But with the new practice, regional and zonal health bureaus complain of lacking budget to afford hiring fresh graduate physicians. The exam will focus on real life scenarios unlike the pre-internship qualification exams so that it prepares doctors for practice”. The decision to conduct Certificate of Competency (CoC) exams for doctors was made years ago according to Tewodros, but it hasn’t been practiced until now. After the coronavirus outbreak, the MoH has not been able to conduct Certificate of Competency (CoC) exam for Doctors. The next round of CoC exam will be conducted on October 21, 2020.

Source: Ethiopian News October 19, 2020 14:03 UTC