KMPDC Council Exams study plan
KMPDC Council Exams · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Registration and Licensing of Practitioners
Map the full practitioner registration pathway from application to licensure, listing each statutory step, the responsible body, and the document required at each stage
Explain the distinction between provisional, full, and specialist registration, and state the practice rights and supervision conditions attached to each
Draft a one-page comparison of registration categories with the eligibility criteria, renewal cycle, and retention requirements for each
Identify the grounds on which an application may be refused, deferred, or referred for inquiry, and note the procedural fairness steps owed to the applicant
Your checkpoint
A completed registration-pathway flowchart covering all categories, with a 300-word annotation of refusal and appeal routes
Registration and Licensing of Practitioners
Summarise the continuing professional development obligations tied to licence retention, including minimum credits, acceptable activity types, and audit consequences
Describe the disciplinary and licence-restriction mechanisms that follow registration, distinguishing interim suspension from final sanction
Build a table of practitioner obligations on change of status: address change, scope change, return from absence, and death or incapacity notification
Explain how foreign-trained applicants are assessed, including verification of qualifications and any bridging or competency requirements
Your checkpoint
A 15-item self-written question set on registration and licensing, with model answers and cited authority for each answer
Registration and Licensing of Health Facilities
Trace the facility registration lifecycle from pre-application inspection through certificate issue, variation, and closure
Classify health facilities by level and service scope, and state the minimum staffing, equipment, and infrastructure thresholds for each class
List the documentation a facility must submit at application stage and explain the purpose of each document
Describe the inspection criteria used to verify compliance before a licence is granted or renewed
Your checkpoint
A facility registration checklist covering every submission item and inspection criterion, formatted for use as a revision aid
Registration and Licensing of Health Facilities & Compliance, Ethics and Professional Practice
Explain the conditions attached to a facility licence and the process for seeking variation when services or capacity change
Outline the enforcement ladder for non-compliant facilities, from advisory notice through suspension to cancellation, with the procedural steps at each rung
Describe the practitioner-side ethical duties that intersect with facility licensing, including admitting rights, delegation, and supervision of unlicensed staff
Distinguish clinical governance responsibilities of the facility from the personal accountability of the attending practitioner
Your checkpoint
A side-by-side enforcement comparison of facility sanctions and practitioner sanctions, showing trigger, process, and appeal route for each
Approval of Medical and Dental Training Institutions
Map the accreditation pathway for medical and dental training institutions, from initial application through site evaluation to approval and periodic review
State the core standards against which curricula, faculty qualifications, teaching facilities, and clinical placement sites are assessed
Explain the student assessment and progression requirements an approved institution must maintain, including examination integrity safeguards
Describe how accreditation status affects graduate eligibility for registration
Your checkpoint
A standards-mapping document that pairs each accreditation criterion with the evidence an institution would typically present
Approval of Medical and Dental Training Institutions & Compliance, Ethics and Professional Practice
Outline the process for accreditation withdrawal or conditional approval, including the institution's right to respond and any teach-out obligations for enrolled students
Describe the approval route for new programmes, major curriculum revisions, and additional training sites
Apply the core ethical principles of the profession to three realistic scenarios involving conflicts of interest, consent, and confidentiality
Explain the complaints and inquiry process against practitioners from complaint lodgement through hearing to determination and penalty
Your checkpoint
Three written case analyses of ethical scenarios, each ending with a reasoned determination and the applicable principle
Compliance, Ethics and Professional Practice
Summarise the professional conduct standards governing advertising, referral arrangements, fees, and boundary-setting with patients
Explain the duties around record-keeping, informed consent, and disclosure of adverse events, and identify common failure points
Describe how impairment, health, and performance concerns are handled separately from misconduct allegations
Draft concise answers to the most commonly tested ethical dilemmas, practising the structure of issue, principle, application, and conclusion
Your checkpoint
A one-page ethics decision framework with a worked example, plus 10 timed practice answers
Registration and Licensing of Practitioners & Registration and Licensing of Health Facilities & Approval of Medical and Dental Training Institutions & Compliance, Ethics and Professional Practice
Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and score each by domain
Revisit the two weakest domains and rewrite the notes for each into a single condensed revision sheet
Recite the key statutory timelines, thresholds, and procedural steps from memory without reference to notes
Review every previously missed question and confirm the corrected reasoning for each
Your checkpoint
A scored mock-exam report with a targeted final-week revision sheet covering all four domains
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70% on the self-written registration question set and explain every wrong answer aloud without notes
Week 4: Produce the facility registration checklist and enforcement comparison from memory in under 30 minutes, then verify against source material
Week 6: Complete all three ethics case analyses with a defensible determination and correctly named principle in each
Week 8: Achieve at least 65% overall on both timed mocks, with no single domain below 55%