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Egyptian Board of Family
Practice
Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad
Chair of Family Medicine Board
Purpose of Family Practice
• Graduate a professionally competent
family physician capable of practicing
medicine safely and independently in
Egypt to a comparable level to that of
International Licensing Exams.
Mission:
• An achievement of a positive
educational impact for better Family
Practice Services in Egypt.
Vision of the exam:
• An assessment system that is valid, reliable and
feasible for certification of Egyptian Family
Practice Fellowship Graduates to a comparable
level to that of International Licensing Exams.
Family medicine rotation:
• First year
• Second year
• Third year
First year:
FM health centre: 5 months
Internal medicine: 4 months
Psychiatry: 2 months
Elective: 1 month
Second year:
Pediatric: 4 months
Dermatology: 1 month
Outpatient clinic: 2 months
Obstetric & gynecology: 4 months
Elective: 1 month
Third year:
Surgery: 2 months
ENT: 1 month
Ophthalmology: 1 month
Emergency & orthopedic: 3 months
Outpatient clinic: 4 months
Elective: 1 month
Training:
5 trainees : 1 qualified trainer
Scientific supervisor
Assessment:
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Progression exam
Workplace based assessment
Applied knowledge test
OSCE
Progression exam
• Timing: after the end of the training of the
first year
• One paper of MCQs one best single answer
• MCQs in:
 public health including maternal & child health
 internal medicine
 psychiatry
• Aim of this exam is early detection of student
difficulties
Workplace based assessment
• Portfolio
• Trainers’ Appraisal Report TAR
• Direct Observation of Procedures DOPS
Portfolio
Research project (thesis):
• It will be presented by the end of training as a
prerequisite for the final exam.
• Special emphasis on some subjects that might
affect outcomes of health-care:
 patient safety
 patient satisfaction
 Audits
 referral
Portfolio
Logbook:
• It contains:
common cases
common procedures
critical incidents.
Portfolio
Audit of medical records:
• each trainee will provide an audit of around
ten medical records of patients he served
• this audit will be conducted every FHC
rotation
Portfolio
Documents of Continuous Professional
Development:
• journal clubs
• Critical appraisal of two related articles per
rotation in FHC.
• attended workshops
• training courses
• conferences
Portfolio
• Foundation courses:
 Communication skills
 Basics of research
 Ethics
 Medecolegal aspects
 Health care system
• Advanced Life Support
• IMCI
Applied knowledge test
Applied knowledge test: 200 MCQs
• Paper I:
MCQs mostly with clinical scenario
• Paper II:
MCQs on ECG, X-ray, Lab report, skin rash,
photo of physical sign, growth curve,…..
OSCE
Fourteen stations
• Twelve stations:
CSA: clinical skill assessment
• Two stations:
Procedure and/or focused clinical exam