MDS NMCLE (Nepal Medical Council Registration Examination) Syllabus Specialty Registration Examination for the Dental Specialties: Candidates, who obtain the Postgraduate Dental Degree, will have to appear in a competency based examination (comprising of testing Knowledge, Skill, and Attitude), for their specialty registration with NMC.
An expert team of examiners under NMC will be constituted for this purpose. Only qualified candidates in Specialty Registration Examination, conducted by Nepal Medical Council will be provided Specialist Registration Certificate from Nepal Medical Council. Format of Dental Specialty Registration Examination: For the reference, followings are the composition and question pattern of Dental specialist registration examination which is not constant and may change on time to time.
MDS NMCLE (Nepal Medical Council Registration Examination) Syllabus
Aims and objectives of questions of specialist registration examination:
Multiple Choice Questions MCQs is to evaluate the range of knowledge of subject specialty.
Case Solving Questions CSQs is to evaluate the depth of knowledge of subject specialty.

Subject distribution:
Subject | No. of questions |
Basic medicine/science | 30% |
Principle and practice of specialty | 45% |
Subspecialty and recent advances | 25% |
Marks distribution:
Subject | No. of questions |
Multiple Choice Questions MCQs | 60% |
Case Solving Questions CSQs | 40% |