Candidates must be present in the waiting room:
(a) at least 10 minutes before the commencement time for the written segments, and
(b) at least 5 minutes before the scheduled time for each candidate for the clinical segments.

Candidates will not be admitted into the examination room after the scheduled time for the examination.

Candidates will not be re-admitted into the examination room after they have left it unless they are monitored by an examination supervisor during the whole period of their absence from the examination room.

Candidates must present their Hong Kong Identification cards to the Examination Administration staff at the commencement of the examination.

Candidates must not bring any writing paper, notes, books, bags, radio, camera, CD or audio cassette recorders, computers, any electronic or recording equipments into the examination room.

Candidates must leave ALL pagers and mobile phones under the care of the Examination invigilators and turn off ALL beeping devices once they enter the examination venue.

Candidates are advised to have another doctor taking their telephone calls for patient care during the Examination. They are normally not allowed to take or make telephone calls during the Examination, unless permission is given by the Chief Examiner or his/her designate and only for dire emergencies. Any such calls must be monitored by the Chief Examiner or his/her designate.

Candidates may bring pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, simple calculator (not PDA or mini computers), wallets and small handbags into the examination room. For the clinical examination, candidates may also bring personal medical bags and physical examination equipment into the examination room. Examination supervisors may inspect anything that a candidate brings into the examination room.

The HKCFP accepts no responsibility for the loss of candidates' personal property in or around the examination room.

Candidates must obey any instruction given by an examination supervisor.

Candidates must obey any instruction set out on the cover of any examination paper or answer book.

Candidates must write in black or blue ink or ball pen.

Candidates must leave all examination papers, questions books, answer books and any paper on which the candidate has written notes in the examination room after completing the examination.

For the old clinical examination, except when a candidate opts to use Cantonese in one of the two Management Interview cases, or one of the three Diagnostic Interview cases examinations will be conducted in English and candidates must answer all questions in English. For the new OSCE Clinical Examination, all cases will be conducted in English except a number of stations in which the patient interview portion will be conducted in Cantonese. Candidates having difficulty in communication in Cantonese can apply for English-only stations.

Candidates must not eat, drink or smoke in any examination room. They may only do so in designated areas.

2. Conduct of the Candidates during the Examination

Candidates must not communicate with or provide assistance to any other candidate on examination materials during the examination.

Candidates must not look at another candidate's examination paper for any purpose.

Candidates must not accept assistance on examination materials from any other candidate or persons during the examination.

Candidates must not permit any other candidate to read or copy from his or her examination papers and answer books.

Candidates must not disturb any other candidate during the examination.

For clinical examination, candidates must not discuss or communicate in anyway, any case used in the examination with any other candidate or person until the entire examination is over.

Candidates must comply with the instructions of the clinical examination invigilators and the bell signal for movements into and out of examination rooms.

Candidate must not take away any instruction papers or case notes from the clinical examination rooms.

Plagiarism is not allowed. Case commentaries and Log diaries must be based on the candidates' own patients and practices. The Board of Examination & Assessment reserves the right to ask any candidate to produce the true copies of the patients' files when deemed necessary to validate the authenticity of cases submitted. Failure to comply with such request may result in disqualification from the whole Examination.

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