How to prepare for NEET SS Medicine in 1 year?

One year is sufficient time to crack NEET SS Medicine; however, one must thoroughly go through the subject. It is paramount to study medicine unit wise/chapter wise/topic wise to cover most of the topics from standard book “Harrison Textbook of Internal Medicine”. As a first step, divide whole medicine into different units and further into chapters and topics. Moreover, a well-crafted time table is vital to cover majority of the topics. One must focus more and dedicate ample time on topics which are most important and the units which are expected to have more weightage in exams. To assist future aspirants, Team PrepLadder gathered information from the aspirants who appeared in previous DNB CET SS and NEET SS Medicine. According to this analysis, we here present topic-wise expected number of MCQs and stipulated number of days you need to prepare that particular topic.

TOPIC	Expected No. of MCQs (out of 200)	Stipulated no. of Days
CARDIOLOGY	30	40
NEUROLOGY	30	40
GIT & LIVER	25	40
HEMATOLOGY	25	30
ENDOCRINOLOGY	25	30
RESPIRATORY	20	30
NEPHROLOGY & ELECTROLYTES	20	30
MISCELLANEOUS (RHEUMATO + INFECTION + PSM + GENETICS + NUTRITION + TUMORS)	25	30

According to this schedule, it will take total nine months to cover the entire medicine syllabus and rest of the time can be utilized for practice & revision i.e. most essential part of any preparation.

Books to be referred:

Besides Harrison Book, one must never forget to refer to an important MCQ book by Prof. Ajay Mathur which is totally based on Harrison 19^th edition, making it a significant book to prepare for NEET SS/DNB-CET SS Medicine entrance exam. Also, one can read from this MCQ book and read same topic in-depth from Harrison to strengthen the preparation. Moreover, one should also refer to other important books on MCQ that are based on recent DNB/NEET SS question papers. These include MCQ books by Deepak Marwah (Medicine) and another book by Mudit Khanna (Medicine).

Final Piece of Advice

In order to outrival, the most important thing is to take subject-wise test series on topics/units mentioned above throughout the year. In last 2 months, it is pivotal to give grand tests, on regular intervals, which cover the entire syllabus. Smart study is a key to success for many successful aspirants. Thus, focus on the topics which are frequently asked in DNB/NEET SS entrance exams and the topics we earlier provided in our blog “Important Topics for NEET SS Medicine” which was prepared by the students who appeared in NEET SS Medicine 2017. “Success belongs to those who prepare for it today”   Prepare prudently.. Stay Tuned with PrepLadder for More Guidance!!