KOTAK PREET JAGDISHBHAI

KOTAK JAGDISHBHAI JAYATILAL

KOTAK CHETNABEN JAGDISHBHAI

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09/02/1996

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 MY OWN PERCEPTIONS
REGARDING NEET-PG
DISCLAIMER

• I will be completely honest with you during this. So, Judge me all you want.

• I am going to talk about things most experiences don’t cover. If you are just here to see my scores and compare with
yours, don’t bother reading this long one.

• By writing this experience, I am NOT targeting students who are in top 10% of their class. I am writing this for people
like me, who were at my stage (knowledge level), i.e. performing in bottom 50% of class during their Undergraduate
(UG).

• If you wanted me to give you a magic pill, let me be clear, very clear man. There is no elevator to success here, you
have to take the stairs. All I can do is I can guide you which stair goes to the top & which ends abruptly in the middle!

• Everybody uses the same MARROW / PREP-LADDER, but not everyone scores nearby. Scores depend on how you
use that same resource.)

• This should be your AIM if you are going to read it all. “How to approach any subject/system in a proper way that
would save your time and make you more e cient”.
• If you will read this till the end, I am sure your perspective for NEETPG preparation will be changed! You would not
feel this experience a waste of time at all.

BACKGROUND
I was a bottom 50% of my class during my UG. I am not bragging about myself here. I am writing this
because I know not everyone preparing for NEET-PG is from the top 10% of the class. I am writing
this so that you guys can relate to it and can get an insight that everything is possible with the right
guidance and dedication.

I did climb the steepest mountain to become successful in life. (This change from spending 12 hours a
day chilling & relaxing to 12 hours a day in library chair wasn’t the easy one. You too might have
experienced this.)

Who am I today is just because I have overcame plenty of hurdles to make a major change. Just
correlate this with you, you might have been in the same position struggling/ nding a chance that
will change your life. It’s not too late to get a fresh start and start doing all you want in life. You will
get rough time during this journey, you will have to face unforeseen hardship & emotional pain. But
once you will get through this, your life will be di erent. You will learn many things during this journey!

JOURNEY OF NEET-PG
It begins with joining DAMS during my 3rd 1st prof due to peer pressure, Neither I was able to utilise those
classes nor I had any motivation, at the end of 3rd 1st, I realised that I need to gain knowledge and be
educated as well as experienced for my dream to become reality, my journey to NEET-PG started as I
entered into nal prof, I tried to cover up the nal prof subjects along with preclinical subjects to learn the
concepts, I feel that passion for medicine rising inside me which is lost during my last 3 years, now I was
not only reading to clear o exams but I genuinely enjoying the thrill of medicine.

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 During my internship year, I joined DAMS TnD course to gain momentum along with MARROW
Qbank to ll up the void created due to my weak basics. Due to hectic internship, I was not able
to give my best, and I got 14.3k rank in NEETPG-2020, it was not my best attempt, so I chose to
reappear.

If you're thinking to reappear for NEET-PG, think before like thousand time, but once you decide,
don't ever look back. Give your 100%. Put your ❤ into it.

STRATEGY
There are so many resources for NEETPG available for us. You just can’t nish them all. There
might be many topper who tells you what TO DO, but if you know what NOT TO DO, might save
your precious time.

If I would knew the details I am going to share with you now, I would have nished this journey
earlier with more marks in my bucket.

Let’s get into it...

RESOURCES WHAT I DID MUST DO HOW TO USE

DAMS CLASS NOTES*

DVT (systemwise)
If Primary source, use it
TnD
CBT along with Marrow
DVT (systemwise)
qbank

CBT If Secondary source, use

as DVT/ TnD

MARROW CLASS NOTES *

CLASS NOTES *
Daily Custom Module
QBANK
QBANK*
Hour

GT/SWT/MINI TEST
GT/SWT/MINI TEST
Daily Bookmark Hour
RR/MCQ DISCUSSION

PREP QBANK *
-
RR * {ANAT}

UNACADEMY DR. ZAINAB VORA

DR. ZAINAB VORA
Binge watch videos as
DR. DILIP
DR. DILIP
secondary source

DR. VINISH
DR. SOUMEN MANNA
RR, Image bank, MCQ
DR. PRITI
discussion
DR. RANJITH

DR. MUKUL MOHINDRA

DR. SOUMEN MANNA

FIRST AID BIOCHEM

BIOCHEM
Use along with primary
MICRO
SYSTEM-WISE source, prepare it as go
PHARMAC
REVISION
to source in last few
SYSTEM-WISE days.

REVISION Helps to remember facts

with mnemonics
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RESOURCES WHAT I DID MUST DO HOW TO USE

UWORLD SYSTEM-WISE (2 SYSTEM-WISE (1 NOT TO BE DONE IF

MODULE)
MODULE)
YOU HAVE LESS THAN
BIOCHEM
BIOCHEM
4 MONTHS IN HAND

IMMUNO
IMMUNO

GENETICS
GENETICS
Make list of keywords =
MICRO
PEDIA
diagnosis
ENT/OPTHAL
SURGERY

PEDIA
PSYCHI

SURGERY

PSYCHI

AMBOSS BIOCHEM
Charts of managment DON'T DIVE DEEP INTO
ANAT IMAGES
APP, YOU MAY LOOSE
IMAGES AND SLIDES
TRACK.
Charts of managment

SUBJECT-WISE

SUBJECT NOTES MCQ PRACTICE REMARKS

ANAT DR. ASHWANI KUMAR

PREP QBANK Do Revision along with
NETTER ATLAS clinical subjects e.g.
Ortho, Radio, Surgery

PHYSIO DR. ANUPAMA

MARROW QBANK
Make notes of formulas,
DR. SOUMEN MANNA GANONG'S REVIEW equations, values
BOOK separately, Image bank
for charts

BIOCHEM DR. REBECCA JAMES

UWORLD (100 MCQ) Make table of enzyme
FA def- Disease - clinical
feature

Make a list of BC tests

PHARMAC DR. RANJAN KUMAR MARROW QBANK Tables of side e ects

PATEL
from FA

DR. ANKIT KR (YT MCQ Drug interactions from

DISCUSSION) KDT

DOC/Empiricals from
Katzung

PATHO DR. SANJEEV MARROW QBANK TRICKY TABLES By DR.

CHITRAGAR (HEMAT)
PRITI {YT}

DR. RANJITH ROBBINS Tables AND

(GENERAL + Images
SYSTEMIC)

MICRO DR. SURIA

PREP QBANK FA: Charts + Images

DR. MAMTA (IMMUNO) Image bank

FMT DR. JAYPRAKASH PREP QBANK Image bank

TABLES : IPC/Toxico

Marrow Pearls
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SUBJECT NOTES MCQ PRACTICE REMARKS

ENT DR. MANISHA MARROW QBANK Image Bank

OPHTHAL DR. SAURABH MARROW QBANK Image bank

SHARMA

PSM DR. MUKHMOHIT MARROW QBANK Integrate with micro

Marrow Pearls

MEDICINE DR. RAKESH NAIR UWORLD STEP2 Please Don't take

(NEPHRO/ ENDO)
SYSTEMWISE shortcut for medicine.
DR. ARVIND (GI/ECG)
Most Important subject
DR. DILIP (NEURO/ among all 19
RHEUMAT/ CVS/ ID )

DR. BHARATH KATHI

(RESPI/ABG)

SURGERY DR. ROHAN

MARROW QBANK
Staging by Dr. Zainab
DR. SAURABH DIXIT UWORLD (2 MODULES) Vora

(TRAUMA/GENERAL) Scores by Dr. RRM

Images from Bailey

OBGY DR. SAKSHI ARORA MARROW QBANK

Staging by Dr. Zainab
DAMS TnD Paper Vora

Images from Dutta

Mindmaps and charts

PEDIA DR. SINGHARAM MARROW QBANK

Table for Milestones

UWORLD (1 MODULE) Neonatology from AIIMS

Guidelines

ORTHO DR. TUSHAR MEHTA

MARROW QBANK RR by Dr. Zainab Vora

DR. MUKUL MOHINDRA Image bank

RADIO DR. ZAINAB VORA MARROW QBANK

Read only along with
XRAY PRACTICE FROM systems
RADIOPEDIA

DERMAT DR. SAURABH JINDAL MARROW QBANK Image bank

ANESTHESIA DR.VINISH SHRIVASTAV MARROW QBANK Tables for drugs

PSYCHI DR. SACHIN ARORA MARROW QBANK

Pharmacotherapy (Dr.
UWORLD Ankit Kr)

NOT TO DO
• Class-notes from multiple sources

• Too much time spending to solve MCQ ( e.g. Uworld )

• Obsession with favourite subjects, reading that subjects frequently as compare to others.

• Doing only rapid revision as shortcut for some subjects.

• Avoid giving GT/SWT as fear of getting less marks/rank.

• Watching too much videos as part of preparation/ revision.

• FOMO for mot using multiple sources.

• Not having weekly break from study.

• Not consider your mental/physical health, food-choices as a part of preparation strategy.(I

would recommend minimum 30 minutes for your health even during last 3 months)

• Too much ca eine, heavy meal.

• Comparing your score from your friends/ being type A

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REVISION STRATEGY

Use the principle of 'TRIAGE' for revision,

CATEGORY COMMENTS EXAMPLES

RED GET IT DONE EVERY WEEKLY

OXIDASE POSITIVE BACTERIA

MOST VOLATILE TOPICS ENZYME DEF - DISEASE

ANTICANCER REGIMEN

IPC / ANAT BRANCHES*

DRUGS SE

(LISTS/TABLES)

YELLOW CONCEPTS BUT NEEDED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

MONTHLY/3 MONTHLY BRUSH SYNDROMES

UP LEUKEMIA

TOXICO/DRUGS MOA

PHYSIO FORMULA/EQUATION

GREEN PURE CONCEPTS - NO NEED MANAGEMENT OF PE/ CARDIAC

TO INCLUDE IN FURTHUR ARREST/ MI/ STROKE

REVISION ANEMIA

BLACK OUT OF THE WORLD TOPIC

VERY RARE SYNDROMES/

CONDITION.

-READ IT ONCE AND

BOOKMARK, ONCE DURING 2/3
MONTH BEFORE EXAM, DONT
WASTE TIME FOR IT

Categorisation is purely subjective, some topics are di cult for someone, but it may easy for
another, some are in red list and as further revision progress, it may gradually step down to yellow
or green. The goal of revision is to step down the category with each revision and utilise the last
revision time for MOST MOST VOLATILE topics.

APPROACH TO GT/CBT

Don't judge yourself by ranks or marks, it doesn't re ect your preparation truly. P.S. I had never
get double digit rank in any mock till my NEET, the purpose of GT are

• To expose your weak topics and plan for revision

• To gain momentum every 7 days* (last 3 months) or 15 days (from beginning of preparation)

• Time management

• To learn why and when do you silly mistake

• To reduce exam anxiety

Analysis of topic for wrong answer

Volatile Topic Conceptual Topic Silly Mistake New Topic

Solution
Step up into yellow Practice MCQs
Bookmark it and revise it
Step up into red category and revisit the Adequate sleep
as per category
category concepts Light meal before GT
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 MCQ Practice during Preparation
Notes QBANK SWT
(Y AXIS = TIME GIVEN IN%)
(X AXIS = PHASE OF PREP/ TIME TO
EXAM ) 90

67.5

45

22.5

0
FIRST READ LAST 3 MONTH LAST MONTH LAST WEEK

Qbank SWT Mini Test/ Custom

Purpose
Purpose
Purpose

Recall : don't solve Qbank To nd out weak topics and Get into touch with all subjects at
immediately after you read the triage. once.
topic.

Do it after 3-4 days you read the

topic as forgetting curve sets in.

FIRST READ LAST 3 MONTH LAST MONTH LAST WEEK

Concept building Concept brush up Focus on RED topics Notes + FA

Can give up to 50% of Step down triage Give daily mini/custom 30 MCQ practice 2 times
all preparation time a day

Don't skip any topic Max MCQ practice

NO NEW QBANK TO Focus on sleep and food
directly to revision, don't Work on weak areas SOLVE
pattern.

rush to revision through MCQs Can look up solved Prioritise your mental
Qbank of important health.

topics

NO NEW TOPICS Don't focus on what

should have been done
rather focus on what
have you done.
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THE DAY BEFORE EXAM..
Give yourself credit to survive till the last phase of preparation, accept the fact that no one has
perfect preparation, no one is robot. Everyone has ups and downs during preparation. No matter
how things may unfold, these preparatory phase will bring best out of you.

Tips:
• Use common sense
• Last line of question -> Options-> Question & Rule out option while reading question
• Calm yourself as much as possible, chaos inside you block out your thinking process and make
you confuse.
• Attempt as much as possible. (Min 95% of question should be attempted to crack any exam)

This PDF is the result of my e orts at helping fellow students. If you have found this experience
helpful in any sense, kindly share it with your near & dear ones.

Thank you for your precious time for reading this long one!

REGARDS,
DR. PREET KOTAK
GMERS MEDICAL COLLEGE, GOTRI, VADODARA

Email: kotak.preet1996@gmail.com
Telegram : @preetkotak
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