FNB in Onco-Anaesthesiology is a doctoral fellowship course for doctors in India that they do after completing their postgraduate medical degree course. The duration of the course is for 2 years.

The program enables the student to work in a multidisciplinary oncology team and learn the perioperative care of oncology patients, management of critically ill oncology patients in ICU, interventional radiology procedures in oncology setup, learn communication skills, anesthesia for specialized oncology procedures like brachytherapy, learn skills of relevant procedures, teaching, and research.

The course is full-time pursued at various accredited institutes across the country. The best hospitals include Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, and more.

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Students can get admission to 2 years FNB program after successfully qualifying for the Fellowship Entrance Test examination, which NBEMS conducts. FET is conducted annually as per the defined student's schedule. The merit-based counseling for admissions to the FNB Program after NBEMS administers the conduct of FET.

The fee for following FNB Onco-Anaesthesiology varies from accredited hospital to hospital and is around Rs.1,25,000 per annum.

After completing their respective program, doctors can join the job market. Aspirants can take decent jobs as research fellows, Senior residents, etc., with an approximate salary of around Rs. 11 lakhs to Rs. 30 lakhs per year.

Eligibility Criteria

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•There is no upper age limitation for training in NBEMS Fellowship courses.

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Admission Procedure

• FET is a qualifying-cum-ranking exam for admission to Fellow of National Board FNB - Post Doctoral courses.
• The selection of a student will be via an MCQ-based examination, namely Fellowship Entrance Test.
• A student can apply for the fellowship programs for which his/her broad or super specialty qualification/ equivalent qualification is suitable at the time of online submission of the application form.
• The total duration of the question paper will be 105 minutes (Part A - 45 and Part B - 60 minutes).
• Qualifying Criteria: Students who obtain a minimum 50 Percentile in their respective question paper/specialty shall be declared "Qualified."
• NBEMS shall announce a specialty-wise merit list, i.e., an individual merit list for each fellowship program. There shall not be any equating/scaling and normalization. The merit shall be generated strictly based on scores obtained by the candidate and the application of the specified tie-breaking criteria.
• The admission to Fellowship programs in the accredited hospitals shall be undertaken solely based on merit-based counseling conducted by NBEMS.
• Documents needed to be produced during counseling: MBBS Degree Certificate and MD/MS/DNB/DM/MCh/DrNB Degree Certificate/Provisional Pass Certificate of qualified Post Graduate Medical Qualification issued.

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