Qatari Board — Family Medicine
Eligibility & Classification
| Category | Requirement | Prometric exam |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty — Category 1 | 5 years total + 1 year post-specialty | Not required |
| Specialty — Category 2 | 5 years total + 2 years post-specialty | Not required |
| Specialty — Category 3 | 5 years total + 3 years post-specialty from governmental or training hospitals, and at least 3 years structured postgraduate training | Required |
| Fellow | 5 years total experience | — |
The category you fall into determines whether you sit the examination at all.
Exam Specification
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Format | 150 MCQs, clinical vignette, single best answer |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Pass mark | 65% |
| Sponsor code | SCHQ2 |
Content Blueprint
MCI Academy coverage guide, not an official blueprint: Comprehensive Primary Care, Acute and Chronic Disease Management, Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, Women's and Children's Health, Geriatrics and Multimorbidity, Mental Health, and Community-Oriented Family Medicine.
Credential Verification
Check who the current approved provider is before you pay anyone. The DHP's contract with GBS ended on 7 February 2024, and Quadrabay was endorsed as a second provider in 2025.
Fees
Prometric examination fee: $244 USD from 1 January 2026. Primary source verification, DHP portal evaluation and licence issuance fees are not published.
The Hamad Medical Corporation Family Medicine Residency
Hamad Medical Corporation runs an ACGME-I accredited Family Medicine Residency Programme — 4 years, 48 months, PGY-1 through PGY-4, with the final year concentrated in continuity clinic and primary care centre rotations.
Application window: 25 October to 30 November, 11:59 PM Qatar time. Fee: $0.
Family Medicine was the first Qatari specialty programme to complete a Part 2 Final Written cycle. Eleven resident physicians sat, and all eleven passed — announced by the DHP for the March 2023 cycle.