April 2015 West African College of Physicians Primary, Membership and Fellowship Examinations Posted: 11/Nov/2014 NB: RESCHEDULED OCTOBER 2014 FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION: Candidates who applied for the unheld october 2014 FWACPs Examinations should report at the APRIL 2015 examination center of their first choice WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE EXAMINATION ID CARDS. The college regrets any inconvenience caused. The April 2015 Fellowship Examinations of the West African College of Physicians (WACP), will be held at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibandan Nigeria and at Korie-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) Accra, Ghana. THE PRIMARY EXAMINATION WILLHOLD IN SEVEN CENTRES: University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, National Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH) Main Hall Enugu, Ahmadu Bello University Main Campus, UMARU SHEHU Lecture Theatre, Samaru Zaria, Korie-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) UGM Examination Hall, Accra, Ghana, Connaughth Teaching Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, (RVTH) Banjul, The Gambia and A.M Dogliotti College of Medical Auditorium, Monrovia Liberia as fellows:medicalworldnigeria 9TH TO 14TH APRIL 2015 - Theory Papers/Clinicals/Practicals/Orals of all Facuties of the West African College of Physicians 16TH APRIL 2015 - Clinicals Accra candidates) The Postgraduate Fellowship of the college is recognized by member countries of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) for appointment of Doctors to Consultant positions REQUIREMENT - Candidate applying to sit for the Primary Fellowship Examinations must be Medical Practitioners who are FULLY registered in Cote D Ivore, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria. Senegal, Sietta Leone and Republic of Benin - Membership Examinations MWACP candidates must have passed the Primary Examination of the west african college of physicians or its equivalent and subsequently satisfactorily completed two years residency training programme as prescribed by the relevant faculty. copies of physician in training letter and exemption Letter are to be submitted along with your application. Candidate must have registered for Physician in Training immediately on passing Primary and on entering into a training programme in an accredited institution. Physician in Training fee is N32,000.00 OR $190. - Fellowship Exemination candidates must have passed the Membership Examination of WACP and satisfactorily completed the appropriate years of training in an accredited institution. Further details are available in the Prospectus of the College. The College prosepctus is available for sale at the College Secretariat. Subspecialty training fee is N66,000 or $385 and MUST BE PAID DURING TRAINING AND NOT DURING APPLICATION PROCESSING otherwise candidate shall be disqualified EXAMINATION FEE 1. Primary Examination $300 or N51,000.00 2. Membership $400 or N68,000.00 3. Fellowship $600 or N102,000.00 4. Subspecialty $800 or N136,000.00 Additional Practical Examination Fee of N15,000 OR $85 is payable by Membership and Fellowship canidates in Labouratory Medicine, and Membership candidates in Community Health. THIS IS PAYABLE ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION FORM, OTHERWISE THE APPLICATION STANDS DISQAUALIFIED. Assessors fee for Fellowship candidatesCase book/Dissertation for the College is N20.000 OR $125 paid into college GTB account number 0028724798. Four copies of Dissertation and or case books must be SUBMITTED along with two copies of th approved proposals. All to be saved inside CD rewritable. Candidates should collect their corrected disseratations or casebooks and examiners comments immediately after the examination. MODE OF PAYMENTS the Fees are payable to the WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICANS (WACP) account in GUARANTY TRUST BANK countrywide. Account No.0028724798 original copy of TELLER to be attached with tha application forms to the College while candidates are advised to keep a photocopy. BANK DRAFTS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE FOR EXAMINATION APPLICATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED. Membership candidates must include evidence of having passed Primary and fulfilled the requirement of Physician in Training. The College shall bear no responsibility for wrongly addressed payment into any other accounts. No refund will be entertained APPLICATION a. Attendance of Mandatory Course in Medical Ethics and revision/ update courses of the college are prerequsite for sitting Membership examinations, anticipated attendance/ submission of certificates shall be disqualified b. Current application forms are available ar the WACP Secretariat or their liaison offices, Or can also be download and printed from wac-physicians.org. Candidates are advised to download and use the current application form from the College website otherwise their APPLICATIONS will not be processed. Evidence of attendance at Revision/Update Courses must be attached. Candidates for the Membership or Fellowship Examinations will be eXpected to submit a photocopy of their completed Log books. The original should be brought to the examination hall. two (2) copies of Autopsy book are mandatory for all Membership candidates in Laboratory Medicine. c. Submitting altered or falsified documents to the West African College of Physicians may be a suffiCient cause for the College to ban you from an examination, to terminate your participation in an examination. to withhold and/or invalidate the results of an examination, to withhold award of the Fellowship of the College, to withhold a certificate. to revoke a certificate. or to take other appropriate action. The WACP will report findings of irregular behaviour to the Medical & Dental Council of the Country where the candidate practices, to other Postgraduate Medical Colleges in the West African Region and to any other organization or individual Who, in the judgement of the WACP, has a legitimate interest in such information. medicalworldnigeria d. Code of conduct including dress code for the candidates shall be strictly enforced. The College has zero-tolerance policy to examination malpractices. e. Cases of change of examination centre after submission of application form shall no longer be entertained. f. Cases of request for change of faculty after submission of application form shall not be entertained. ii DEFERMENT OF EXAMINATION AFTER APPLICATION IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE • All application forms must be accompanied with DOCUMENTS INCLUDED CONTROL FORM which could be downloaded from the website along with the application form. AND MUST APPEND THEIR FORMAL SIGNATURE IN THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION FORM. • Candidates are advised to send application forms through RELIABLE courier service • Candidates in the THIRD Trimester of pregnancy OR in the EARLY Postnatal Period may Not apply. Note: For Membership examinations in all faculties of the West African College of Physicians, only candidates who have performed satisfactorily in the theory papers would be allowed to proceed with the rest of the examinations. CLOSING DATE The closing date for the submission of completed application forms is Monday 12th JANUARY 2015. Candidates for the Fellowship Examination must have submitted their dissertations or case books by the closing date. Lateness in submission of approved dissertation will not be entertained. medical world nigeria PENALTY FOR THE LATE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS IS N34,000.00 OR $200 for one week and N68,000:00 OR $400 THEREAFTER for the second week. CANDIDATE STANDS DISQUAUFIED ONCE HE/SHE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COLLEGE WITHOUT OPTIONS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AFTER VETTING OF APPLICATION FORM. All COMPLETED Application forms must be submitted with: 1. Certificate of FULL registration with the Medical Council ofthe country (for Primary candidates alone). 2. Examination fee (original teller) Primary/Membership/Fellowship as indicated above, 3. Relevant certificates and a copy of completed Log Book and two (2)Autopsy book for Lab Med candidates, 4.Evidence of training since passing Primary and Membership Examinations 5. Three (3) Stamped Self addressed envelopes with N150 stamp on each. 6. Kindly indicate your telephone number and your e-mail address on the application form. 7. All Fellowship candidates should make the following payments to college GTB account number 0028724808 a. Evidence of payment of Membership Fees $290 or N50,000.00 b. Annual dues for membership $80 or N14,000.00 8. It is optional for all Laboratory Medicine Membership candidates to use personal microscope as may be requtred. Signed Dr. Bernard C.Nkum,FWACP(Int.Med) Secretary-General, WACP 6 Taylor Drive, Off Edmund Crescent, Medical compound, PMB 2023, Yaba, Lagos Nigeria, West Africa [email protected], [email protected], cexamination@yahoo TEL: 08176673530, 08023148566
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