• Education
• Exam Information
• Certification Examination In Family Medicine
  • Introducing the New Certification Examination in Family Medicine
  • Application and Requirements for Residency Eligibility
  • Application and Requirements for Practising Physician Eligibility
  • Preparing for the Family Medicine Examination
  • Self Study
  • Clinical Skills Examination
  • Short Answer Management Problems (SAMPS)
  • Evaluation Objectives
• Alternative Pathways to Certification in Family Medicine
• Examination of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine
• Undergraduate Education
• Postgraduate education
• Triple C Competency-based Curriculum: Canada’s Family Medicine Curriculum
• For Residents
• For Medical Students

Preparing for the Certification Examination in Family Medicine

The Certification Examination in Family Medicine is comprised of two components: a written examination and clinical skills examination. 

The written examination is comprised of short answer management problems (SAMPs), which are designed to test a candidate's recall of factual knowledge and problem solving abilities in the area of definition of health problems, management of health problems, and critical appraisal. This portion of the examination will be delivered using computer-based technology. It will be approximately six hours in length and will take place on Thursday or Friday. 

The clinical skills examination is comprised of eight ten-minute objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and four simulated office orals (SOOs) each 15 minutes in length. OSCEs take place on Saturday and SOOs on Sunday. 

The traditional examination (2013 only) will consist of SAMPs and SOOs only. Information about OSCE will not be relevant to these candidates.