AIPGMEE 2014 NOTIFICATION RELEASED

RTI reply from PGIMER regarding NOV PGI 2014

TEN IMPORTANT OSLER'S in Medicine

1.Osler's sign is an artificially high systolic blood pressure reading due to the calcification of atherosclerotic arteries.
2.Osler's nodes are raised tender nodules on the pulps of fingertips or toes, an autoimmune vasculitis that is suggestive of subacute bacterial endocarditis. They are usually painful, as opposed to Janeway lesions which are due to emboli and are painless.
3.Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (also known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) is a syndrome of multiple vascular malformations on the skin, in the nasal and oral mucosa, in the lungs and elsewhere.
4.Osler-Vaquez disease (also known as Polycythemia vera)
5.Osler-Libman-Sacks syndrome is an atypical, verrucous, nonbacterial, valvular and mural endocarditis. Final stage of systemic lupus erythematosus.
6.Osler's filaria is a parasitic nematode&Sphryanura osleri is a trematode worm
7.Osler's manoeuvre: in pseudohypertension, the blood pressure as measured by the sphygmomanometer is artificially high because of arterial wall calcification. Osler's manoeuvre takes a patient who has a palpable, although pulseless, radial artery while the blood pressure cuff is inflated above systolic pressure; thus they are considered to have "Osler's sign."
8.Osler's rule: States that a neurological defect has to be related to a specific lesion, in contrast to Hickam's dictum, which states that the neurological defect can be due to several lesions.
9.Osler's syndrome is a syndrome of recurrent episodes of colic pain, with typical radiation to back, cold shiverings and fever; due to the presence in Vater’s diverticulum of a free-moving gallstone which is larger than the orifice.
10. Osler's triad: association of pneumonia, endocarditis, and meningitis.

Which is the best date to take AIPGMEE 2014

With Just 2 more hours left for the AIPGMEE 2014 Registration , The million dollar questions running in the minds of all PG Aspirants

1. Which is the best date to take exams ?

Chose your most convenient and confident date . Never get influenced by anyone . It has to be your decision and for sure your decision and the confidence with which you take your decision will yield you better results . No one knew which is a easier session and which is a tougher session . It hardly matter when you book your slot.

You should know that your performance is evaluated on the performance of your entire slot. This means that if most of the people in your slot find the paper easy, your score might fall due to normalization.On the other hand, if most of the people in your batch find it tough, your scores might rise due to normalization. Do not think that selecting the best slot will get you 99.9xx percentile with a below average preparation. So Your Knowledge level is the single most important factor

Now lets assume few scenarios


Should I appear for AIPGMEE 2014 during the initial days of window?

In last year NEET-PG 2013 and AUG DNB exams, it has been observed that papers in the initial slots are not as tough as those from the later slots. Apart from this, the least amount of serious competition a person faces is on the first few days.So, taking AIPGMEE 2014 during initial days can be a good strategy. However, there are a few problems with this.

a) You do not know what the paper is like

Since you are among the first few to appear for the paper, you are the ones who are taking the highest risk. usually you would get less time for preparation plus you don't know what kind of questions appear (picture based clinical scenarios , importance of subjects,repeat questions from Kalam etc ) . Usually earlier dates are booked only if people don't get their preferred centre of choice for later dates. . So if you are booking the first session, You do not have any information on the difficulty level, surprises, general reaction and technical glitches etc. People in the later slots would be aware of most of these things and hence better prepared psychologically.


Since normalization takes into account difficulty level and presumably, initial days have lesser difficulty level; you need to score quite high to counter the reduction that normalization might bring to your score.

For example: Score that might be achieved with 50-51 questions in later slots might need 54-55 questions in initial slots assuming accuracy level of the participant to be same for both the slots.

On second hand if you are not prepared for the sudden announcement of AIPGMEE 2014 ( Ofcourse 99% will fall in this category) then it will be convenient for you to give exam in later dates...

But Please remember the later slots gets filled very fast.

We would generally advice anyone to select a date during the last week, but not the last 2 days. This would make sure that you have the best chance to maximize your score, get score in proportion to your actual potential/preparation and not become the victim of normalization.

Having said this, remember what matters the most is your preparation level despite all the normalization things been said by different experts. If your preparation is good and you are confident as well, then go ahead and challenge it . Remember Fortune favors the confident AND BRAVE individual with adequate knowledge .

In General , If I am a hard core PGI aspirant and also wanna crack AIPGMEE ,I will be preferring to take my AIPGMEE first and then give my best shot for NOV PGI 2013 so that I can take my PGI exams without any glitches.

If I am AIPGMEE aspirant

I will be avoiding the first day and the last two days .


With this, we wish everyone all the best and hope that you found this article helpful.
Best of Luck,

Dr D Arun  Kumar 

Academic Co-Ordinator
ADrPlexus Medical Coaching Centre

Tie Breaker Criteria for AIPGMEE 2014 -

Tie Breaker Criteria FOR AIPGMEE 2014 is different from NOV DNB criteria and NEET-PG 2013

AIPGMEE 2014 : Tie Breaker Criteria 

In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in the competitive entrance examination, their inter se merit will be determined according to age, older will get preference over younger.

Implication :  They have taken the proverb very seriously this time " As you grow older , you are wiser " .

We expect them to change this  Tie- Breaker Criteria in the main prospectus. But If they are sticking on to this criteria , you need to make a different strategy.



NEET-PG 2013 : Tie Breaker Criteria

In the event of two or more candidates obtaining same percentile, the merit position shall be determined by the number of wrong responses of such candidates. Candidate with less number of wrong responses shall be placed at higher merit.

In case of tie with same percentile rank and same number of wrong
responses, date of birth shall be considered to determine inter-se-merit. An elder candidate shall be placed at a higher merit failing which marks obtained in qualifying exam i.e. MBBS shall be considered.

IMPLICATION : If you leave 10 questions , you have the definite advantage of getting placed in good ranks. This is called Silent Negative marking Scheme . This is widely practiced and most accepted marking scheme. Many toppers of NEET-PG  left 2 - 10 tough questions among 240 questions


Nov DNB 2014 : Tie Breaker Criteria

In the event of two or more candidates obtaining same score, the meritvposition shall be determined using following tie breaker criteria in
descending order:
a. Candidate who has passed all MBBS professional Examinations in Firstvattempt shall be placed at higher merit position.
b. Candidate with higher aggregate marks (in percentage) in all MBBS
professional Examinations shall be placed at higher merit position.
c. Candidate with higher aggregate marks (in percentage) in 3rd MBBS professional Examination (Part I & Part- II) shall be placed at higher merit position.
d. Candidate with higher aggregate marks (in percentage) in 2nd MBBS professional Examination shall be placed at higher merit position.
e. Candidate with higher aggregate marks (in percentage) in 1st MBBS professional Examination shall be placed at higher merit position

Implication : Though it is not a satisfactory tie-breaker scheme , it sounds better than AIPGMEE 2014 scheme

NBE finally Replies to RTI Queries

NATBOARD will be the exam conducting authority for ALL INDIA EXAMS 2014

AIIMS finally responds to our query regarding ALL INDIA PGMEE EXAMS 2014 .  SUB DEAN AIIMS ( EXAMS ) Dr NAND KUMAR clarifies that AIIMS will not be the conducting authority for ALL INDIA PGMEE EXAMS 2014. So it is now official  that NATBOARD will be the conducting authority for ALL INDIA PGMEE EXAMS 2014 . Now we are awaiting replies from NATBOARD regarding the exam pattern of forthcoming ALL INDIA EXAM 2014