| [The Examination Construct] [The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)][Suggested Reading] [Eligibility] [Conduct and Misconduct] [Election to Fellowship] |
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| REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY |
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All candidates MUST be at the time of application for the Examination and at the time of the Conjoint Examination:
1. FULL OR ASSOCIATE members of BOTH HKCFP AND RACGP*
2. FULLY REGISTERED with the Hong Kong Medical Council*
(*Documentary evidence is required with the application - including a valid RACGP number). |
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| It is the candidates' own responsibility to ensure the membership of the respective Colleges. Full details and application form for membership of both Colleges may be downloaded from College website: www.hkcfp.org.hk or obtained from HKCFP Secretariat, Room 701, HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. (Fax: 2866 0616) |
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| Download HKCFP Associate Membership Form |
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| Download RACGP Associate Membership Form |
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| In addition, they must be EITHER CATEGORY I OR CATEGORY II CANDIDATES: |
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CATEGORY I CANDIDATES are graduate doctors who are undergoing a fully approved vocational training programme as outlined in the College's Handbook for Vocational Training in Family Medicine. |
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After satisfactory completion of two years of approved training, Category I candidates or trainees may apply to sit the Written Examination, both the two segments of which must be taken at the same attempt. After satisfactory completion of four years of supervised training, Category I candidates may apply to sit the Clinical Examination. |
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All Category I candidates who are current vocational trainees and apply to sit the Written Examination MUST submit evidence of completion of at least 15 months of approved training by 31st March 2008, together with the application. Those current vocational trainees who apply for the Clinical Examination MUST submit evidence of completion of at least 39 months of approved training by 31st March 2008, together with the application. |
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Part-time trainees must submit evidence of completion of their vocational training by the time of the Written Examination before they can apply to sit the examination |
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CATEGORY II CANDIDATES are doctors who have been predominantly in general practice for not less than five years by 30th June 2008. |
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Category II candidates must apply to sit both the Written Examination and the Clinical Examination at the first application. |
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| Enquiries about eligibility to sit the examination should be directed to the Chairman of the Board of Conjoint Examination. |
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| The eligibility of candidates of both Categories is subject to the final approval of the Board of Conjoint Examination, HKCFP. |
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- Download the Twenty-Second Conjoint HKCFP/RACGP Fellowship Examination Application Form |
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- Download the Additional Form of Documentation of Training for Category l Candidates |
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- Download the Additional Form of Declaration for Category II Candidates |
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| PRE-REQUISITE FOR CLINICAL SEGMENTS |
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| A valid CPR (Competence in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certificate completed within the 12 months prior to the close date for application and issued by HKCFP is a pre-requisite for sitting the Clinical Examination of the Conjoint Fellowship Examination. |
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| EXAMINATION FEES |
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| (a) CATEGORY I CANDIDATES |
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| Full Examination (Written + Clinical) |
$20,600 |
| Written Examination |
$5,900 plus Administrative Fee $6,700 |
| First attempt on Clinical Examination |
$8,000 |
| Subsequent attempt on Clinical Examination |
$8,000 plus Administrative Fee $6,700 |
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| (b) CATEGORY II CANDIDATES |
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| Full Examination (Written + Clinical) |
$20,600 |
| Subsequent attempt on Clinical Examination |
$8,000 plus Administrative Fee $6,700 |
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Please make the cheques# payable to "HKCFP Education Limited". If a candidate applies for the Full Examination and fails the Written Examination, the fee paid for the Clinical Examination HK$8,000 will be returned.
(#For application of full examination please write 2 separate cheques of HK$12,600 and HK$8,000. For the cheque of HK$8,000, please date it at 1 September 2008.) |
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| REFUND POLICY |
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| If a candidate wishes to withdraw from the examination, and written notification of withdrawal is received by the College 60 days or more prior to the date of the examination, he will receive a refund of $13,900 (for the whole examination), $5,900 (for the written examination) or $8,000 (for the clinical examination). The administration fee of $6,700 will not be refunded. |
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No refund of any amount will be given if:
1. written notice of withdrawal is received by the College within 60 days of the date of the examination.
2. the candidate is barred from taking the Clinical Examination because he cannot provide a valid CPR (Competence in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Certificate at the time of Clinical Examination. |
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| All fees paid are not transferable to subsequent examinations. |
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| IMPORTANT DATES |
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| 18 April 2008 (Friday) |
Closing Date for Applications |
| 21 September 2008 (Sunday) |
Conjoint Examination - Written Examination (KFP) |
| 28 September 2008 (Sunday) |
Conjoint Examination - Written Examination (MCQ) |
| 26 October & 2 November 2008 (Sundays) |
Conjoint Examination - OSCE |
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