title: A farce called the National Board of Examinations.
abstract: The National Board of Examinations is a body formed to enhance the standards of post graduate examinations in modern medicine in India. Unfortunately, the outdated mode of examinations and the arbitrarily set high cut-off marks for passing the examinations defeat the very purpose of its formation and functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, PSG institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004, India. supten@gmail.com
authors.forename: Suptendra Nath
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Sarbadhikari
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000941:ethics*