MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 case studies
MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 is the first part of the International Certificate in FRACGP pathway offered through the Malaysian Academy of Family Physicians, aligned with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' general practice training standards. It is aimed at doctors working in or moving into primary care - in Malaysia, the wider Asia-Pacific region, and beyond - who want an externally recognised marker of general practice knowledge before progressing to the practice-based assessment components. The MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,058 words.
1The husband who wants to be the messenger
Ms Wen Lin, 38, moved from Fujian three years ago and speaks about 30 words of English. She attends with her husband, Jun, who interprets for her.
863 words, about 4 min2Hypoglycaemia at the wheel before Ramadan
Mr Rahman, 62, has had type 2 diabetes for 12 years and works as a taxi driver four nights a week. Current medication: metformin 1 g twice daily, gliclazide MR 60 mg each morning, perindopril 5 mg, atorvastatin 40 mg, and ibuprofen 400 mg three times daily, which he buys himself for knee osteoarthritis.
798 words, about 4 min3Cluster of diarrhoea at a long day care centre
You are one of three GPs in a town of 8,000. Over 11 days you and your partners have seen 14 children and 3 staff from the same long day care centre with diarrhoea, and 6 with fever and vomiting.
767 words, about 4 min4Third pneumonia and a family that disagrees
Mrs Doyle, 88, has advanced Alzheimer's disease and has lived in residential aged care for two years. She is now febrile at 38.9 C, tachypnoeic at 28/min, with SpO2 88% on room air and coarse right basal crackles; she is drowsy but rousable to pain.
778 words, about 4 min5A 15-year-old who asks you not to tell her parents
Amelia, 15, books a same-day appointment and comes alone after school. She is in Year 10, has been cutting her thighs for eight months, and three days ago took eight of her mother's 500 mg paracetamol tablets after an argument with her boyfriend.
852 words, about 4 min