NEET PG 2027 · 16 weeks · one subject at a time
Finishing today's list ticks the day for you. Saturday afternoons are for catch-up, or free if nothing is owed.
| Subject | Days | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermatology | 3 | WoR + BTR | |
| Psychiatry | 3 | BTR + MCQs | Planned light days |
| Anaesthesia | 2 | Finish remaining 25% | |
| Radiology | 2 | BTR | |
| Orthopaedics | 3 | WoR + BTR | |
| OBG | 8 | Main videos | Library days |
| Medicine | 17 | Main videos | Hard topics at 1x with pauses |
| Surgery | 9 | Main videos | |
| Pediatrics | 4 | Main videos | |
| PSM | 7 | BTR + WoR | Was missing from the old plan |
| Pathology | 5 | Main videos | |
| Pharmacology | 5 | Main videos | Extra MCQs: this subject needs bulk practice |
| Microbiology | 5 | Main videos | |
| Anatomy | 4 | WoR | |
| Physiology | 4 | WoR | |
| Biochemistry | 3 | WoR | One block a day |
| Forensic Medicine | 2 | WoR | Extra MCQs |
| ENT | 2 | WoR + BTR | |
| Ophthalmology | 2 | WoR + BTR |
Sources follow the topper's notes: main videos where concepts matter (Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Pharmacology, Microbiology), WoR (World of Revision) or BTR for short and pre-clinical subjects. Change any of them on a Sunday if your own notes say otherwise.
Follow the order, not the clock. The only fixed times are when you sit down, the 7:30 call, and the night stop. About 5 to 6 hours of real work, and 100 MCQs.
Dizzy, unwell, flat, or just not happening: 1 video chunk + 25 MCQs + diary clips. That counts as a full tick. Rest is recovery, not failure.
After a low day or a zero day, the only thing owed tomorrow is the low-day minimum. Anything above that is a bonus. One missed day changes nothing; a habit of missing does.
Saturday afternoon. If it does not fit there, drop it and let revision catch it. Never push it into the evening, the call, or Sunday.
The plan is decided on Sunday and pinned up. During the week you only follow it. Wanting to redo the plan on a Wednesday is usually avoidance.
If you are in flow at night, write one line about where to resume and stop. Late-night focus feels productive and costs the next two days.
"That was one day. The plan has room for it. Tomorrow is the minimum, and then I am back." Being harsh with yourself makes the next day less likely, not more.
Two ticks: next week runs at 70%. Two video chunks per block instead of three, and skip the mixed 20. Keep the diary clips and the sleep time.
| Change | Why |
|---|---|
| PSM added (7 days) | It was missing, and it is one of the three or four largest subjects in the paper. |
| Medicine 12 → 17 days, Surgery 6 → 9, Pathology 4 → 5, Pharmacology 2 → 5, Microbiology 4 → 5, Anatomy 2 → 4, Physiology 3 → 4, Biochemistry 2 → 3 | The old blocks were shorter than the video hours allow at 4 to 5 hours a day. |
| Slack: 3 days → every Saturday afternoon, 2 catch-up days and a 2-day buffer | Everyone underestimates how long study takes. A plan with room in it survives a bad week. |
| Full GT every second Sunday, not every Sunday | The notes themselves say to start regular GTs after half the course. Weekly full GTs on an unread syllabus cost a day and mostly produce discouraging numbers. |
| GTs in the new exam format | NEET PG changed in 2026 to 180 questions in five timed sections. |
| Clock-time blocks → an ordered sequence | A fixed timetable breaks the first time a morning starts late. A sequence just starts from step 1. |
| 10 MCQs before the video; video in 40-minute chunks with recall | Both keep attention on the lecture and improve what stays afterwards. |
| Afternoon repeat of 50 MCQs → 30 topic + 20 mixed from older subjects | Same-day repetition adds little. Mixing in old subjects keeps them from fading. |
| Diary gets a retest schedule (3 clips) | A diary that is only re-read does very little. Retesting at 1 day, 1 week and 3 weeks is where the retention comes from. |
| "Never two in a row", one home for missed work, the Sunday easy-week check, a free Sunday evening | These are the burnout guards. They decide in advance what happens after a bad day, so there is nothing to decide on the day. |
| Kept as they were | One subject at a time, the four error buckets, the low-day minimum, same-day GT analysis, Sunday planning, 11 pm sleep, the 7:30 call, 16 December off. |
It only fits by using WoR or BTR in place of main videos for Medicine and Surgery as well, and by dropping the catch-up days. That trades understanding for coverage and leaves no room for a bad week. The longer version is the safer one.
| Options ruled out | Chance right | Average marks per guess |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 25% | +0.25 |
| 1 | 33% | +0.67 |
| 2 | 50% | +1.50 |
Every row is positive, so once you can rule out one option, answer. With two ruled out, always answer.
| Medicine with Derm and Psychiatry | ~27 |
| Surgery with Ortho, Radiology, Anaesthesia | ~27 |
| OBG | ~18 |
| PSM | 15–20 |
| Pathology | ~15 |
| Pharmacology, Microbiology | ~12 each |
| Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry | ~10 each |
| Pediatrics | 6–9 |
| ENT, Ophthalmology, Forensic | ~6 each |
An estimate. NBEMS publishes no official split, and coaching-site tables disagree with each other.
How strong the support is for each piece, stated plainly. No study has tested a whole plan like this for someone with ADHD preparing for an exam; the parts are borrowed from the research below.
| Part of the plan | What the research found | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| MCQs as the main way of learning | Practice testing beats re-reading and re-watching (classroom meta-analysis, effect about 0.5). Residents who were tested repeatedly remembered more 6 months later. | Strong |
| 10 MCQs before the video | Attempting questions first improves learning of those points (effect about 0.5) and cuts mind-wandering during lectures. | Moderate |
| Diary retest at 1 day, 1 week, 3 weeks | Spacing reviews works best when the gap is roughly 10 to 20% of the time until the test. Recalling something correctly on three separate days gave 68% retention a week later, against 26% for three recalls in one sitting. | Strong for spacing, moderate for exact gaps |
| Sure / Unsure tagging | Confident errors are corrected well by feedback but return within a week unless retested. | Moderate |
| One subject at a time, plus a daily mixed set | Mixing helps most once the basics are learned; beginners did better with blocked practice. A small mixed set gives both. | Moderate |
| Video at 1.5x in chunks with recall | Speed up to 1.5x costs little. Quizzing during a lecture roughly halved mind-wandering. | Moderate |
| Sleep at 11, fixed wake time | Sleep length and regularity over a month explained about a quarter of the difference in grades in one study; the night before the test did not matter. Adult ADHD often comes with a delayed body clock. | Moderate to strong |
| 20-minute nap, walks | Afternoon naps improve memory (effect about 0.4). Short exercise helps memory and gives a brief attention boost in ADHD. | Moderate |
| 5 to 6 hours of real work, not 12 | Top performers in other fields average about 4 hours a day of truly hard practice. "12 hours a day" stories are self-reported and include passive time. | Weak on the exact number |
| One planner, small chunks, daily review | These are the core skills of CBT programmes for adult ADHD, which roughly doubled the response rate in trials. | Strong |
| Order instead of clock times; "when I sit down, I do X" | If-then plans improved self-control in ADHD studies, though mostly in children. | Moderate |
| Extra slack and catch-up slots | Students finished projects in 56 days after predicting 34; even their worst-case guess was too early. Missing one day did not harm habit formation. | Moderate |
| Small immediate rewards, visible ticks | People with ADHD discount distant rewards more steeply, so a result months away barely motivates day to day. | Strong for the mechanism, moderate for the fix |
| Kind self-talk after a miss | One lapse tends to become giving up on the whole day. Self-compassion goes with less procrastination. | Moderate |
| Rest half-day, free Sunday evening, the call | In medical students, social support and switching off at weekends go with less burnout. No trial links rest days to exam scores. | Moderate |
| Easy-week triggers | Expert consensus only; not tested. | Weak but sensible |
| Cycle tracking | Reviews find ADHD symptoms worsen around the period for many women, but the timing varies by person. | Moderate |
| Phone in another room, app limits | Self-set limits cut phone use in a large trial. The claim that a phone merely being nearby drains thinking did not replicate. | Moderate |
This is a study plan, not medical advice.