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1Under Jordan's Public Health Law No. 47 of 2008, a physician must notify the health director of their area of a communicable disease case, and must do so immediately where the disease is dangerous or epidemic. Which of the following presentations triggers that most urgent notification duty?

A.Suspected cholera or acute watery diarrhea in an adult

B.Uncomplicated seasonal influenza infection confirmed by rapid antigen test

C.Chronic asymptomatic hepatitis B carrier state identified during routine screening

D.Mild community-acquired pneumonia treated successfully in an outpatient clinic

Explanation: Article 20 of Jordan's Public Health Law No. 47 of 2008 requires every physician who supervised or took part in treating a case of a communicable disease to notify the health director of their area within twenty-four hours of the illness or death, and to notify immediately where the disease is dangerous or spreading as an epidemic; the Minister issues the list of notifiable diseases. Suspected cholera is exactly that kind of epidemic-prone, high-consequence disease, so it triggers the urgent end of this duty and allows rapid containment and contact tracing.

2A general practitioner at an MOH comprehensive health center is prescribing a narcotic analgesic listed in the schedules annexed to Jordan's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 23 of 2016 for severe cancer pain. Under the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) prescription and records instructions, which prescribing rule is mandatory?

A.The prescription can be written on standard generic clinic stationery without serial numbers

B.The prescription must be written in the official serially numbered, duplicate security prescription book issued by the JFDA for narcotic and psychotropic drugs

C.The prescription may include unlimited automatic refills authorized over telephone by the pharmacist

D.The prescription can be signed by a senior nursing supervisor on behalf of the physician

Explanation: Jordan does not use US-style drug 'schedules'; its controlled substances sit in the tables (جداول) annexed to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 23 of 2016. The JFDA prescription and records instructions require these drugs to be prescribed in the dedicated security prescription book issued by the JFDA: forms are serially numbered, written in duplicate with a carbon copy, carry the JFDA and syndicate emblems, and are protected by security features such as watermarked paper, microprinting and non-commercial inks. The prescription is dispensed only by a pharmacist authorized to handle narcotics, entered in the approved narcotics register, and retained in the pharmacy for five years.

3Under Jordan's Medical and Health Responsibility Law No. 25 of 2018, how is civil medical liability defined regarding standard medical complications versus medical error?

A.Any adverse clinical outcome is legally presumed to be gross medical negligence by the treating physician

B.A known, accepted medical complication that occurs despite adherence to recognized scientific standards does not constitute a punishable medical error

C.Physicians are immune from all legal liability if care was provided inside a government MOH facility

D.Medical errors only apply to intentional criminal acts, excluding diagnostic or therapeutic negligence

Explanation: Jordan's Medical and Health Responsibility Law No. 25 of 2018 defines a medical error (الخطأ الطبي) as any act, omission or negligence by the service provider that does not conform to the professional rules prevailing within the available work environment and that causes harm. Article 4 then sets liability by how far the provider and the place of service adhered to those professional rules, taking account of the setting and the circumstances surrounding the care. A recognized complication that occurs despite conforming practice therefore fails the definition — harm alone is not enough without a departure from the professional rules. Article 7 separately obliges the physician to warn the patient of complications that may arise from the diagnosis, treatment or surgery before the intervention begins, and to monitor and treat them where possible.

4A conscious, alert 45-year-old adult patient with complete decision-making capacity refuses an elective minor surgical drainage procedure in an MOH health center. Which of the following represents the physician's correct ethical and legal duty?

A.Proceed with the procedure regardless, because the physician knows what is in the patient's medical best interest

B.Respect the patient's refusal after ensuring full comprehension of the clinical risks, and document the informed refusal in the medical record

C.Contact the patient's employer to compel compliance with the treatment plan

D.Administer sedative medication covertly to perform the procedure safely

Explanation: Respect for patient autonomy is a foundational ethical pillar under the Jordanian code of medical ethics and health regulations. A competent adult has the legal and moral right to refuse any medical or surgical intervention; the physician must explain the diagnosis, proposed intervention, risks of refusal, and alternative care options, and thoroughly document the informed refusal without coercion.

5A pharmaceutical company representative approaches an MOH clinic doctor offering personal electronic gifts and funded vacation travel in return for switching clinic patients to their proprietary brand of antihypertensive medication. According to the Jordanian Physician Code of Conduct and civil service regulations, what is the appropriate response?

A.Accept the gifts as long as the proprietary drug has approved bioequivalence with other agents

B.Politely decline the offer, as accepting gifts or inducements tied to prescribing practices represents an unacceptable conflict of interest

C.Accept the travel funding if the physician agrees to prescribe the medication only to patients with private health insurance

D.Request that the financial incentive be paid in cash directly to avoid official registry tracking

Explanation: The Jordanian Physician Code of Conduct and civil service regulations strictly forbid healthcare providers from accepting gifts, financial kickbacks, or hospitality from commercial entities that could compromise professional objectivity or influence clinical prescribing. Prescriptions in public health facilities must be guided solely by evidence-based indications and national formulary guidelines.

6An elderly patient with acute delirium and severe sepsis is admitted to an MOH hospital without an advance directive or legal guardian. The clinical team must make urgent non-emergent treatment decisions regarding invasive vascular access. Under Jordanian medical ethics and legal framework, how should the clinical team determine surrogate decision-making?

A.Make decisions exclusively based on institutional cost-containment criteria without family involvement

B.Engage the closest family members to ascertain the patient's prior known values and act in the patient's best clinical interest

C.Wait for a court-appointed judicial conservator before initiating any intravenous therapy or monitoring

D.Delegate all decision-making authority to the junior nursing intern on duty

Explanation: When an adult patient temporarily or permanently lacks decision-making capacity and has no designated power of attorney, Jordanian medical practice and ethical principles require consulting immediate next-of-kin (family) to understand the patient's prior values and determine substituted judgment in the patient's best clinical interests.

7According to World Health Organization (WHO) and Jordanian MOH infection control standards, which of the following clinical moments requires alcohol-based hand rub or soap-and-water hand hygiene?

A.Only after completing the entire clinic shift and exiting the building

B.Before touching a patient, before clean/aseptic procedures, and after body fluid exposure risk

C.Exclusively when visible dirt or heavy blood soiling is obvious to the naked eye

D.Only when entering the intensive care unit or operating theatre

Explanation: The WHO '5 Moments for Hand Hygiene' adopted across Jordanian MOH healthcare centers specify hand hygiene: 1) before touching a patient, 2) before clean/aseptic procedures, 3) after body fluid exposure risk, 4) after touching a patient, and 5) after touching patient surroundings. Following these steps breaks the chain of healthcare-associated pathogen transmission.

8A healthcare worker in an MOH primary health center sustains a deep needle-stick puncture from a hollow-bore needle contaminated with fresh blood from a patient with active, untreated HIV infection. What is the immediate first-line management and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) protocol?

A.Squeeze the puncture site vigorously and apply concentrated caustic bleach solutions

B.Wash the puncture site gently with soap and water, and initiate 3-drug antiretroviral PEP ideally within 2 hours (no later than 72 hours)

C.Wait 6 weeks for antibody seroconversion testing before considering any prophylactic medications

D.Administer oral acyclovir 800 mg and reassure the worker that occupational HIV transmission is impossible

Explanation: Immediate post-exposure protocol requires gentle washing of the wound with soap and running water without aggressive squeezing or tissue trauma. For high-risk HIV exposures, three-drug antiretroviral PEP (e.g., tenofovir, emtricitabine, and dolutegravir or raltegravir) should be commenced as soon as possible, ideally within 2 hours and no later than 72 hours post-exposure, continuing for 28 days.

9A 28-year-old married woman visits an MOH primary care clinic for confidential contraceptive counseling and medical management. Later that afternoon, her adult brother approaches the physician demanding to review her medical record. Under medical confidentiality rules in Jordan, what should the physician do?

A.Provide the medical file to the brother because he is an immediate first-degree relative

B.Refuse to disclose any medical information without the patient's explicit informed written consent

C.Disclose only the medications prescribed while keeping the clinical notes confidential

D.Instruct the clinic receptionist to verbally read the diagnosis over the public waiting room desk

Explanation: Article 8 of Jordan's Medical and Health Responsibility Law No. 25 of 2018 prohibits a service provider from disclosing a patient's secrets learned during or because of practice. It then lists the only exceptions: disclosure at the patient's request with written consent; disclosure in the interest of the spouse, who must be informed personally; disclosure to the competent official body to prevent or report a crime; disclosure the provider is legally required to make; and disclosure before the Higher Technical Committee. An adult sibling falls under none of these, so the record stays closed without the patient's written consent.

10In Jordanian public healthcare facilities utilizing the national electronic health records system (Hakeem), what is the standard information security protocol regarding practitioner user accounts and clinical documentation?

A.Physicians may share their personal login credentials with rotating students to speed up clinic data entry

B.Each practitioner must log in with unique individual credentials, maintain session security, and never share login passwords

C.Clinical notes can be left unsigned indefinitely if the patient has already been discharged from the facility

D.Electronic audit logs are prohibited by law to protect healthcare staff from administrative review

Explanation: National digital health standards (including Jordan's Hakeem EHR system) mandate strict individual access controls. Each practitioner is issued unique login credentials that create legal electronic audit trails for every record accessed, modified, or signed. Sharing credentials compromises patient data security, invalidates legal accountability, and violates MOH cybersecurity protocols.

About the MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam Exam

Jordan selects licensed physicians for civil-service appointment to General Practitioner (طبيب عام) posts in the Ministry of Health through an electronic competitive examination (الاختبار التنافسي الالكتروني) administered by the Public Service and Administration Commission (SPAC / هيئة الخدمة والإدارة العامة) at its Competency Assessment Center (مركز تقييم الكفايات) in Amman. Sat under the open-announcement track (الإعلان المفتوح), the assessment is weighted 70% for technical competencies (الكفايات الفنية) and 30% for behavioural, linguistic, and general aptitudes. Technical content is drawn from SPAC's published 'Entry to Practice Competencies — General Practitioner' framework. Candidates who achieve qualifying competitive scores advance to a personal interview at the Ministry of Health. This bank provides independent practice by OpenExamPrep for the clinical knowledge and ethical standards assessed. It is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of SPAC's published blueprint — not an official translation, not a simulation of the official exam's format or language environment, and not a substitute for the personal interview stage.

Exam sponsor: Public Service & Administration Commission (SPAC / هيئة الخدمة والإدارة العامة) Competency Assessment Center, in coordination with the Ministry of Health (وزارة الصحة). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

An electronic competitive examination (الاختبار التنافسي الالكتروني) administered at SPAC's Competency Assessment Center (مركز تقييم الكفايات) in Amman — Tabarbour, Al-Aqsa Street. The Ministry of Health announcement publishes two scored components: Technical Competencies (الكفايات الفنية) worth 70% of the total mark, and Behavioural, Language and General Aptitude Competencies (الكفايات السلوكية واللغوية والقدرات العامة) worth 30%. SPAC publishes a separate exam-weight blueprint (أوزان الاختبار) for the General Practitioner job, built on its 'Entry to Practice Competencies — General Practitioner' framework, in six sections: Safe & Ethical GP Practice 10%, Emergency & Urgent Care 25%, Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis 25%, Management, Treatment & Referral 25%, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention 10%, and Communication & Professional Practice 5%. That blueprint covers the job-specific clinical and professional content — the behavioural, Arabic/English language and general-aptitude component is assessed separately. Successful candidates are then called to a personal interview (المقابلة الشخصية) at the Ministry of Health Human Resources Directorate. Item count, session length and pass mark are not published. This practice bank is an independent English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of the published blueprint; it is not an official translation, does not simulate the official exam's format or language environment, and does not prepare for the interview stage.

Time Limit

Not published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health. Candidates are instructed to arrive 45 minutes before the scheduled session, and no candidate is admitted to the hall once the session has begun.

Passing Score

No fixed pass mark is published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health. The examination is part of a competitive recruitment process (الاختبار التنافسي) for announced General Practitioner vacancies, and the Ministry of Health subsequently calls successful candidates to a personal interview (المقابلة الشخصية) at its Human Resources Directorate.

Exam / Certification Fees

No candidate fee is published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health; the competitive appointment examination is part of the Jordanian civil service recruitment process.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

We aim to reflect publicly available exam outlines and topic information in our study resources. Coverage, format, and difficulty may differ from the actual exam, and we cannot guarantee that every detail is accurate or current. Confirm exam requirements, fees, and policies with the official exam sponsor.

10% of SPAC technical blueprint

Safe & Ethical GP Practice

Jordanian health legislation, MOH policies and regulations, the code of medical ethics, patient advocacy and rights, infection prevention and clinical safety standards, and patient data confidentiality (10 questions in this bank).

25% of SPAC technical blueprint

Emergency & Urgent Care

Recognition, initial stabilization, and resuscitation of cardiopulmonary emergencies, stroke, seizures, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute kidney injury, shock, anaphylaxis, acute toxic ingestions, and urgent surgical and obstetric presentations (25 questions in this bank).

25% of SPAC technical blueprint

Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis

Systematic diagnostic reasoning and differential diagnosis across adult internal medicine, pediatric conditions, women's health, radiographic imaging interpretation, electrocardiography, and routine clinical laboratory testing (25 questions in this bank).

25% of SPAC technical blueprint

Management, Treatment & Referral

First-line outpatient therapeutic management for chronic and acute medical illnesses, safe pediatric dosing and treatment, obstetric and gynecologic care, first-line minor surgical and orthopedic management, and drug interaction avoidance (25 questions in this bank).

10% of SPAC technical blueprint

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

Population-based screening programs, the Jordanian national immunization schedule, cardiovascular and chronic disease lifestyle counseling, and preventive health maintenance across age cohorts (10 questions in this bank).

5% of SPAC technical blueprint

Communication & Professional Practice

Therapeutic doctor-patient relationship building, structured delivery of difficult diagnoses (SPIKES), interdisciplinary team communication, and medical documentation standards in electronic health record environments (5 questions in this bank).

Preparing for the MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: No fixed pass mark is published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health. The examination is part of a competitive recruitment process (الاختبار التنافسي) for announced General Practitioner vacancies, and the Ministry of Health subsequently calls successful candidates to a personal interview (المقابلة الشخصية) at its Human Resources Directorate.
Assessment: An electronic competitive examination (الاختبار التنافسي الالكتروني) administered at SPAC's Competency Assessment Center (مركز تقييم الكفايات) in Amman — Tabarbour, Al-Aqsa Street. The Ministry of Health announcement publishes two scored components: Technical Competencies (الكفايات الفنية) worth 70% of the total mark, and Behavioural, Language and General Aptitude Competencies (الكفايات السلوكية واللغوية والقدرات العامة) worth 30%. SPAC publishes a separate exam-weight blueprint (أوزان الاختبار) for the General Practitioner job, built on its 'Entry to Practice Competencies — General Practitioner' framework, in six sections: Safe & Ethical GP Practice 10%, Emergency & Urgent Care 25%, Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis 25%, Management, Treatment & Referral 25%, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention 10%, and Communication & Professional Practice 5%. That blueprint covers the job-specific clinical and professional content — the behavioural, Arabic/English language and general-aptitude component is assessed separately. Successful candidates are then called to a personal interview (المقابلة الشخصية) at the Ministry of Health Human Resources Directorate. Item count, session length and pass mark are not published. This practice bank is an independent English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of the published blueprint; it is not an official translation, does not simulate the official exam's format or language environment, and does not prepare for the interview stage.
Time limit: Not published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health. Candidates are instructed to arrive 45 minutes before the scheduled session, and no candidate is admitted to the hall once the session has begun.
Exam / certification fees: No candidate fee is published by SPAC or the Ministry of Health; the competitive appointment examination is part of the Jordanian civil service recruitment process. Official sources

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MOH GP Competitive Appointment Exam: Suggested Study Strategy

1Review the six core domains of SPAC's published General Practitioner Entry to Practice Competency Framework, emphasizing emergency triage, common chronic disease protocols, and outpatient management.

2Thoroughly review the Jordanian National Immunization Program schedule, noting the timing of primary childhood vaccines (BCG, Hexavalent/Pentavalent, Rotavirus, MMR) and booster schedules.

3Familiarize yourself with Jordanian public health statutes, Ministry of Health clinical reporting protocols, and ethical principles outlined in the medical code of conduct.

4Practice clinical decision-making vignettes requiring the interpretation of basic laboratory panels, arterial blood gases, electrocardiograms, and plain radiographs under timed conditions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exam does this practice bank support?

This bank supports candidates preparing for the electronic competitive examination (الاختبار التنافسي الالكتروني) administered by the Public Service and Administration Commission (SPAC / هيئة الخدمة والإدارة العامة) for appointment to General Practitioner (طبيب عام) positions within Jordan's Ministry of Health under the open-announcement recruitment track.

How does this exam differ from the Jordan Medical Council comprehensive exam (امتحان الفحص الإجمالي)?

The Jordan Medical Council (JMC) Human Medicine Comprehensive Examination (jo-jmdc-exam) is a 120-item pass/fail licensing examination required to obtain a licence to practice medicine in Jordan. In contrast, the MOH General Practitioner Examination is a post-licensure competitive employment selection exam administered by SPAC to rank licensed physicians for government civil-service appointments.

What is the structure and weighting of the official examination?

Official announcements by the Ministry of Health specify that the competitive examination carries two components: Technical Competencies (الكفايات الفنية) accounting for 70% of the total score, and Behavioural, Language, and General Aptitude Competencies (الكفايات السلوكية واللغوية والقدرات العامة) accounting for the remaining 30%.

What language is the official examination administered in?

SPAC does not publish the delivery language of the examination itself, so no delivery language is claimed here. What is documented: SPAC's competency platform and the Ministry of Health announcement are published in Arabic; SPAC's published description of its competency assessments lists language competencies in both Arabic (كفايات اللغة العربية) and English (كفايات اللغة الانجليزية); and SPAC's 'Entry to Practice Competencies — General Practitioner' framework document is itself written in English. This practice bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of that published framework and blueprint — not an official translation and not a simulation of the exam's language environment.

How are candidate selections finalized after the examination?

Candidates who achieve competitive scores in the electronic exam at SPAC's Competency Assessment Center are ranked by score against the declared vacancy count. Highest-ranking candidates are then invited for an in-person interview (المقابلة الشخصية) conducted by the Ministry of Health to finalize civil-service appointment decisions.