One of the imperative exams for the medical graduates, AIIMS PG 2020 is almost knocking on the door. Conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Science, this exam offers admission to various AIIMS across India to MD, MS, M.Ch, DM, and MDS programs. Conducted twice every year, in 2 sessions i.e. January and July session, AIIMS PG 2020 exam for January session is scheduled to be held on the upcoming 17^th of November. Only a few days left for the medical graduates to face the national level exam, the students must be on their toes with the last minute preparations. So considering the significance of time, we at Higher Education Review have come up with some last-minute tips for the students that will assist them to give their preparation one final touch.

1. Time Management: Students should manage their time in such a way that they must try to cover the entire syllabus before the exam. Maximum priority should be given to important topics that carry a higher weight of marks. For MD/MS courses, the topics that carry significance are Surgery, Orthopedics, E.N.T, and Anesthesia. For MDS courses, topics like Dental Anatomy, Endodontics, and Embryology holds maximum importance.
2. Notes Preparation: One of the important aspects of preparation, preparing notes help students a lot during last-minute preparation. Highlighting the key points, such as the names of enzymes, microorganisms, diseases, drugs, and any complex nomenclatures will help the students remember and memorize easily. Apart from that practicing important diagrams can also help students to excel in complex subjects like anatomy and Microbiology.
3. Mock Tests: Re-appearing in mock tests will acquaint the students with the time constraints of the exam. It will help students to solve maximum questions in minimum time limits which will be beneficial for them considering the vast set of syllabus.
4. Solving the previous year’s questions: Although the previous year's questions are hardly ever to be repeated, going through them will boost the confidence level of the students. Apart from enhancing their speed and knowledge, going through them will give the aspiring candidates an idea about the types of questions appearing in the exam as per the previous year’s trends.
5. Understand the exam pattern: In every national level exam the pattern keeps on changing almost frequently. By understanding the AIIMS PG Exam pattern correctly, the aspirants will not only be aware of time limitations, number of questions, and marking patterns but also will understand the profundity of the questions and prepare their strategy accordingly.
6. Seek Guidance: As the syllabus for AIIMS PG is vast and tough, there might be some topics that require detailed description and systematic attention. Apart from seeking help from professors, seniors, qualifying candidates, textbooks, and good study materials students can always look for guidance in online study portals and YouTube tutorials.

Some Important Facts to Remember:

1. The AIIMS PG 2020 will be held through online mode.
2. The questions will be multiple-choice questions.
3. The total number of questions for MD/MS paper will be 200 and 90 questions for MDS.
4. For MD/MS the time duration of the exam will be 3 hours and for MDS it will be 90 minutes.
5. For every correct answer, one mark will be awarded and for every incorrect answer, 0.33 marks will be removed.

Recommended Books for AIIMS PG 2020:

Though there are lots of books which will guide the students to crack the exam efficiently, some of the recommended books that the students can follow during preparation are mentioned below:

1. Radiology and Dermatology by Arvind Arora
2. Medicine by Deepak Marwah
3. Anatomy by B.D Chaurasia
4. Physiology by Soumen Manna and Arvind Arora
5. Biochemistry by Rebecca James
6. Orthopedics by J Maheshwari

We hope all the above-mentioned information will assist the students in their preparation guiding them to crack the exam ingeniously. Good Luck!!!