The Board of Examination & Assessment is pleased to announce the following information on the Seventeenth Conjoint Fellowship Examination with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to be held in 2003.
REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY
Only Full and Associate members of the Hong Kong College of Family
Physicians and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
who are fully registered with the Hong Kong Medical Council may apply
for the examination. In addition, they must be EITHER:-
(a)
CATEGORY I CANDIDATES
Recent graduates, fully registered with the Hong Kong Medical Council and who are undergoing a full vocational training programme as outlined in the College's Handbook for Vocational Training in Family Medicine, subject to final approval by the Conjoint Examination Committee, Board of Examination & Assessment.
After satisfactory completion of two years of approved training, trainees may apply to sit the written segments of the examination, all of which must be taken at the first attempt. Category I candidates who begin the written examination this year and are not eligible for the clinical segments must take the new format. Category I candidates sitting the examination for the first time and who are eligible for the clinical segments may take the old format. In such case, they must apply for all the segments at the first attempt and complete them by 2004.
After satisfactory completion of four years of supervised training, Category I candidates may apply to sit the clinical segments, all of which must be taken at the first attempt. Unsuccessful segments only need to be re-attempted. All clinical segments begun in 2003 must be completed successfully by 2004.
Part-time trainees must have completed their vocational training by the time of the Written Examination before they can apply to sit the examination.
REMARKS:
All Category I candidates who apply to sit the written segments MUST
submit evidence of completion of 18 months of approved training by June
30, 2003, together with the application. Those who apply for the clinical
segments MUST submit evidence of completion of 42 months
of approved training by June 30, 2003, together with the application.
OR
CATEGORY II CANDIDATES who have been predominantly in general practice for not less than five years.
Because of the change over in examination from old to new format, for this year ONLY, new Category II Candidates may sit the new written section 2003 and the new clinical examination in 2004. Successful results for the new written examination can be retained for three years. However if new category II candidates wish to take the whole examination in 2003, they can opt to take the old format. In such case, all segments must be attempted in 2003 and completed by 2004. This option will not be available any more from 2004 onwards after the complete new format examination has been introduced.
Enquiries about eligibility to sit the examination should be directed to the Chairman of the Board of Examination & Assessment.
DATES
The written segments will be held on 20th - 21st September, 2003. Oral
segment will be held on 21st - 23rd October, 2003 and the clinical segments
will be held on 18th - 19th and 25th - 26th October, 2003.
FORMAT AND CONTENTS
The examination will consist of the following segments:-
Old Format (until 2004) |
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| Multiple Choice Questions Modified Essay Questions Clinical Interpretation |
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Written Segments | |
| Diagnostic Interviews |
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Clinicals | |
| Physical Examination | |||
| Management Interviews | |||
| Orals | - Log Diary | ||
| - Case Commentary | |||
| New Written Examination (to start in 2003) | |||
| Multiple Choice Questions | |
Written Paper | |
| Key Feature Problems | |||
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A valid CPR (Competence in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certificate issued by HKCFP is a pre-requisite for sitting the clinical segments of the Conjoint Fellowship Examination.
A candidate must obtain a minimum of 55% of the marks in each segment and a minimum overall of 65% for the whole examination. The score of a segment of the old examination format can be retained until 2004 only if a score of at least 65% is achieved in that segment.
Application forms are available from the College Secretariat at Room 701, HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The deadline for application is 30th April, 2003.
Members should be aware that passing the Conjoint Fellowship Examination does not equate with election to the Fellowship of either the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians or the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Those wishing to apply for Fellowship of either or both College(s) should ensure that they satisfy the requirements of the College(s) concerned.
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| Dr. Wong Hung Wai Chairman, Board of Examination & Assessment |
Dr. Cynthia Chan Chairman, Conjoint Examination Committee |
