# Mastering your fellowship: Part 3, 2024

**Authors:** Klaus B. von Pressentin, Ts’epo Motsohi, Gert Marincowitz, Tasleem Ras

PMC · DOI: 10.4102/safp.v66i1.5886 · 2024-02-29

## TL;DR

This paper is part of a series that helps family medicine doctors prepare for a key exam in South Africa.

## Contribution

It provides example questions for the FCFP(SA) Part A examination.

## Key findings

- The series includes examples of written and clinical exam question formats.
- It supports registrars and supervisors in preparing for the Fellowship examination.

## Abstract

The series ‘Mastering your Fellowship’ provides examples of the question formats encountered in the written and clinical examinations, Part A of the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians of South Africa (FCFP [SA]) examination. The series aims to help family medicine registrars (and supervisors) prepare for this examination.

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** INS (insulin) [NCBI Gene 3630] {aka IDDM, IDDM1, IDDM2, ILPR, IRDN, MODY10}
- **Diseases:** type 1 diabetes (MESH:D003922), rash (MESH:D005076), Musculoskeletal - no abnormalities (MESH:D009139), chronic renal condition (MESH:D002908), obesity (MESH:D009765), long COVID-19 (MESH:D000094024), CKD (MESH:D051436), Type 2 Diabetes (MESH:D003924), ketoacidosis (MESH:D007662), Cardiovascular - no abnormalities (MESH:D018376), Neurological - no abnormalities (MESH:D009461), fatigue (MESH:D005221), no abnormalities (MESH:D000014), clubbing (MESH:D003025), tuberculosis (MESH:D014376), oedema (MESH:C536897), shortness of breath (MESH:D004417), cyanosis (MESH:D003490), allergies (MESH:D004342), Diabetic (MESH:D003920), pallor (MESH:D010167), HIV (MESH:D015658), jaundice (MESH:D007565), hypothyroidism (MESH:D007037), flu (MESH:D007251), COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (MESH:D050197), polyuria (MESH:D011141), dry (MESH:D015352), anaemia (MESH:D000743), Respiratory (MESH:D012131), lymphadenopathy (MESH:D008206), weight loss (MESH:D015431), metabolic (MESH:D008659), polydipsia (MESH:D059606), DM (MESH:D009223)
- **Chemicals:** Lipid (MESH:D008055), Glibenclamide (MESH:D005905), blood glucose (MESH:D001786), LLT (-), simvastatin (MESH:D019821), T4 (MESH:D013974), metformin (MESH:D008687), Glucose (MESH:D005947), T3 (MESH:D014284), alcohol (MESH:D000438), Glimepiride (MESH:C057619), steroids (MESH:D013256)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (no rank) [taxon 11676]
- **Mutations:** A1C

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC10913000