Guidelines

HERE ARE THE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS

Instructions and Notices

PRIMARY EXAMINATION

KINDLY NOTE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CLEARLY BEFORE APPLYING FOR THE PRIMARY EXAMINATION:

COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS FOR PRIMARY REGISTRATION:

Full registration certificate with the Medical and Dental Council of your Country (Not provisional certificate nor Annual Practicing License)

2) MBBS Certificate (Not Statement of result)

3) A Completely filled and signed Certification form.

4) A passport photograph.

5) Registration fee of $150.

STEPS FOR APPLICATION

Visit the College Website at www. wacpcoam.org.
Proceed to the download section and download the primary certification form, fill and sign with the appropriate authority.
Get all your documents listed (1-4 above) ready in PDF format and save them in a folder.
Proceed with your application and follow every instruction step by step until the final SUBMIT BUTTON.

The primary examination will be held on Thursday AUGUST 20^th, 2026. Applicants are advised to indicate their choice of examination centres in the process of making their ONLINE registration. The examination will be conducted using the Computer-Based Test Mode in the following examination centres:

Abuja – Nigeria
Enugu – Nigeria
Ibadan – Nigeria
Accra – Ghana
Banjul – The Gambia
Monrovia – Liberia
Freetown – Sierra Leone

EXAMINATION FEE

Primary Examination fee—$150 or ₦195,000.00 or GHC1,950.00

MODE OF PAYMENT

FEES	ALL EXAMINATION FEES ARE PAYABLE ELECTRONICALLY
EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT	Visit the website www.wacpcoam.org, click LOGIN and follow the step-by-step procedure for online registration which could be printed as evidence of payment. BANK DRAFTS AND TELLER ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE FOR EXAMINATION APPLICATION.
APPLICANTS NOT RESIDING IN NIGERIA:	1) Ghana: Should pay (in the name of West African College of Physicians) into GCB Bank (Korle-Bu Branch) Account No. 1131130009095. The PAY-IN-SLIP should be submitted to the College Office for a UNIQUE PAYMENT CODE which will be needed to complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION. 2) Other Countries: Should start the application process online and pay in USD.

MEMBERSHIP EXAMINATION

KINDLY NOTE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CLEARLY BEFORE APPLYING FOR THE MEMBERSHIP EXAMINATION:

COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION:

Filled and signed Form C
Filled and signed Certificate of Training.
WACP Membership Revision Course Certificate.
WACP Medical Ethics Course Certificate.
Physician in Training letter.
WACP Primary result or WACP letter of exemption / primary result from certifying institute. (For those without WACP primary)
Filled and signed Logbook. Send in Pdf format to this email logbook@wacpcoam.org
Completely signed Autopsybook. (Laboratory Medicine) Send Autopsy book in MS Word format to this email autopsy@wacpcoam.org
Completely signed PMR book (Family Medicine) Send PMR book in MS Word format to this email pmr@wacpcoam.org

STEPS FOR APPLICATION

Visit the College Website at www.wacpcoam.org.
Proceed to the download section and download the Membership Form C, Certificate of Training, fill and sign with appropriate authorities.
Send your signed PMR book or autopsy book to the emails provided and download evidence of sending. (Kindly note that candidates whose signed books are not received by end of application date will be disqualified)
Get all your documents listed ( 1-9 above) ready in PDF format and save them in a folder.
Proceed with your application and follow every step of the instructions until the final SUBMIT BUTTON.

The Membership screening examination will hold on Wednesday, August 19^th, 2026. Applicants are advised to indicate their choice of examination centres in the process of making their ONLINE registration. The examination will be conducted using the Computer Based Test Mode in the following examination centres:

Abuja – Nigeria
Enugu – Nigeria
Ibadan – Nigeria
Accra – Ghana
Banjul – The Gambia
Monrovia – Liberia
Freetown – Sierra Leone

NOTE:

The details of the centres will be communicated directly to candidates before the examination.
Only those who pass the CBT Screening will proceed to write the clinical and practical aspects at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, National Hospital Abuja (NHA) and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra from Tuesday September 29^thto Monday October 5^th, 2026.

Enugu, Banjul, Monrovia, and Freetown Centres are for CBT Examinations only.
All Enugu, Banjul, Monrovia, and Freetown CBT candidates should indicate their preferred clinical examination centre at the time of registration. (Abuja, Ibadan, or Accra)

* Please note that the College reserves the right to change your clinical examination centre for logistic reasons.

Membership candidates who banked the CBT Exams previously are expected to upload their statements of result along with other application documents as evidence.

EXAMINATION FEE

Membership fee: $425 or ₦552,500.00 or GHC 5,525.

An additional practical examination fee of $85/₦110,500/GHC1,105 is payable by Membership and Fellowship candidates in Laboratory Medicine and Membership candidates in Community Health. THIS IS PAYABLE VIA THE ONLINE REGISTRATION ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION FORM. OTHERWISE, THE APPLICATION STANDS DISQUALIFIED.

MODE OF PAYMENT

FEES	ALL EXAMINATION FEES ARE PAYABLE ELECTRONICALLY
EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT	visit the website www.wacpcoam.org, click LOGIN and follow the step-by-step procedure for online registration which could be printed as evidence of payment.
APPLICANTS NOT RESIDING IN NIGERIA:	1) Ghana: Should pay (in the name of West African College of Physicians) into GCB Bank (Korle-Bu Branch) Account No. 1131130009095. The PAY-IN-SLIP should be submitted to the WACP Office Accra for a UNIQUE PAYMENT CODE which will be needed to complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION.2) Other Countries: Should start the application process online and pay in USD.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Attendance of Mandatory Courses in Medical Ethics and Revision/Update courses of the College are prerequisites for sitting Membership Examinations. Anticipated attendance/proof of payments for certificates are not accepted.
Candidates for the Membership Examinations will be expected to upload scanned copies of their signed and completed Logbooks in PDF format to logbook@wacpcoam.org. The original should be brought to the examination hall. Laboratory Medicine Candidates should send their autopsy book in MS Word format to autopsy@wacpcoam.org. Family Medicine candidates should send their PMR book in MS Word format to pmr@wacpcoam.org. Your email SUBJECT and attached documents should be stated and saved as: [Faculty SURNAME other name. E.g. Paediatrics – Dr. JOHN Bello].
Submitting altered, falsified, or incomplete documents to the West African College of Physicians may be a sufficient cause for the College to apply punitive sanctions. WACP will report findings of irregular behavior to the Medical & Dental Council of the Country where the candidate practices, other Postgraduate Medical Colleges in the West African Region and to any other organization or individual who, in the judgement of WACP, has a legitimate interest in such information.
The code of conduct including the dress code for the candidates shall be strictly enforced. All candidates must be formally dressed.
The College has a zero-tolerance policy for examination malpractice and misconduct.
Change of Examination Centre after submission of application form shall not be entertained.
The College reserves the right to change your Exam Centre depending on logistics.
Physically challenged applicants are advised to apply to the Secretary-General via secgen@wacpcoam.org, stating their disability for logistic purposes to be considered along with the uploaded application form
Deferment of examination will not be considered six weeks or less to the advertised examination date
No refund will be offered for NON-ATTENDANCE of the examination.
Do not apply if your certificate of training is not up to the specified months as stated in your faculty curriculum.
Change of name, marriage certificate documents, etc. should be uploaded in the OTHERS SECTION when applying.
All applications and payments must be online via the college website at www.wacpcoam.org.

NOTE: For Membership examinations in all faculties of the West African College of Physicians, only candidates who have performed satisfactorily in the CBT Exams would be allowed to proceed with the rest of the examinations. Results will be hosted on the website.

NB: An applicant stands disqualified once he/she fails to meet college requirements after vetting application forms.

FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION

KINDLY NOTE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CLEARLY BEFORE APPLYING FOR THE FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION:

COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS FOR FELLOWSHIP REGISTRATION:

Completely filled and signed Form C.
Completely filled and signed Certificate of Training.
WACP Membership
WACP Research Methodology
Fellowship in Training letter.
WACP Revision Update Certificate.
A passport Photograph.
Completely filled and signed
Copy of approved Proposal. (MS Word format)
Copy of Dissertation book. (MS Word format)

STEPS FOR APPLICATION

Visit the College Website at www. wacpcoam.org.
Proceed to the download section and download the Fellowship Form C, Certificate of Training, fill and sign with appropriate authorities.
Send your signed dissertation or Casebook to the email and download evidence of sending. (Kindly note that candidates whose signed books are not received by end of application date will be disqualified)
Get all your documents listed (1-10 above) ready in PDF format and save them in a folder.
Proceed with your application and follow every step of the instructions until the final SUBMIT BUTTON.

The Fellowship examination will hold from Tuesday September 29^th – Saturday October 3rd, 2026. Applicants are advised to indicate their choice of examination centres in the process of the ONLINE registration. The examinations will be held in the following centres:

University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria;
National Hospital, Abuja (NHA) Nigeria;
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH, Accra) Ghana.

NOTE:

Venue for Fellowship in Internal Medicine Subspecialties may vary based on logistics.
Fellowship candidates are expected to upload Membership certificates (Not statements of result) when applying for the examination.
Send a signed E-Copy (Ms-Word) of the Dissertation, Approved Proposal and Casebook stating faculty and name to dissertations@wacpcoam.org, scanned Membership logbook as a PDF to logbook@wacpcoam.org and autopsy book in MS Word format to autopsy@wacpcoam.orgYour email SUBJECT and attached documents should be stated and saved as: [Faculty SURNAME other name. E.g. Paediatrics – Dr. JOHN Bello].

EXAMINATION FEES

Fellowship Examination fee – $625 or ₦812,500 or GHC 8,125
Fellowship Case Book/Dissertation fee – $125 or ₦162,500.00 or GHC 1,625

Additional practical examination fee of ₦110,500/$85/ GHC 1,105 is payable by Fellowship candidates in Laboratory Medicine, and Community Health. THIS IS PAYABLE VIA THE ONLINE REGISTRATION PLATFORM ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION FORM. OTHERWISE, THE APPLICATION STANDS DISQUALIFIED.

MODE OF PAYMENT

FEES	ALL EXAMINATION FEES ARE PAYABLE ELECTRONICALLY
EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT	Visit the website www.wacpcoam.org, click LOGIN and follow the step-by-step procedure for online registration
APPLICANTS NOT RESIDING IN NIGERIA	1) Ghana: Should pay (in the name of West African College of Physicians) into GCB Bank (Korle-Bu Branch) Account No. 1131130009095. The PAY-IN-SLIP should be submitted to the WACP Office Accra for a UNIQUE PAYMENT CODE which will be needed to complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION.2) Other Countries: Should start the application process online and pay in USD.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Candidates for the Fellowship Examination will be expected to upload scanned copies of their signed and completed Logbooks to logbook@wacpcoam.org. The original should be brought to the examination hall.
Submitting altered, falsified, or incomplete documents to the West African College of Physicians may be a sufficient cause for the College to apply punitive sanctions. WACP will report findings of irregular behaviour to the Medical & Dental Council of the Country where the candidate practices, other Postgraduate Medical Colleges in the West African Region and to any other organization or individual who, in the judgement of WACP, has a legitimate interest in such information.
The code of conduct including the dress code for the candidates shall be strictly enforced. All candidates must be formally dressed.
The College has a zero-tolerance policy for examination malpractice and misconduct.
Change of Examination Centre after submission of application form shall not be entertained.
College reserves the right to change your Exam Centre depending on logistics.
Physically challenged applicants are advised to apply to the Secretary-General via secgen@wacpcoam.org, stating their disability for logistic purposes to be considered along with the uploaded application form
Deferment of examination will not be considered six weeks or less to the advertised examination date
No refund will be offered for NON-ATTENDANCE of examination.
Do not apply if your certificate of training is not up to the specified months as stated in your faculty curriculum.
All changes of name, marriage certificate documents, etc. should be uploaded in the OTHERS SECTION.
All applications and payments must be online.