MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 study guide
MAFP/icFRACGP Part 1 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
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 study guide has 9 sections and about 3,108 words.
01Communication and the patient-doctor relationship
This domain tests how you choose the next thing to say . Items give a short consulting-room vignette and ask for the most appropriate response; distractors are usually plausible but premature.
334 words, about 2 min02Applied professional knowledge and skills
This domain covers clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, prescribing safety and chronic disease management in general practice. Questions test whether you can move from a presenting problem to a defensible plan, using pre-test probability rather than reflexive test ordering.
347 words, about 2 min03Population health and the context of general practice
This domain tests screening logic, epidemiology, prevention in practice, and the Australian health system context - Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, and equity of access. Screening criteria (Wilson and Jungner): the condition must be important, have a detectable latent stage, an accepted test, and evidence that early treatment improves outcome.
330 words, about 2 min04Professional and ethical role
This domain tests the standards expected of a registered practitioner: consent, capacity, confidentiality, boundaries, conflicts of interest, and the duty to report. Questions usually hinge on which obligation is paramount.
349 words, about 2 min05Organisational and legal dimensions
This domain covers the legal scaffolding of general practice: health records and privacy, certification, prescribing law, recall systems, accreditation and financial consent. Records: keep clear, contemporaneous entries; correct by addendum, never by deletion.
356 words, about 2 min06Women's health
This domain tests prevention, reproductive health and the recognition of time-critical presentations across the lifespan. Marks are lost by treating red flags as routine.
332 words, about 2 min07Children's and adolescents' health
This domain tests growth and development surveillance, the febrile child, immunisation, safeguarding, and the shift in confidentiality that occurs in adolescence. Febrile infant under 3 months with a temperature of 38°C or more needs a full septic screen - blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid - and empirical intravenous antibiotics with admission.
349 words, about 2 min08Mental health
This domain covers recognition, risk assessment, first-line treatment and the statutory boundaries of involuntary care. The commonest error is under-documenting risk or over-relying on a questionnaire score.
368 words, about 2 min09Care of older people and palliative care
This domain tests comprehensive assessment of the older adult and the shift from disease-directed to comfort-directed care. It rewards recognising when the goals of care, not the diagnosis, are the clinical question.
343 words, about 2 min