Saudi Board in Family Medicine Examinations

The SCFHS Main Specialty in Family Medicine examination pathway has three stages: the Part One Examination during training, followed by the final written and final clinical examinations. This guide covers that Saudi Board examination family—not the separately listed professional-classification Family Medicine Exam or the separately titled Clinical Diploma Family Medicine final clinical examination.

The eight clinical stations are four Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) stations, three Structured Oral Exam (SOE) stations, and one Objective Structured Practical Exam (OSPE). Stations assess integrated clinical or practical encounters; domains may overlap, and a station may include one or more cases. SOE stations use preset questions and ideal answers. OSPE tasks assess practical skills and/or data interpretation using predefined questions and standardized ideal answers.

The 2024–2027 Part One and final written blueprints publish the same 12 sections and percentages.

The written blueprints state that distributions may vary by up to ±5% in each category and that content and percentages may change. Research, ethics, professionalism, and patient safety are incorporated across domains rather than given separate percentages.

The final clinical blueprint lists some of these subject areas as possible examination content but does not assign station-level percentages. It describes four performance domains: data gathering; reasoning and analysis; decision-making; and professional attitude.

These requirements describe the SCFHS postgraduate trainee pathway; they should not be treated as universal eligibility rules for every applicant type.

Part One

• Complete at least nine months of training in a Saudi Board program.
• Hold valid registration in an SCFHS postgraduate program.
• Meet any additional Learning and Training Council conditions and apply electronically when registration opens.

Final written examination

• Complete the program training period and any additional requirements set by the relevant Scientific Council, such as research, publications, case books, or procedure lists.
• Apply electronically during the applicable registration period. If eligibility has elapsed, SCFHS says a trainee may request renewal; the committee may renew eligibility or require further training.

Final clinical examination

• Pass the final written examination before entering the clinical examination.
• Confirm current attempt rules with SCFHS before planning a retake: the consulted English and Arabic trainee pages state different maximum-attempt figures.

Use the written blueprint as your study map. Allocate review across all 12 sections, giving more attention to the larger published categories while retaining planned review for the five-percent sections. The same section distribution appears in the Part One and final written blueprints.

Practice Part One in single-best-answer blocks. Build timed practice around its published 150-item paper. Review errors by cause—for example, a knowledge gap, misreading, or difficulty choosing the best answer among plausible options.

Prepare for the final written examination as two papers. Practice sustained question blocks that reflect the published 100–125-item paper range, then review the reasoning behind both correct and incorrect choices.

Rehearse each clinical station type separately.

• OSCE: Practice a timed encounter, including focused information gathering, synthesis, explaining a plan, and communicating follow-up.
• SOE: Practice concise spoken reasoning in response to structured prompts. Organize answers around the problem, priorities, alternatives, investigations, management, and follow-up.
• OSPE: Rehearse practical tasks and data interpretation separately. Oral-question practice alone does not simulate an OSCE encounter or an OSPE task.

For clinical rehearsals, use the 10-minute station length and seek feedback on data gathering, reasoning and analysis, decision-making, and professional attitude.

• Check the current blueprint before each sitting. The written blueprints are labeled 2024–2027, version 1; the consulted final clinical blueprint is version 2. The documents state that content may change.
• Do not infer a clinical pass mark from the written exams. The consulted clinical blueprint specifies the station structure and performance domains but no numeric clinical passing score.
• Verify the clinical attempt limit directly with SCFHS. The English trainee page states a maximum of three attempts; the Arabic page states four. Confirm the controlling rule before making a retake plan.
• Follow clinical-exam conduct instructions. The blueprint prohibits electronic devices and communication with other candidates during the evaluation. It also advises candidates to identify a genuine examiner conflict at introduction.
• Use official services for logistics. Apply through the SCFHS Apply to Postgraduate Exam service in Mumaris+. The SCFHS services directory lists View Saudi Board Exam Schedule. Check those live services for the applicable application window, schedule, deadlines, and payment instructions.
• Select the correct assessment. SCFHS lists a Family Medicine professional-classification exam separately, and the postgraduate-program table includes a separately titled Clinical Diploma Family Medicine final clinical examination.