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General Medicine is one of the heaviest subjects in NEET PG, and its long clinical cases pull in Pathology, Pharmacology and Physiology too. This guide collects how toppers and students handled it: whom they learnt from, which notes and Qbanks they used, and when.
2026 analyses put General Medicine at roughly 21 to 30 questions: 24–28 in ReflexPrep's August 2026 estimate for the 180-question paper, built from fourteen years of papers, and 21–30 across PrepLadder's 2026 topic guides. Some PrepLadder tables that count Dermatology and Psychiatry inside Medicine reach 40–45. All of these rest on candidates' recall, so treat them as bands rather than quotas.
The questions are long and clinical. PW's analysis of the 2026 paper described long clinical stems, next-step management questions and very few one-liners, with neurology prominent in Medicine. PrepLadder's post-exam review rated Medicine's clinical, image-based and integrated questions as highly difficult, and 69.8% of its survey respondents called Medicine heavily weighted.
Recalled 2026 topics included Guillain-Barré syndrome, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, haemophilia A inheritance, C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency, hypokalaemia and tumour lysis syndrome (Sartha). PrepLadder's January 2026 guide tells students to practise ECGs, X-rays and CT with clinical vignettes, and platforms expect video questions on gaits and the neurological examination.
Medicine postings begin well before the final exam. Clerk a patient, read that disease the same evening, and pair it with the Pathology and Pharmacology you are learning in 2nd year. Dr Ravi Bansal (AIR 5, NEET PG 2024) began NEET PG preparation in 3rd year and went through Marrow Pearls during his postings.
Medicine is examined in the final professional exam, with Psychiatry and Dermatology tested inside Paper 2. Write answers from one main textbook and one short book (see notes), and present long and short cases on the ward as often as you can. Marrow's Edition 8.5 added case discussions, viva questions and examination-technique videos for practical assessments.
Many toppers covered the clinical subjects for NEET PG in final year itself. Dr Saikumar (AIR 3, 2024) watched the clinical videos and solved the Qbank alongside, leaving paraclinical subjects for internship, and Dr Vaibhav Garg (AIR 1, 2024) began Grand Tests at the start of final year. Theory papers do not follow the NEET PG pattern, so keep a weekly MCQ slot even in exam months.
Revise the system you are posted to and solve its MCQs the same day, which is Cerebellum's advice for the Medicine posting. Toppers on long duties relied on short, fixed tools: Dr Sahed (AIR 13, 2025) fitted PrepLadder's Rapid Revision and QBank around 18-hour duties, and Dr Shashwat (INI-CET AIR 2, May 2025) used notes rather than textbooks on his Medicine posting.
PrepLadder's 2026 roadmap has a route that begins with Medicine, then Surgery, then Pathology, meant for repeat students and anyone with under nine months. Dr Monish (AIR 1, NEET PG 2026), whose first attempt ended near rank 28,000, studied four or five subjects at a time and revised each block before moving on.
Across 3,277 comments under YouTube videos on NEET PG strategy and resources (October 2025 to October 2026), Dr Deepak Marwah of PrepLadder is the Medicine teacher named most, in six comments, with Dr Nikita Nanwani next in two. The counts are small, so take them as direction rather than a ranking.
Marrow users point to Dr Rakesh S Nair. Dr Ravi Bansal (AIR 5, NEET PG 2024, then INI-CET AIR 3) credited Dr Rakesh's videos: “The concept sinks in very well”. In older student-written faculty lists he is the Medicine teacher recommended most often.
Named Dr Deepak Marwah for Medicine and Dr Ankit Kumar for Pharmacology; he went on to MD Paediatrics at AIIMS Delhi.
Used Dr Marwah's PrepLadder rapid revision with BTR for an integrated approach to Medicine, plus Dr Nikita Nanwani's YouTube videos (she teaches Radiology on PrepLadder) for mnemonics.
Recommended Dr Thameem Saif's lectures with Marrow notes for Medicine; 25 viewers liked the comment.
| Platform | Medicine teacher | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Marrow | Dr Rakesh S Nair | Edition 8.5 “Clinical Edge” |
| PrepLadder | Dr Deepak Marwah | Version XI |
| Cerebellum | Dr Dilip Kumar | Mission 4.0 |
| DBMCI One | Dr Thameem Saif | Live ’27 |
| DocTutorials | Dr Rahul Rajeev | Edition 6 |
| PW MedEd | Dr Santhosh Patil | One Plan |
Rosters as listed on each platform's own 2026 course pages (read 2 Oct 2026). Teachers do change between editions, so check the course page before you buy.
Students often combine platforms for Medicine. One Marrow user's list under an INI-CET AIR 87 resource video took final-year subjects from Marrow's main notes plus Dr Marwah, and Dr Sakshi (AIR 21, 2025) valued Dr Ankit Kumar's Pharmacology for how it tied in with Medicine. Keep one primary source and add a second teacher only for a weak system; the platform comparison covers each course.
PrepLadder's 2026 Medicine guide puts it plainly: “Harrison's provides excellent conceptual depth, but it isn't sufficient alone”. Dr Sahed (AIR 13, 2025) told PrepLadder that every Medicine question in his paper was from its notes. Rather than rewriting long notes, Dr Soumyaditya (INI-CET AIR 2) marked up his printed notes during the videos.
Solve each system's Qbank in the week you study it, then its PYQs; Cerebellum's Medicine plan adds a 10-minute PYQ session after every section. The 2026 paper favoured long cases and next-step management questions, so practise deciding, not just recalling. The 2026 AIR 1 built his Qbank modules around clinical and image-based questions.
Give ECGs a fixed weekly slot and work through a set list of tracings (see the ECG row below). Read chest X-rays and CT with the respiratory and neurology chapters, and end each revision cycle with a sitting of clinical photographs.
| System | What to know |
|---|---|
| Cardiology | ACS and AF management, heart failure classification, valve disease, rheumatic fever (Jones criteria), infective endocarditis (Duke criteria), hypertension guidelines. PrepLadder puts 8–10 questions in Cardiology alone. |
| ECG | MI patterns (hyperacute T waves, ST elevation, pathological Q waves, the tombstone pattern) and MI localisation, AF, flutter, MAT, PSVT, WPW, VT, second- and third-degree heart block, axis deviation, hyperkalaemia and hypothermia. |
| Neurology | Stroke management and thrombolysis criteria, seizures and epilepsy treatment, meningitis, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome (2026). Brown-Séquard syndrome appeared twice in 2026 with different stems (Careers360). |
| Endocrinology | DKA versus HHS, thyroid function tests and thyroid emergencies, adrenal and pituitary disorders. Addison's disease came up in 2025. |
| Nephrology | CKD staging and anaemia management, AKI with the RIFLE/AKIN criteria, acid–base disorders, electrolytes (hypokalaemia in 2026), RTA types, glomerulonephritis (post-streptococcal GN in 2026). |
| Haematology | Anaemias, haemolytic anaemias and thalassaemia, bleeding disorders and the inheritance of haemophilia A, leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma, tumour lysis syndrome. |
| GI and liver | Cirrhosis and its complications, variceal bleeding, pancreatitis, Crohn's disease versus ulcerative colitis, coeliac disease, Wilson disease, hepatitis B serology (isolated anti-HBc IgM marks the window period). |
| Respiratory and critical care | COPD exacerbations, asthma, TB, pneumonia, ILD, pleural effusion, ARDS management (2025), spirometry, ABG, shock. |
| Rheumatology and immunology | Serology, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis (pannus, 2025), vasculitis, sarcoidosis, C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency and angioedema (2026). |
| Infections and emergencies | HIV and IRIS in HIV-TB (2025), malaria, dengue, tropical infections, snake bite, ACLS algorithms, anaphylaxis, sepsis protocols. |
Compiled from PrepLadder's 2025–26 lists, Cerebellum's plan and 2025–26 recalls (MedExamsPrep, Sartha, Careers360). PrepLadder's skip list: rare autoimmune overlaps, obscure vasculitis subtypes, genetic metabolic myopathies.
PrepLadder's 2026 guide splits the last three months 40:30:30: Cardiology, Neurology and Nephrology; then Endocrinology, GI and Pulmonology; then Rheumatology, Haematology and Infectious diseases. Use the same order for a first pass: video at 1.5x, annotate the notes, Qbank the same day.
One fixed sitting for ECG strips, one for X-rays, CT and clinical photographs. Keep a list of every tracing you got wrong.
Cerebellum's plan: day 1 Cardiology; day 2 Respiratory and critical care (spirometry, ABG, shock); day 3 Endocrinology, Nephrology and Dermatology; day 4 Neurology with Haematology, GIT and tropical infections; day 5 weak areas and clinical images. A 10-minute PYQ session closes each section.
Revise clinical algorithms, ECGs, emergency protocols, PYQs and high-yield tables, the list DigiNerve's 2026 guide gives, alongside the two hours a day of MCQs and mocks that PrepLadder suggests.
During internship, study the system you are posted to. PrepLadder's 2026 roadmap suggests 4–5 hours a day for interns: videos at 1.5x in the morning, MCQs and same-day revision in the evening, a short recap at night. DBMCI's internship guide puts Medicine among the first subjects and adds one set of PYQs a day; our internship plan has a weekly routine.
Recall-based 2026 estimates put General Medicine at roughly 21–30 questions (ReflexPrep 24–28 for the 180-question paper; PrepLadder's 2026 guides 21–30), and at 40–45 in tables that fold in Dermatology and Psychiatry. Many Pathology and Pharmacology questions are also set as Medicine cases.
Dr Deepak Marwah (PrepLadder) comes up most in 2025–26 student comments and topper lists, and Marrow users credit Dr Rakesh S Nair. Cerebellum's 2026 course is by Dr Dilip Kumar, DBMCI One's by Dr Thameem Saif, DocTutorials' by Dr Rahul Rajeev and PW MedEd's by Dr Santhosh Patil. The 2026 AIR 1 credited sticking to one source and revising it repeatedly.
Not cover to cover. College book lists treat Harrison's as a reference, and PrepLadder's 2026 guide says it is not sufficient on its own. Use it for mechanisms you keep getting wrong.
Learn a fixed set of tracings and revise them weekly, with separate sittings for X-rays, CT and clinical photographs. Print those pages in colour so the detail survives on paper.
Match it to your posting: revise the system you see on the ward and solve its MCQs that evening. Toppers on long duties leaned on rapid-revision videos and the Qbank. The internship guide has a full routine.
In the final-year university exam, yes: both sit inside Medicine Paper 2. NEET PG asks them as separate subjects; see the Psychiatry and Dermatology guides.
Send your Medicine PDF on WhatsApp: Marrow, PrepLadder, DBMCI, Cerebellum, BTR or your own notes. We print ECG, X-ray and clinical-image pages in colour, split long Medicine notes into volumes light enough to carry to the ward, and deliver anywhere in India.
Order on WhatsAppExam analyses, topper interviews and student resource videos from 2024–26, read in October 2026.