The West African College of Physicians has recently released its Calendar of Events for the Year 2017
The events as listed are:
February
Update Course in Laboratory Medicine
Date: 2017
25th-27th Jan
Vetting of all available application forms (Wednesday to Friday) and submission of list of Examiners
March
Update Course in Paediatrics
Date: 2017
March
Update Course in Psychiatry
Date: March, 2017
March Fri 31st –Mon3rd
Collation of Questions
Friday 31st – Monday
3rd April Collation of questions
Tue 4th April 2017
Movement to all Examination centres
Wednesday 5th April 2017 Lab Medicine Theory Examinations
Thurs 6th April
Membership Theory (All Faculties and Fellowship) Lab Medicine
Fri 7th April
Primary MCQs Examinations (All Faculties)/Arrival of (Membership) scripts from Accra, Ghana
Sat 8th April
Fellowship defence (C/Health, Fam/Med, Int/Med, Lab/Med & Psych) Practical Exams
Arrival of Primary scripts from Accra, Banjul, Enugu, Freetown, Monrovia & Zaria
Sun 9th April
Strategic Plan & Implementation Committee Meeting/TOT Workshop
Mon 10th April
Clinical/Orals/Practical (All Faculties) Ibadan+ Accra + (Fellowship) All Faculties
Tues 11th April
(Membership & Fellowship), Clinical – all Faculties)
Court of Examiners Meeting
Wed 12th April
Examiners depart to Accra, Ghana
Thurs 13th April
Clinical/Oral/Practical & Court of Examiners (II) in Accra, Ghana
SAT 15th April
Departure of Examiners from Accra, Ghana
Thurs 25th May
Placement of advertisement for October, 2017 Exams
June 29
Update Course in Internal Medicine
Date: 2017
June
Update Course in Family Medicine
Date: 2017
Thurs 30th June
Advertisement for October, 2017 Examinations closes
July
Update Course in Community Health
3rd-5th July
Examination Sub-Committee Meeting
(Mon – Wed)
July 5th-8th, 2017
Faculty Board Meetings – WAPMC Building, Lagos
(Wed – SAT)
Examination Committee - WAPMC Building, Lagos
Accreditation Committee– WAPMC Building, Lagos
E & R Committee – WAPMC Building, Lagos
F & G P Committee – WAPMC Building, Lagos
Joint Meeting of WACP & WACS - WAPMC Building, Lagos
Quality Assurance Committee
26th- 28th July 2017
Vetting of all examinations application forms
3rd & 4th Aug, 2017
Mandatory Ethics Course for Membership examinations
7th – 25th Aug 2017
Revision Courses for Membership, Fellowship and Internal Medicine sub-specialty examinations
7th-18th Aug 2017
Revision Course for Membership candidates in all faculties
Venue: Respective Departments at University College
Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
14-18th Aug, 2017
Revision Course for Fellowship (Research Methodology)
Venue: Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
21st – 25th Aug 2017
Revision Course for Fellowship Internal Medicine sub- specialties
Venue: Department of Internal Medicine
29th Sept-Oct 2nd
Collation of all examinations question papers
4th -13th Oct
Fellowship Examinations
Tuesday 3th October
Movement to all centres
Wednesday 4th October
Lab Medicine Theory Examinations
Thurs 5th Oct
Membership Theory (All Faculties) Fellowship Lab Med (Theory)
Fri 6th Oct
Primary MCQ Examinations (All Faculties) /Arrival of Membership scripts from Ghana
Sat 7th Oct
Fellowship defence (Comm/Health, Fam/Med, Int/Med, Lab/Med & Psych) Practical Exams
Arrival of Primary scripts from Accra, Banjul, Enugu, Freetown, Monrovia & Zaria
Sun 8th Oct
Strategic Plan and Implementation Committee Meeting/TOT Workshop
Mon 9th Oct
Clinical/Oral/Practical (All Faculties) Membership & Fellowship (Clinical/Oral/Practical) (All Faculties) Ibadan
& Accra+ Fellowship (All Faculties)
Tues 10th Oct
Clinical Membership & Fellowship– all Faculties)
Court of Examiners’ Meeting (Ibadan)
Wed 11th Oct
Departure of Examiners to Ghana for the Clinical
Thurs 12th Oct
Clinical/Court of Examiners’ Meeting II (Accra, Ghana)
Fri 15th Oct
Departure of Examiners from Ghana
November 2017
41th Annual General & Scientific Meetings, Dakar, Senegal
Monday 30th Oct-
Opening Ceremony
Fri 3rd Nov
Annual College Lecture
Annual Workshop
Faculty and Faculty Board Meetings
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Council Meeting
Annual General Meeting
3rd Fri Nov
Departure
22nd Tues Nov
Placement of Advertisement for April, 2018 Examinations
Jan 24th 2017
Advertisement for April, 2018 Examinations closes
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