DNB stands for Diplomate of National Board.
For getting admission in DNB course, you need to pass DNB-CET
After clearing CET, you have to apply to the college/hospital enlisted in the Information bulletin (can be downloaded from NBE website)

- I have done a clerkship in a DNB hospital, Doctors and Residents told me, it’s more or less similar to the MD/MS course, except for the final exam, where exams are taken “Zone wise”, which is different from MD/MS where it is done under university, makes passing DNB final exam difficult than MD/MS.

- Medical qualifications awarded by NBE are recognized qualifications included in the First Schedule to IMC Act, 1956 and are considered at par with MD/MS,DM/M.Ch qualifications of other universities.

Pattern of Examination

Paper-1 Basic Sciences and Community Medicine
Anatomy - 24
Physiology - 30
Biochemistry - 12
Pathology - 24
Microbiology - 24
Pharmacology - 24
Forensic Medicine - 12
Community Medicine/SPM - 30
Total 180

Paper-2 Clinical Sciences
Medicine including Psychiatry,
Dermatology and Venereology - 45
Paediatrics - 15
Surgery including Orthopaedics
Anaesthesiology, Radio-diagnosis
and Radiotherapy - 60
Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 30
Ophthalmology - 15
ENT - 15
Total 180

- No negative marking.


MD/MS vs DNB

“I asked a similar answer from a 2nd year DNB student & I got an answer something like this”
People die for MD/MS seats since they are more popular than DNB among people, DNB was launched few years back while MD/MS is running from centuries (? Or Millennium) and not to forget that these people around us get sick and look for a specialized Doctor and when he has a choice to make among 2 Doctor;
One is MD, General Medicine (Delhi) and other is DNB, General Medicine (India) - obviously his choice of Doctor would be one whose degree he is familiar with. [Yes, the degree will not contain the name of the city from where you have done DNB; unlike MD/MS instead it will be DNB (India)]

-Frankly speaking doctors I have encountered doing DNB, they passed DNB-CET long back, but since they could not get any MD/MS seat joined DNB (Validity is for 2 Years)
-“The Exit Exam or Final Exam” is tougher than MD/MS, makes people think twice (may be twenty times) before joining DNB course.
-But, as far as I know DNB has high reputation among Private set-up, if somebody dreaming to work in a 5 star hospital someday - DNB not at all a bad option!
-Also there are many prestigious hospitals/colleges in the DNB list, if you can get any of those hospitals, not a bad deal for scarifying a MD seat.

I prefer to do the specialisation in any specific field and try to do it from outside India, somwhere like USA, UK etc. It will be best for you.

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(09-15-2010 09:08 PM)smith6 Wrote:  I prefer to do the specialisation in any specific field and try to do it from outside India, somwhere like USA, UK etc. It will be best for you.

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i agree with this one,..
i think Australia is best for doing specialization,...

According to me Australia is the for medical and specialization. You must go there for specialization and after that come back in country because here really need good doctors like you.

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According to me Australia is the for medical and specialization. You have to go there for specialization and afterwards that appear aback in country because actuality absolutely charge acceptable doctors like you.Please give me the other information on this thread.