GCPS Primary Exam study guide

The GCPS Primary Examination is the entry-point assessment of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, the body that describes itself as providing specialist education in medicine, surgery and related disciplines. Candidates sit it as the gateway into College residency training, and the College's faculty structure shows the breadth it must serve: the Division of Physicians spans Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy, Paediatrics and Child Health, Psychiatry, Public Health and Radiology, while the Division of Surgeons spans Anaesthesia, Dental Surgery and Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic and Trauma, Otorhinolaryngology, and Surgery and Subspecialties. In practice, the Primaries tests the basic sciences underpinning whichever division you intend to enter, so preparation means rebuilding anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology rather than revising clinical specialties in isolation. The College publishes exam-related material under its Exams section and offers library and educational resources, virtual lectures through its learning portal, and an e-port, all reachable from its website. Topics on this exam: Division of Physicians - basic sciences relevant to Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy, Paediatrics and Child Health, Psychiatry, Public Health, Radiology and Division of Surgeons - basic sciences relevant to Anaesthesia, Dental Surgery and Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic and Trauma, Otorhinolaryngology, Surgery and Subspecialties. The GCPS Primary Exam study guide has 2 sections and about 987 words.