Medicine & Health Sciences

Physiotherapy, also known as physical therapy, is a healthcare profession focused on optimizing movement and function. It involves assessing, diagnosing, and treating a wide range of physical conditions, injuries, or disabilities.

On the other hand, Rehabilitation is a broader concept that encompasses various disciplines and interventions aimed at restoring an individual's overall functionality, independence, and quality of life after an injury, illness, or disability.

Rehabilitation medicine, often referred to as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), is a Medical specialty focused on enhancing and restoring functional ability and quality of life for individuals affected by physical disabilities, impairments, or injuries. The field addresses a wide range of conditions, including neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other disorders that impact a person's ability to function optimally.

Yes. All candidates who are interested in admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BHMS, BUMS courses in the state of Kerala have to apply for KEAM. But these aspirants will not have to appear for KEAM entrance exam. rather, they have to regster with their NEET scores and they will be granted seats bsed on their NEET ranks only. The KEAM entrance exam is applicable only to the engineering and BPharm aspirants.

AIIMS announced dates for final registration for INI CET 2025 November exam. The registration started on September 30, 2025. Candidates have to generate EUC to complete the final registration. It must be noted candidates whose basic registration has already been accepted only those can generate EUC. The exam is scheduled to be ehld on November 9, 2025.

Yes it is possible to pursue an MD degree after completing a DNB in India. MD and DNB are PG courses and they are known to be equal.

If you have completed your DNB and wish to specialize in a medical or surgical field you can go for MD.

Yes NEET PG is for DNB in India.

NEET PG is exam conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE) for admission to many PG medical courses like MD/MS and DNB course.

No, DNB (Diplomate of National Board) is not equal to DM (Doctorate of Medicine). There are different postgraduate medical qualifications in India, and they represent distinct levels of specialization and training.

Candidates can look at the table below to see the comparison between the two.

A DNB graduate's salary can be different according to speciality and also experience.

But starts from around INR 30,000 - INR 1 lakh per month for entry level to INR 1.5 lakh+ per month. Experienced earn around INR 10 - INR 35 Lakhs per year.

Yes a DNB doctor in a surgical specialty like General Surgery or Orthopedics is fully qualified and trained to perform surgeries just like an MD/MS doctor after completing their rigorous postgraduate training.

DNB courses provide extensive hands on experience and clinical exposure in hospitals preparing them to function as specialist surgeons.

Whether DNB is harder than MD or not the answer to it is not straightforward.

Curriculum of both DNB and MD programs is designed to be tough. Level of difficulty depends on specific speciality. Some specialities may have more challenging subjects than others.

Some MD courses may place a stronger focus on research and thesis work which can be an additional challenge for candidates who are not inclined toward research.