Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala conducts the entrance examination for all the postgraduate aspirants in the medical profession. The PG Medical Entrance score is a mandatory requirement for the candidates to get admission in the government Medical colleges in Kerala. Every year at the month of February the Kerala CEE carry out the PG Medical entrance exam on behalf of the Directorate of Medical Education, Kerala.

Structure and Syllabus for Kerala PG Medical Exam

The Entrance examination for the Medical PG course covers the syllabus of MBBS and is of objective in nature. The examination carried out through two different papers,

Paper I

Pre-clinical: 150 Questions (120 Minutes)

Paper II

Clinical subjects: 150 Questions (120 Minutes)

One mark will be taken for the wrong response and four marks will be given for the right choices. The common syllabus for the exam is,

Paper I: Pre-clinical

• Anatomy: 15 Questions
• Physiology: 15 Questions
• Biochemistry: 15 Questions
• Biophysics: 5 Questions
• Pharmacology: 20 Questions
• Pathology: 25 Questions
• Microbiology: 20 Questions
• Forensic Medicine: 10 Questions
• Community Medicine: 25 Questions

Paper II: Clinical subjects

• Medicine: 25 Questions
• T.B. & Chest Diseases:5 Questions
• Surgery: 25 Questions
• Paediatrics: 15 Questions
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology: 20 Questions
• Ophthalmology: 10 Questions
• Orthopaedics including Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation:  7 Questions
• E.N.T: 7 Questions
• Anaesthesia:7 Questions
• Dermatology and Venereology: 7 Questions
• Psychiatry 10 Questions
• Radiotherapy: 5 Questions
• Radio diagnosis: 7 Questions

Eligibility Criteria

The basic requirement for taking the examination is bachelor’s degree in Medicine, MBBS from the universities in Kerala or the university recognized by the Universities in the state. The Candidate should be an Indian national with Kerala Origin. They should complete their compulsory Rotating Resident Internships before the notification period. The upper-age bound of the candidates is limited to 45 years. The candidates belonging to the special category will get the eligible relaxation.

How to Apply?

The candidates seeking admission into the PG medical courses under the government colleges can get the application for the entrance examination in the website of CEE, www.cee-kerala.org . There won’t be any physical sale of the application form. The fee should be remitted to the SBT branches across Kerala. The cost of the application is Rs.1,000/- for the general applicants and Rs.500/- for the reserved group.

How to fill the Form?

The instruction for filling up the form is available in the website. The candidates should go through the guidelines before filling the online form. The applicants need to upload their photo in jpg size and so you need to have a scanned copy ready to upload while filing the form. The candidates should carefully click the combo box against each question. After submitting the information take the print outs of the filled form and send it along with the original fee receipt with other necessary attachments to the submission address.

Important Dates (Tentative)

Availability of online application form: First Week of January, 2012

Last date and time for receipt of filled-in application forms: Last Week of January, 2012

Date of Examination: Second Week of February, 2012

List of Kerala PG Medical Exam centers

• Thiruvananthapuram
• Ernakulam
• Kozhikode

Contact Address for the Kerala PG Medical Exam

• Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Housing Board Buildings, Santhinagar, Thiruvananthapuram — 695 001
• Website: http://www.cee-kerala.org

Government Colleges Accepting the Kerala PG Medical Exam score

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
• Medical College, Kozhikode
• Medical College, Kottayam
• Medical College, Alappuzha
• Medical College, Thrissur

Reference Books for Kerala PG Medical Exam

• ABC Comunity Medicine
• B. D. Churasia: Human Anatomy (Vol 1,2,3)
• All India Pevious years’ solved papers by Mudit Khanna
• Biochemistry Books from Harper
• Books by Chaurasiya (all 3 volumes)
• C. Ded: Biochemistry
• Dorland: Medical Dictionary
• C.C Chaterjee: Human Physiology (Vol. 1,2)
• Chatterjee’s parsitology
• Chauthary For PGI
• Chawduraj: Concise Medical Physiology
• Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy (vol 1,2,3)
• Difore: Atlas of Histology
• Dorland: Pocket Medical Dictionary
• ENT by Dhingra
• Eye by Khurana and kaski
• Eye from Parson
• Forensic Medicine from Pareikh
• forensic SARP
• Grants: Atlas of Anatomy
• Gray’s Anatomy
• Guyton and Hall: Medical Physiology
• Harper’s Biochemistry
• Junqueira: Basic Histology
• K. A. Datta: Human Anatomy (Vol. 1,2,3,4)
• K. Datta: General Anatomy
• K. Datta: Human Embryology
• L. Ghai: Practical Physiology & Biochemistry
• Langman’s Medical Embryology 10th Edition
• Last: Anatomy
• Lippincotts: Biochemistry
• Macminn Colour Atlas of Histology
• Medicine by Harrison pretest
• Medicine from HARRISON or CMDT
• Medicine self assessment guide by Amit Ashish
• Microbiology by Ananthnarayan
• More: Clinical Anatomy
• Pharmacology by Tripathi
• NETTER: Atlas of Human Anatomy
• Orten: Human Biochemistry
• Paediatrics from Ghai and Nelson
• Parks: Community Medicine
• Pathology by Robbins
• Microbiology by Jawetz
• Pharmacology by Katzung
• Physiology books on Guyton
• Poddar Osteology
• R. S. Snell: Clinical Anatomy for medical students
• Physiology books on Ganong
• R. S. Snell: Clinical Neuroanatomy for Medical Student’s
• Pharmacology by Goodman & Gilman
• Samson Wrights: Applied Physiology
• SARP microbiology
• Sattanarayan: Biochemistry
• Sure Success By Ramgopal
• Tabers: Medical Dictionary (Vol. 1,2)
• Surgery by Sabiston pretest
• Tehalaka by Dr. Rajesh Prasad
• Tumors SARP
• W.F. Ganong: Medical Physiology

Coaching Centers for Kerala PG Medical Exam

• Brilliant Tutorials Pvt. Ltd.
• Darshana Academy
• TIME
• Tandem
• Sreekrishna Entrance Coaching Centre
• Excellent Institute
• Prof. P.C.Thomas Classes

Study Plan

The applicants should prepare for the examination as early as possible. They have to cover their bachelor’s syllabus completely to score a good rank in the examination. They can refer the textbooks and the study note during their study time. The training centres and the reference books for various Medical PG entrance exams are helpful for the aspirants. Practice with the previous year’s questions and with the model papers. Take the mock test by strictly following the time frame.

Cutoff

For the general category the qualifying benchmark for the entrance examination is set to be 50% and that of the reservation group it is 40%.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The result of the examination is published in the Kerala CEE website. The students can also view their result in the Directorate of Medical Education, Kerala official website.

Score Validity

The score of the entrance examination is valid for two months after the result is published. The candaites can submit the score card to the medical colleges for the PG admission program.