# Mastering your fellowship: Part 1, 2025

**Authors:** Klaus B. von Pressentin, John M. Musonda, Mergan Naidoo, Michéle Torlutter, Gert Marincowitz, Selvandran Rangiah, Zakariya Badat

PMC · DOI: 10.4102/safp.v67i1.6024 · South African Family Practice · 2025-01-13

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a series to help family medicine registrars prepare for the FCFP(SA) examination with example questions.

## Contribution

The series offers practical examples of question formats for the FCFP(SA) written and clinical exams.

## Key findings

- The series supports registrars and supervisors in exam preparation.
- It covers the Part A examination of the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians of South Africa.

## 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

- **Diseases:** tibial tubercle (MESH:D020429), electrolyte abnormalities (MESH:D014883), arthropathy (MESH:D007592), Osteomyelitis of the hip (MESH:D010019), reduced weight (MESH:D001523), respiratory acidosis (MESH:D000142), Childhood Illness (MESH:D062027), severe acute malnutrition (MESH:D000067011), dehydration (MESH:D003681), pain in the hips, knees (MESH:D046788), obese (MESH:D009765), Septic arthritis (MESH:D001170), Developmental hip dysplasia (MESH:D000082602), Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (MESH:D060048), comatose (MESH:D003128), hypothermia (MESH:D007035), Osgood-Schlatter's disease (MESH:D055034), meningitis (MESH:D008580), seizures (MESH:D012640), reperfusion injury (MESH:D015427), fontanelles (MESH:C537115), swelling over (MESH:D006963), synovitis (MESH:D013585), hip (MESH:D025981), pneumonia (MESH:D011014), joint pain (MESH:D018771), infection (MESH:D007239), diarrhoea (MESH:D003967), Morbidity (OMIM:614963), EC (MESH:D005955), HIE (MESH:D002534), Hip osteonecrosis (MESH:D010020), hip pain (MESH:D010146), Perthes' disease (MESH:D007873), deaths (MESH:D003643), infection of the bone, bone marrow (MESH:D001855), aseptic necrosis of the femoral head (MESH:D005271), tenderness (MESH:D063806), traction injury (MESH:D014947), COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), upper (MESH:D012141), fever (MESH:D005334), Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (MESH:D020925)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Microbacterium sp. O (species) [taxon 2502250]

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