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Egyptian Board of Family Practice. Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad Chair of Family Medicine Board. Purpose of Family Practice.
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Egyptian Board of Family Practice NagwaEidSobhySaad 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: • 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 conductedevery 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