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:

1. 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 February 20^th, 2025. 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:

1. Abuja – Nigeria
2. Enugu – Nigeria
3. Ibadan – Nigeria
4. Accra – Ghana

5. Banjul – The Gambia

1. Monrovia – Liberia
2. Freetown – Sierra Leone

 

EXAMINATION FEE

1. 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:

1. Completely filled and signed Form C.
2. Completely filled and signed Certificate of Training.
3. WACP Membership Revision Course Certificate.
4. WACP Medical Ethics Course Certificate.
5. Physician in Training letter.
6. WACP Primary result or letter of exemption from Primary.
7. A passport Photograph.
8. Completely filled and signed Send in PDF format to this email wacplogbook@gmail.com
9. Completely signed Autopsy book. (for Laboratory Medicine only) send autopsy book in MS Word format to this email autopsy@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.
• 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 Screening membership examination will be held on Wednesday April 9^th, 2025.. Applicants are advised to indicate their choice of examination centers in the process of making their ONLINE registration. The examination will be conducted using the Computer Based Test Mode in the following examination centers:

1. Abuja – Nigeria
2. Enugu – Nigeria
3. Ibadan – Nigeria
4. Accra – Ghana
5. Banjul – The Gambia
6. Monrovia – Liberia
7. Freetown – Sierra Leone

 

NOTE:

• The details of the centers will be communicated directly to the 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 on  Wednesday 9^th – Monday 14^th April, 2025.

• ENUGU, BANJUL, MONROVIA, AND FREETOWN CENTERS ARE FOR CBT EXAMINATIONS ONLY.
• All Enugu CBT candidates should indicate their preferred clinical examination center at the time of registration. (Abuja or Ibadan or Accra)
• Please note that the College reserves the right to change your clinical examination center 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

1. Membership fee –   $425  or         ₦552,500.00   or   GHC 5,525.00 

An additional practical examination fee of $85 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.   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.

 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. 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.
2. Candidates for the Membership Examinations will be expected to upload scanned copies of their signed and completed Logbooks in PDF format to wacplogbook@gmail.com. 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.  Your email SUBJECT and attached documents should be stated and saved as: [Faculty SURNAME other names. E.g. Paediatrics – Dr. JOHN Bello].
3. 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 per the decision of the court of examiners.  WACP will report findings of irregular behavior 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 judgment of WACP, has a legitimate interest in such information.
4. Code of conduct including dress code for the candidates shall be strictly enforced. All candidates must be appropriately dressed.
5. The College has a zero-tolerance policy for examination malpractices and use of cheating devices.
6. Change of Examination Centre after submission of application form shall no longer be entertained.
7. The College, however, reserves the right to change your Exam Centre depending on logistics.
8. Physically challenged applicants are advised to apply to the Secretary-General stating their disability for logistic purposes to be considered along with the uploaded application form via secgen@wacpcoam.org
9. DEFERMENT OF EXAMINATION AFTER APPLICATION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
10. No refund will be entertained for NON-ATTENDANCE of examination.
11. DO NOT APPLY IF YOUR CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IS NOT UP TO THE SPECIFIED MONTHS AS STATED IN YOUR FACULTY CURRICULUM.
    1. Change of name, marriage certificate documents, etc. should be uploaded in the OTHERS SECTION when applying. 

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: APPLICANTS STAND DISQUALIFIED ONCE HE/SHE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COLLEGE AFTER VETTING OF APPLICATION FORMS.

ALL APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS MUST BE ONLINE VIA THE COLLEGE WEBSITE AT www.wacpcoam.org

FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION

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

1.  

• COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS FOR FELLOWSHIP REGISTRATION:

1. Completely filled and signed Form C.
2. Completely filled and signed Certificate of Training.
3. WACP Membership
4. WACP Research Methodology
5. Fellowship in Training letter.
6. WACP Revision Update Certificate.
7. A passport Photograph.
8. Completely filled and signed
9. Copy of approved Proposal. (MS Word format)
10. 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.
• 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 be held from Wednesday, April 9^th  to Saturday April 12^th,  2025 Applicants are advised to indicate their choice of examination centers in the process of making their ONLINE registration. The examinations will be held in the following centers:

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

NOTE:

1. Venue for Fellowship in Internal Medicine Subspecialty may vary according to logistics.
2. Fellowship candidates are expected to upload Membership certificates (Not statements of result) when applying for the examination.

Send a mandatory 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 wacplogbook@gmail.com and autopsy book in MS Word format to autopsy@wacpcoam.org.  Your email SUBJECT and attached documents should be stated and saved as: [Faculty SURNAME other names. E.g. Paediatrics – Dr. JOHN Bello].

EXAMINATION FEES

1. Fellowship Examination fee – $625 or    ₦812,500        or   GHC 8,125
2. Fellowship Case Book/Dissertation fee – $125   or          ₦162,500.00    or   GHC1,625.00Additional practical examination fee of ₦110,500/$85/ GHC1,105 is payable by Fellowship candidates in Laboratory Medicine, and  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.   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.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Candidates for the Fellowship Examination will be expected to upload scanned copies of their signed and completed Logbooks to wacplogbook@gmail.com. The original should be brought to the examination hall.
2. 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 per the decision of the court of examiners.  WACP will report findings of irregular behavior 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 judgment of WACP, has a legitimate interest in such information.
3. Code of conduct including dress code for the candidates shall be strictly enforced. All candidates must be appropriately dressed.
4. The College has a zero-tolerance policy for examination malpractices and use of cheating devices.
5. Change of Examination Centre after submission of application form shall no longer be entertained.
6. College, however, reserves the right to change your Exam Centre depending on logistics.
7. Physically challenged applicants are advised to apply to the Secretary-General, stating their disability for logistic purposes to be considered along with the uploaded application form via secgen@wacpcoam.org
8. DEFERMENT OF EXAMINATION AFTER APPLICATION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!
9. No refund will be entertained for NON-ATTENDANCE of examination.
10. DO NOT APPLY IF YOUR CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IS NOT UP TO THE SPECIFIED MONTHS AS STATED IN YOUR FACULTY CURRICULUM.
11. All changes of name, marriage certificate documents, etc. should be uploaded in the OTHERS SECTION.

NB: APPLICANTS STAND DISQUALIFIED ONCE HE/SHE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COLLEGE AFTER VETTING OF APPLICATION FORMS.

ALL APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS MUST BE ONLINE.