MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam study guide
MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This page is an independent study resource for doctors preparing for the MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam in Singapore. It is written for primary care physicians who are considering or already working toward a competitive general practice appointment, and who need a structured way to organise revision across the four domains that make up this profile: general practice clinical knowledge and patient care; chronic disease management and preventive care; Singapore primary care regulatory and professional standards; and patient safety, communication and ethics in general practice. The MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam study guide has 4 sections and about 1,426 words.
01General practice clinical knowledge and patient care
This domain tests whether you can take an undifferentiated symptom, build a ranked differential that fits Singapore's epidemiology, exclude the dangerous alternatives using only what a GP clinic has, and act inside a short consultation. Marks are lost less often through ignorance of rare disease than through unstructured assessment and missing safety-netting.
357 words, about 2 min02Chronic disease management and preventive care
This domain tests longitudinal care: whether targets are individualised, complications actively screened for, and the national subsidy architecture used correctly rather than as an afterthought. The Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP) covers diabetes, hypertension, lipid disorders, asthma, COPD and selected mental health conditions.
363 words, about 2 min03Singapore primary care regulatory and professional standards
This domain tests whether you can name the instrument that governs a given act - registration, licensing, prescribing, certification or subsidy claiming - and apply it in a real consultation. The Medical Registration Act governs registration and discipline; the SMC Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines (2016) governs conduct, organised around patients first, integrity, competence and professionalism.
369 words, about 2 min04Patient safety, communication and ethics in general practice
This domain tests consent, confidentiality, capacity and the everyday systems that stop small clinics from harming patients - plus how you talk when something has already gone wrong. Informed consent needs capacity, adequate information (material risks, alternatives, consequences of doing nothing) and voluntariness.
337 words, about 2 min