National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria — Fellowship in Surgery
Africa · NG · $99, the same everywhere
Examination structure
Source: https://www.npmcn.edu.ng/downloads/curriculumsurgery.pdf
What we have written against this syllabus
These are the domains as National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria publishes them, not our summary of them, with the number of questions we hold against each. A domain we have not covered is shown as zero rather than hidden.
| Domain | Questions |
|---|---|
| POST-1 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 25 | 1,150 |
| POST-2 GASTRO ENTEROLOGY Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 25 | 701 |
| POST-3 HEPATO-PANCREATICO-BILIARY Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 26 | 300 |
| POST-4 UROLOGY Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 26 | 400 |
| POST-5 TRAUMA / ORTHOPAEDICS Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 26 | 400 |
| POST-6 VASCULAR SURGERY Learning expectations at specific postings, PDF p. 26 | 150 |
3,101 distinct questions map to this syllabus. A question counts once per domain it serves, so the column adds up to more than the bank.
Common questions about this examination
What are the parts of the NPMCN examination?
National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria sets 4 components: Part II — Written papers: MCQ, long or short essay (a written multiple-choice paper); Part II — Clinical: long case, short cases and/or OSCE (clinical); Part II — Dissertation orals (an oral viva); Part II — Two subspecialty orals: general principles, and surgical pathology and operative surgery (an oral viva).
What does the NPMCN syllabus cover?
6 domains published by National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, GASTRO ENTEROLOGY, HEPATO-PANCREATICO-BILIARY, UROLOGY, TRAUMA / ORTHOPAEDICS, VASCULAR SURGERY.
Where is the official NPMCN syllabus published?
National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria publishes it at https://www.npmcn.edu.ng/downloads/curriculumsurgery.pdf. Our question mapping is taken from that document, domain by domain.
Is there a question bank for the NPMCN?
This one. 5,000 single-best-answer questions across the whole of general surgery, each with the reasoning for every option rather than only the correct one, written by a consultant surgical oncologist. It is written to the discipline, not transcribed from the NPMCN blueprint — general surgery is general surgery wherever it is examined, and we say plainly which boards we have mapped and which we have not.
What level are the questions for the NPMCN?
2,051 of the 5,000 — 41% — sit at the hardest of three levels: trial results, guideline nuance and the cases that split examiners, which is the level an exit examination like the NPMCN is decided at. Fifty questions are free with an account, so you can judge the level before paying.
How do I practise the NPMCN oral component?
With the oral simulator, included in a subscription. Six stations as an examination sets them; you choose the station and the examiner chooses the case from more than a hundred scenarios built on this bank. It presses when an answer is vague and marks by domain — reasoning, guidelines, decision-making and communication.
What does preparation for the NPMCN cost?
One payment of $99 for 180 days, the same from wherever you pay — there is no country pricing. It covers the whole bank, the oral simulator and the timed mock papers. Nothing renews and no card is kept on file afterwards. Fifty questions are free with an account, so you can judge the level before paying.
Every answer above is taken from the examining body’s own published document, not from our reading of it.
Other examinations in Africa
- College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa — FCS General Surgery — College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
- Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons — General Surgery — West African College of Surgeons
- Fellowship of the College of Surgeons of South Africa — Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
- Fellowship in General Surgery (Ghana) — Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Price for this board
One price, the same from every country. What you see is what you are charged, and nothing renews.
$99 · 180 days of full access
This examination has a viva or clinical component, and the access includes the oral simulator: an examiner that presents a case, listens to what you actually say and questions you back. It marks on the four competence domains the Saudi Commission publishes — the only oral rubric for general surgery published in full — which are the same competencies every one of these boards is testing.