The Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) is a fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) who holds a professional qualification (fellowship) awarded after completing specialized training in a selected area of specialization and passing the examination in that particular specialty.
After full 4–5 years of training and completing few compulsory requirements (such as rotations at the other relevant departments for certain durations, thesis, and case studies), the candidate is eligible to start attempting the final exam called FCPS-II.
After passing FCPS-II, the candidate is awarded the Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan and is called a specialist.
[2] This fellowship is regarded as the specialist qualification (clinical) achieved by the physicians or surgeons in any specialty in Pakistan.
[3] To date, following qualifications are eligible for registration with General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom (UK) without any other exam:[4] In addition, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) recognizes this qualification for registration as a specialist, and in Saudi Arabia, as a consultant in any specialty.