hehehe......The April 2017 Fellowship
Examinations of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), in the
Faculties of Anaesthesia, Dental Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Radiology and Surgery, will hold
from 19th April to 3rd May, 2017.
All candidate application for primary should log on to www.wacscoac.org and follow the step to step proceedure for online application.
THE PRIMARY EXAMINATIONS WILL HOLD ON FRIDAY 21st APRIL, 2017 IN SIX CENTRES AS FOLLOWS:
1. University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria
2. National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, Nigeria
3. Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana
4. National Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH) Main Hall, Enugu, Nigeria
5. Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital kumasi
6. Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra leonae
Online Registration for Primary Examination applicants Only.
The
Parts I&II Examinations will hold from 19th April 2017 (Obstetrics
& Gynaecology) and 24th April 2017 (Anaesthesia, Diploma in
Anaesthesia (DA). Dental Surgery, Ophthalmology, ORL, Radiology and
Surgery) in Two Centres namely:
* University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Nigeria
* Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) Accra, Ghana
REQUIREMENTS
*
Candidates applying for the Primary Fellowship Examinations must be
Medical Practitioners who are fully registered in member countries, have
acquired at least one year-post-registration experience. * Candidates
must register and pay ONLINE by logging on to www.wacscoac.org
where candidates passport phtotgraph, Degree Certificate and Evidence
of FULL registration with Medical & Dental Council of their
countries will be unploaded. Provisional Registration Certificate or
Annual practicing License is NOT Acceptable.
* As part of primary registration requirement, candidates are to print
the CERTIFICATION page from the website to be endorsed by the
supervising Consultant or HOD and UPLOAD the signed Certification page
along with other required documents ONLINE. NO DOCUMENT SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO THE COLLEGE SECRETARIAT.
* Candidates are advised to carefully populate appropriate fields
meant for surname and other names, any confusion that arises from this
will not be entertained.
* Candidates should ensure that the same name is used when making
offline payment and registration for primary Examination, any disparty
between name for off line payment and the one for online registration
would lead to candidates disqualification.
* Relebant documents such as evidence for change of Name should be uploaded where applicable.
*
Candidates applying to sit for diploma in anaesthesia examination must
have completed the requiste 12months training in anaesthesia in an
accredited institution. Applicaiton must be submitted with approved log
book/ portfolio and copies of appropriate relevant documents to the
College Secretariat.
*
Candidates applying to sit the Part I Fellowship Examinatiopns must
have passed the Primary Examination of the West African College of
Surgeons or its equivalent and satisfactorily completed appropriate
years of Post graduate training as prescribed by the relevant Faculty in
the institutions accrdited for the purpose by the college, Candidates
are required to submit their original Certificants of Training (COT)
form with dates of commencement and completion of training clearly
stated, Altered or defaced COT will not be
accepted,www.medicalworldnigeria.com. submission of photocopies of
logbooks duly certified by their training consultants is commpulsory.
Surgeon in training registration evidence and attendance certificate of
relevant update courses are required.
*
Candidates applying to sit the Part I examination in the faculty of
radiology must indicate the specialty of interest ie (radiodiagnosis or
radiotherapy) as it appears on item no.6 on the application form.
*
Candidates applying to sit for part II (final) Fellowship Examinations
must have passed the Part I Fellowship Examinations of the West Adrican
College of Surgeons and satisfactorily completed appropriate years of
Postgraduate training and worked in their specialty for at least Two (2)
Years in an Institutions(s) accredited for the purpose by WACS as
prescribed by the relevant Faculty. Candidates are to submit their
original Certificates of Training (COT) form with dates of commencement,
completion of training and various postings/appointments, clearly
stated, Altered or defaced COT will not be accepted.
*
Specialty as it appears on item no.6 in the application form should be
completed (this is applicable to part 11 dental surgery, radiology and
surgery)
* Candidates
applying to sit surgery part II must submit 3 copies of their
dessertations and 3 copies of approved proposals seperately bound in
spiral format and a copy of their resident log book at the time of
submission of applicaiton for the examination. They should in addition
bring their files of the raw result of dissertation with them to the
venue of the oral examination. it is the candidates responsiblity to
retreive both his or her log book and dissertation at the end of the
examination. A copy of the dissertation shall be kept by the college.
*
All first time applicants for Part I & II in the Faculty of Srgery
should submit the original of their log books along with the photocopies
od the Logbooks and their application forms for the examinations. Fresh
Candidates who submit only the photocopies of their logbooks will be
disqualified from the examinations. Each Candidates should collect
his/her original logbooks from the College Secretariat one month before
examinations and should arrive at the venue of the examinations with the
original of their logbooks.
*
Candidates who wish to sit october 2017 part II examinations in O&G
must submit Case Books and dissertations latest by friday 31st March
2017.
* Candidates
applying to sit for dental Surgery must submit Two Copies of their log
books while part 11 candidates for anaesthesia, ORL and radiology are to
submit a photocopy of their log books, three copies of approved
proposals and three copies of dissertations before the closing day of
applications. original copies of log books should be brought to the
examination venues.
*
All Part II candidates must submit an evidence of attendance of
Manuscript Writing Workshop and the Health Management and Ethics
Workshop.
* Further details are available in the Prospectus of the College
EXAMINATION FEES
1. Primary Examination - N110,000.00
2. Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) - N110,000.00
3. Part I Examination - N160,000.00
4. Part II (Final) Examination - N200,000.00
MODE OF PAYMENT
For Candidates sitting Examinations in NIgeria
All payments for Diploma, Part I & II should be made at any UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA), into ACCOUNT NO.1014816816 ACCOUNT NAME "WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS". Original copy of teller should be attached to the application forms while candidates are advised to keep a photocopy.
For Candidates in nigeria opting to sit examinations in Accra, Ghana, should make payments at any UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA), into ACCOUNT NO.1014816816 ACCOUNT NAME "WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
THE COLLEGE SHALL BEAR NO RESPOSNSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT INTO WRONG ACCOUNTS, CASH PAYMENT OR BANK DRAFT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
* Candidates must indicate their names in Teller Column 'Paid By'.
* Candidates should write their Faculty and part of the Examination on the TELLER and submit same with their Examination
* Application Form to the College Secretariat either in person or by Courier Only
APPLICATION
Current
application forms are available at the College Sercretariat in Yaba,
Lagos and WAPMC Liaison Office at UGMS, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana Accra.
Application forms can also be downloaded from the College Website:
www.wacscoac.org
ALL
APPLICATION FORMS MUST HAVE ATTACHED "DOCUMENTS INCLUDED CONTROL FORM
WITH 2017 INSCRIPTION MUST BE USED; THESE CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE
COLLEGE WEBSITE.
DEFERMENT OF EXAMINATION AFTER SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION OR REFUND OF EXAMINATION FEES AFTER PAYMENT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
All Application forms must be submitted with:
* Original Bank Teller - Primary/Part I/Part II
* Copies of Dissertations and approved Proposals - Part II
* Relevant certificates and photocopy of Log Books in spiral bound format (DA,Parts I & II)
* All first time applicants for Part I & II Surgery are to submit Original and photocopies logbooks
* Evidence of attendance at Manuscript Writing Workshop (Part II)
* Evidence of attendance at Healtth Management and Ethics Workshop Part II
* Evidence of training since passing Primary and Part I
* Evidence of training since passing Primary and Part I(PartII)
* Evidence of registration as Surgeon in training (S.I.T) Part I candidates only
* Relevant documents for Change of Name(where applicable)
* 3 self-addressed enveloes with sufficient postage stamps (DA,Parts I & II)
Candidates should indicate their email addresses and telephone numbers on application forms.
CLOSING DATE
The
closing date for the submission of completed application forms is
January 13th, 2017. Candidates for the Part II (final) Examinations in
Anaesthesia, Dental Surgery, Ophthalmology, ORL, Radiology and Surgery
must submit their disseratations by the closing date
No late submission would be accepted.
Applications and Dissertations submitted later than January 13th 2016 would not be processed.
NOTE: Any Candidate that does not meet all the requirements as at the closing date would not be allowed to sit the examinations.
Signed
Dr.J.O.Olatosi, FWACS
Secratary General WACS
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