PMC NLE Exam Structure & Syllabus 2021 Complete detail of Licensing exam by PMC NLE (STEP-1 & STEP-2) . Eligibility Centre Frequency Number of attempts Structure Passing criteria Validity Preparation Notes & books Guidelines

1. PAKISTAN MEDICAL
COMMISION
(PMC)
NATIONAL LICENSING
EXAM
(NLE) 2021
Guidelines For Local & Foreign
Medical Graduates

2. Eligibility
Centre
Frequency
Number of
Attempts
Structure
FORMAT & STRUCTURE OF
NLE 2021
Core Understanding

3. POINTS TO DISCUSS:
• Eligibility
• Centre
• Frequency
• Number of attempts
• Structure
• Passing criteria
• Validity

4. ELIGIBILITY:
• Candidates who have successfully graduated from PMC approved
Pakistani medical colleges with an MBBS degree are eligible to sit for
NLE 2021. Foreign medical graduates will be required to follow the
regulations as given in the licensing pathways available on the PMC
website.
• NLE 2021 will be conducted at multiple centers across Pakistan to
facilitate the candidates. It is envisaged that NLE will be offered certain
international centers as well.
CENTRES:

5. FREQUENCY:
The NLE will be held at least twice a year.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS:
There is no bar on the number of times a candidate can
attempt the complete NLE.
Candidates will have to pass both the theory & the
CSE components separately in order to be declared
successful in NLE. The minimum pass percentage in
the theory (MCQs) component & the CSE is 70%.
PASSING CRITERIA:
VALIDITY:
Passing of the theory (MCQs) component of NLE will
remain valid for five (5) years from the date of
passing the theory (MCQs) component. CSE
component must be passed within five (5) years of
passing the theory (MCQs) component of NLE. If a
candidate fails the CSE in three consecutive
attempts, s/he will have to reappear in both the
theory and CSE components of the NLE. After every
three failed attempts at the CSE, candidates will
have to retake the entire NLE.

6. OVERVIEW OF DISTRIBUTIONS OF MARKS
PMC NLE Exam
Theory exam
30% Basic
Total Numbers
= 60
70% Clinical
Total Numbers =
140
Clinical Skills
Examination
(CSE)
20 stations
(8 min for each)
3 Mandatory
stations
(must have to
pass)
Out of 17
stations have
to get 70%
marks

7. WEIGHTAGE OF APPLIED BASIC SCIENCES DISCIPLINES IN THE
THEORY (MCQS)
Basic Sciences weightage: 30%
Total MCQs: 60
# of MCQs
Applied Pathology 16
Applied Anatomy 12
Applied Physiology 10
Clinical Pharmacology 8
Applied Biochemistry 6
Community Medicine 6
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 2
Total 60

8. WEIGHTAGE OF CLINICAL SCIENCES DISCIPLINES IN THE THEORY
(MCQS)
Clinical Sciences weightage: 70%
Total MCQs: 140
# of MCQs
Medicine and allied 52
Surgery and allied 48
Obstetrics & Gynaecology 14
Paediatrics 14
Ophthalmology (Eye) 6
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) 6
Total 140

9. DISTRIBUTION OF DISCIPLINES FOR STATIONS FOR CSE
Discipline # of stations
Medicine and allied 7
Surgery and allied 7
Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2
Paediatrics 2
Ophthalmology (Eye) 1
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) 1
Total stations 20

10. MANDATORY STATIONS IN CSE:
• As mentioned above, there will be three stations defined as mandatory
stations in CSE. Failure in any one or more of the mandatory stations will
constitute a failure in the entire CSE. The three mandatory stations will be
from (one from each) the following disciplines:
• Medicine and allied
• Surgery and allied
• Obstetrics and Gynecology or
Pediatrics

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