FNB in Pain Medicine 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 2 years.

A pain Medicine Specialist is a doctor with a particular internship in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating all various types of pain. Pain Medicine Specialists use a broad-based process to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of illness to pain as the primary disease.

The pain management specialist is vital in coordinating additional care such as physical therapy, psychological therapy, and rehabilitation programs to offer patients a comprehensive treatment plan with a multidisciplinary approach to treating their pain.

The course is a full-time pursued at different accredited institutes/hospitals across the country; the top hospital offering this fellowship is Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.

Students can get admission to the FNB program after successfully qualifying for the FET exam, which NBEMS conducts. FET is conducted annually as per the specified schedule—the merit-based counseling for admissions to the FNB Program after the conduct of FET is administered by NBEMS.

The fee for following FNB Pain medicine varies from accredited college/hospital to hospital and is around Rs.1,25,000 per annum.

After completion of their course, doctors can enter the job market. Students can take decent jobs as research fellows, Senior residents, Consultants, etc., with an approximate salary range of Rs. 11 lakhs to Rs. 47 lakhs per year which vary according to experience.

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Eligibility Criteria

Note:

· The qualification for FNB Pain medicine is DNB/MD Anaesthesia, defined by the NBE and subject to changes by the NBE.

· The feeder credentials mentioned here are as of 2022.

· For any differences, please refer to the NBE website.

·There is no upper age limit for internships in NBEMS Fellowship programs.

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Admission Process

• FET is a qualifying-cum-ranking exam for entrance to the Fellow of National Board (FNB)/Fellow of National Board - Post Doctoral (FNB-PD) programs.
• A student will be selected through an MCQ-based exam, namely Fellowship Entrance Test.
• A candidate can apply for the fellowship courses for which his/her broad or super specialty qualification/ equivalent credentials are eligible at the time of online submission of the application form.
• The total period of the question paper will be 105 minutes (Part A - 45 minutes and Part B - 60 minutes).
• QUALIFYING CRITERIA: Students who get a minimum of 50th Percentile in their respective question paper/specialty shall be announced as “Qualified.”
• NBEMS shall announce a specialty-wise merit list, and each fellowship course will have an individual merit list. There shall not be any equating/scaling and normalization. The merit shall be produced strictly based on marks acquired by the candidate and the application of the defined tie-breaking criteria.

• The admission to programs in the accredited hospitals shall be undertaken only based on merit-based counseling managed by NBEMS.
• Documents needed to be produced during counseling: MBBS Degree Certificate and MD/MS/DNB/MCh/DrNB Degree Certificate/Provisional Pass Certificate of qualified PG Medical Qualification issued.

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