficient ground for quashing the AIPGMEE-2012 held on January 8, 2012, for 69,069 candidates all over the country, said Justice Kohli.

“When the magnitude of the aforesaid incident is still unknown and the investigations are on, the present petition can only be termed as one based on surmises and conjectures… the petition is dismissed along with the pending application, as being premature and without any basis,” she added.

The petitions, filed by five candidates, had mentioned reports of copying from various centres, including Noida, saying that it was a part of a widespread scam. The petitioners had also sought direction to AIIMS to evolve some mechanism to prevent the recurrence of cheating in the PG entrance examination.

The AIIMS had opposed the demand, claiming it was a stray incident that took place only at the Noida centre while in the remaining 155 centres, the examination was held peacefully and without any hindrance.

“As per affidavit filed by AIIMS, it is apparent that the incident of cheating is found to have occurred on January 8, 2012 only at one examination centre and that too in a centre which was situated at Noida, where a mobile phone is stated to have been recovered from one candidate and some electronic gadgets were recovered from two candidates,” it observed.

The court also said the petitioners are not part of the centre under investigation, they all appeared for their exams at different centres in Delhi.

“Apart from the aforesaid incident, the AIPGMEE-2012 appears to have been conducted peacefully at all other 155 examination centres. A total number of 71,968 candidates are stated to have applied for sitting in the aforesaid examination and 69,069 candidates had actually appeared in the said examination. It is also pertinent to note that the examination centre of none of the five petitioners herein was situated at Noida,” it said

Source : http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/hc-refuses-to-scrap-pg-medical-entrance-exam_759557.html

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-HC-rejects-plea-against-AIIMS-entrance-test/articleshow/11968837.cms