Interview with our Topper Dr. Parthiv Jayeshbhai Raval

Interview with our Topper Dr. Parthiv Jayeshbhai Raval

Dr. Parthiv did his MBBS from Smt. NHL medical college and joined DAMS Regd No: AH03266

He secured rank 4th IN Gujarat Pre Pg Entrance Exam

DAMS: Congratulations on securing a good rank. What is the secret of your success in this exam?
Dr.Parthiv: Throughout the year continuous efforts and self confidence till the last minute of exam

DAMS: How did your parents, family and friends contribute to your success?
Dr.Parthiv: their continuous support was the biggest secret of my success

DAMS: Who influenced you to take up Medicine?
Dr.Parthiv: my parents

DAMS: We appreciate the fact that preparing for an extremely competitive exam must be really challenging. During your preparation, did you ever doubt your ability to succeed in it?
Dr.Parthiv: Many times … The more I thought about the result the more I got frustrated….then I gave up thinking about future and decided I will give my 100 % efforts … nothing else is in my hands

DAMS: Which books did you read for the theory part?
Dr.Parthiv : Robbins, KDT , Ananthnarayan , L & B , Ghai , Shaws , Harrisson , CMDT etc

DAMS: Which books did you read for MCQ revision? Which revision books were the most productive and which were least?
Dr.Parthiv: Anat, Physio, Bio- across

Patho,Micro – AA Pharmac – Garg (the best)

Opthal,ENT– dams notes Psm – AA

Med , Sur , Pedia – AA Gynec – punit bhojani

Minors – Across and self made notes

Self made notes were most and Across was the least productive

DAMS: How important you think was DAMS in your preparation ?
Dr.Parthiv: much … dams teachers provided a proper view about the particular subjects.

DAMS: What do you think is the better way of preparation between selective, intensive study and wide, extensive study? What did you choose as your style of studying?
Dr.Parthiv: selective intensive study …. Because no one can revise all the theory books in a year with perfection

DAMS: Indian PG entrances are highly competitive so to compete them students end up in appearing in multiple PG exams , kindly extend your views on this and also their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances .
Dr.Parthiv: multiple exams exposure give us experience about how to improve our perfection ….. just to have knowledge is not important but that knowledge should be converted 100% to ur result

DAMS: Which subjects did you focus on?
Dr.Parthiv: every subject is important but perfection in minor subjects and 1st year subjects provides an edge

DAMS: What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why?
Dr.Parthiv: my strategy was to attempt maximum questions …. All India 289/300 …gujarat pre pg 199/200

DAMS: What do you want to specialize in, why and where?
Dr.Parthiv: Ortho , my dream

DAMS: Which teachers in DAMS influenced you most and what do you like about DAMS and would recommend to your juniors?
Dr.Parthiv : Dr Sumer Sethi , Dr Siddharth Sethi, Dr RajivDhawan, Dr Rajiv Tiwari , Dr Ruchi Rai, Dr Tusshar Mehta…almost all were up to mark