RxPG

RxPGonline

RxPG logo
Formation 26 May 2003
Type Internet forum
Headquarters Delhi, India.
Membership
 Free
Official language
 English
Key people
 Dr Himanshu Tyagi, Dr Ankush Vidyarthi
Website rxpg.com

RxPG or rxpgonline.com is an Internet website to guide post-graduate medical students. It operates as an Internet forum and has been the a favourite for discussion on various post-graduate entrance exams and other medical exams all over the world. This site has become the most comprehensive resource globally for doctors and medical students who wish to study and work in countries like the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia.

As of July 2014, RxPG has over 2,490,000 posts and over 500,000 registered users. [1] And RxPG occupies 9th position (out of 45) in the Indian education test preparation category of the Alexa Internet rankings. [2]

History

The name and the concept of RxPG was founded in 2000 with its web presence in various forms (including meramamc.com), although the website in current form was started on 26 May 2003. RxPG was started as the current forum by two ex-students of Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, Dr Himanshu Tyagi and Dr Ankush Vidyarthi. [3]

Growth

Screenshot of RxPG mainpage on June 03 2003, Courtesy: Wayback machine [4]
Screenshot of RxPG mainpage on June 28 2007

When RxPG was founded in 2000, it was meant to be a site for "Prescription for the Medical Post Graduation Blues!" But over the time the term has encompassed a wider meaning and as RxPG have also launched additional services. RxPG has become synonymous with a brand name signifying "quality information services through managed communities and communication".

Post User Date
1st post RxPG Team Fri May 26, 2003 (now deleted)
1000th post Pilgrim Sun Sep 21, 2003
10,000th post Medimannn Thu May 27, 2004
1,00,000th post Guest Wed Oct 20, 2004 (now deleted)
2,00,000th post Decembermist Wed Feb 22, 2006
3,00,000th post Dr_xy Fri Aug 25, 2006
4,00,000th post Shashank_9 Sat Apr 21, 2007
5,00,000th post doc575 Thu Jan 03, 2008
10,00,000th post rahuldada Mon Nov 15, 2010
15,00,000th post minusahu Mon Jul 30, 2012

Popularity

About the word "RxPG"

RxPG is made up of two separate abbreviations Rx and PG. Rx is the abbreviation used in medicine for Prescription and in computer coding lingo to signify the phrase To Receive. PG is the abbreviation used for Post-Graduation With its continuing expansion beyond the medical PG exams and into the medical education and careers, the term RxPG now encompasses a greater meaning as "Prescribing(Rx) Professionals Group".

Users from various nations

Alexa internet traffic rankings of RxPGonline.com

Rxpgonline.com users come from these countries: (Alexa internet traffic rankings on March 16 2008) [6]

Nation Percentage
India 51.3%
China 7.9%
Egypt 6.5%
United Kingdom 4.1%
Canada 2.9%

More Countries

Zones & Forums in RxPG

Indian PG MCQ zone

Nagging questions discussion zone

MBBS Zone

MBBS, Internship, House Officers, Pre PG, PG Residents and Post PG Community Zone

PG entrance exams preparation zone

Indian Medical Post-Graduate (PG) Entrance Exams zone

Medical career zone

Post Graduate Students Meeting Place zone

Alternative career zone

For medicos (IAS, MMST, Biotechnology, MBA, MHA, Bioinformatics, Physics)

United Kingdom medical careers zone

PLAB, IELTS, MRCP, MRCPSych, MRCS, MRCOG, GPVTS, MRCGP, MRCPat

USMLE & US careers zone

Exams, Residency and International Medical Graduate (IMG) Community

Canadian medical careers zone

Overseas Doctors Community and Exams (MCCEE, MCCQE)

RxPG Zone

Site specific forums

Australian medical careers zone

Overseas Doctors Community and AMC Exams

Global careers zone

Local and Overseas Doctors Community

NOS zone

For misc forums

Tech zone

Technology Forums for Medical Students and Doctors

Offbeat zone

Relaxing, Chit Chat and Social Forums

Revision tools in RxPG

They consist of Eponyms, Facts, Diseases, Syndromes, Pathognomics, Images, Crammer, Vocabulary, PreviousPapers, OSCE Busters and GRE.

Additional features

Screenshot of SpiderNevi

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Home page Retrieved on 22 July 2014
  2. ↑ Alexa Internet Rankings Retrieved on 17 January 2013
  3. ↑ Economic Times February 19, 2007, "Destination next for Indian health pros" Retrieved on November 13, 2007
  4. ↑ Wayback machine internet archive Retrieved on August 4, 2007
  5. ↑ Alexa Internet Rankings Retrieved on August 12, 2008
  6. ↑ Alexa traffic rankings Retrieved on March 16, 2008
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rxpgnews|https://mobile.twitter.com/rxpg

External links

  1. RxPG Official Website
  2. RxPG News Official Website
  3. RxBDS Official Website
  4. SpiderNevi medical tutorial search of RxPG