Interview with our topper Dr. Abhishek Suman

Interview with our topper Dr. Abhishek Suman

Dr. Abhishek Suman did his MBBS from UCMS and joined DAMS

He secured Rank 4 IN AIR NEET PG 2012 & 1 IN DELHI PG 2013 Exam

DAMS: Congratulations on securing a good ranks. What is the secret of your success in this exam?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: I won’t call it any secret. The strategy that I feel paid off for me was to keep my study material to a minimum (one source for one subject... be it a guide book or the institute notes)..and focusing on the pre and para-clinical subjects in depth.

DAMS: How did your parents, family and friends contribute to your success?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: I always had this one feeling about performing for my parents and friends and that always kept me exerting a little extra. Thanks to my family and friends for all the success that has come my way.

DAMS: Who influenced you to take up Medicine?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: Seriously speaking in retrospect ..taking up medicine was not a very well thought decision, but at a subconscious level probably my father was the big influence for picking up the medical field.

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. Abhishek Suman: thankfully I never experienced this negative feeling ever.

DAMS:  Which books did you read for the theory part?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: across for anatomy, physiology…high yield neuroanatomy…. across for forensic… DAMS notes for short subject.

DAMS : Which books did you read for MCQ revision? Which revision books were the most productive and which were least?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: as I mentioned above I used the aa books mostly with across for some subjects...apart from that the various books providing last 5 year DNB questions were my best helps in the last month and they got me atleast 20-30 extra questions in the exam.

DAMS : How important you think was DAMS in your preparation ?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: the most impressive feature of DAMS programme was the simulation neet pattern tests….they were extremely helpful to me for giving me the confidence that I needed and the actual neet exam felt no different than the NLT tests of DAMS. The questions in NLT were apt to gauge my preperation.

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. Abhishek Suman: I had a pretty strong base of all subjects from my mbbs days so I went straight to the aa guidebooks for theory revision of mbbs days as well as mcqs…I choose to do intensive study for the pre and para clinical subjects and a comprehensive light study for the final year subjects..for short subjects I choose to do as many as possible previous year questions.

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. Abhishek Suman: I think one should appear for all the exams be it AIIMS, PGI or NEET. I have experienced that the theory base needed for all 3 are similar ..only slight modification in doing the last year questions of the specific exam is required..

DAMS: Which subjects did you focus on?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, psm, obs and gynae, surgery, biochemistry.

DAMS: What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: as there was no negative marking so there was no question of leaving any questions..apart from that have a good night sleep as everybody says…I don’t study on the exam day..thats the way it has always worked for me.

DAMS: What do you want to specialize in, why and where?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: I have yet not decided on that.

DAMS: Which teachers in DAMS influenced you most and what do you like about DAMS and would recommend to your juniors?
Dr. Abhishek Suman: Dr. Sumer Sethi apart from being a great teacher is also a gem of a person to guide you in your approach to studies.

The NEET simulation series from DAMS is my recommendation to all the NEET aspirants for the future… please do join it ..it pays you well in the exam.