1. Examinations, Dissertation and Rotations
Residents and Senior Residents
2019

2. Examinations
The College conducts Primary examinations in March and September every year.
Exit examination for Membership and Fellowship are also held in March and September each year
Application Forms are made available at College and on the College website
The required fees for the forms are paid and time table and Resident Numbers are issued
Submission of completed Log Books within deadline

3. EXAMINATIONS REQUIREMENTS - FORMS
SUBMISSION ONE RECENT PASSPORT PICTURE
MDC CURRENT RETENTION CERTIFICATE OR EVIDENCE FOR PAYMENT
SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOP WITH POSTAGE STAMP Note: this is under review
EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST TWO CPD ATTENDANCE WITHIN THE TRAINING PERIOD (THIS APPLIES TO MEMBERSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATES)
Ghana Post is designing a customized envelop for the College

4. CONDITIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Candidates must fulfill all academic and financial obligations to be allowed to write an examination
 Failure to fulfill all financial obligations will have the following consequences:
result of performance in examinations will not be released
certificate will not be released.

5. E-Log Books
The Chief Examiner of Faculty will examine E-Log Books with the attached Certificate of Training at least two months before the Membership/Fellowship examinations.
A Resident with an incomplete or unsatisfactory Log Book Will Not Be permitted to take the examination. By satisfactory we mean at least 80% of Deliverables in the Logbook

6. DEFERMENT OF EXAMINATION
APPROVAL CONSIDERED UNDER FOLLOWING CONDITION
MEDICAL GROUNDS SUPPORTED WITH MEDICAL REPORT

7. DEFERMENT (CONT’D) DEFERMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IF:
Forms are received later than Six weeks before the date of Examination – 25% of Exams Fees is surcharged
Received within six weeks of Examination date – No Refund

8. EXTENSION PERIOD FOR WRITING EXAMINATION
Residents who do not pass their examination at the first sitting, may, with the approval of the training institution, be granted a further six months extension in the training position in order to take the examination again.

9. Proposal/Dissertation
All Senior Residents shall have at least one but not more than two dissertation supervisors from amongst the Fellows of the Faculty of the College
Guidelines for writing proposals and dissertations must be strictly adhered to.
for example, format of references, presentation format, font size and line spacing etc, must be adhered to when submitting dissertations for the award of Fellowship in the College.
The guidelines can be found on the College website:

12. Process for Dissertation Defence
Data Collection and Dissertation Write-Up
Dissertation Submission to Ghana College
Dissertation Defense
Pass/Fail
Examination panel:
External Examiner
2 Internal Examiners**
Turn-It-In Antiplagiarism Testing
Corrections to Dissertation IF PASS
If Fail, Re-submit Dissertation For Re-Examination

13. EXAMINATION DAY – WRITTEN PAPERS
DO’S
TO BE SEATED THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE START OF EXAMS
INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO BE NOTED CAREFULLY
LOGISTICS TO BE PROVIDED BY CANDIDATES
INDEX NUMBERS ARE TO BE WRITTEN ON QUESTION BOOKLETS

14. EXAMINATION DAY – WRITTEN PAPERS
DON’TS
NO ENTRY INTO EXAM HALL AFTER THIRTY MINUTES
PROGRAMMABLE SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS AND PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE EXAM HALL
QUESTION BOOKLETS ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE EXAM HALL
NO MOBILE PHONES

15. ROTATIONS/EXTERNAL ROTATIONS
Residents shall rotate through the major specialties during their training.
After each 3-6 months rotation, each resident will have a written and clinical assessment. The results and a written report will be submitted to the Rector of the Ghana College

16. ROTATIONS/EXTERNAL ROTATIONS
Individual procedures and observations are to be recorded in the E-logbooks and are to be signed off by a supervisor soon after completing procedure
Certificate of training will need to be completed and signed by supervising Consultants.
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