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1A regional hospital experienced a sentinel event where a patient underwent an incorrect invasive spinal procedure. As the hospital quality director, you initiate a Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Which characteristic is a fundamental principle of an effective RCA?
2A community medicine physician is evaluating the quality of diabetes care across a network of primary healthcare centers using Avedis Donabedian's framework. Which of the following parameters represents a 'process' indicator?
3A preventive medicine task force is comparing two smoking cessation interventions. The economic evaluation measures the health outcomes in terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) gained relative to monetary costs. Which type of economic evaluation is being utilized?
4Under the Saudi Vision 2030 Health Sector Transformation Program, regional health provision has been restructured into integrated networks known as Health Clusters. What is the primary administrative goal of this restructuring?
5During a clinical quality improvement project to reduce vaccine drop-out rates in an urban clinic, the team applies the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle. Which action corresponds specifically to the 'Study' (Check) phase?
6A national public health institute is integrating syndromic surveillance across multiple electronic health record (EHR) platforms. Which interoperability standard is specifically designed to facilitate modular, web-based data exchange using RESTful APIs and JSON/XML resources?
7Clinical governance is defined as a systematic framework through which healthcare organizations continuously improve service quality and safeguard high standards of clinical care. Which of the following is considered one of its foundational pillars?
8A hospital outpatient pharmacy achieves a Six Sigma quality performance level for prescription dispensing accuracy. Statistically, what maximum defect rate does a Six Sigma process permit?
9A Lean Healthcare project team conducts a Value Stream Mapping exercise in a community health center. They observe that phlebotomy specimens sit in a transport box for 3 hours before courier pickup, causing processing bottlenecks. Under Lean principles, this form of operational waste is categorized as which type of 'Muda'?
10When constructing a Balanced Scorecard for a public preventive health organization, leadership selects four key perspectives to evaluate balanced organizational performance. Which four perspectives comprise the classic Kaplan and Norton Balanced Scorecard?
About the Community Medicine Board Exam
Independent English-language MCQ study adaptation by OpenExamPrep. This independent practice exam follows the seven sections of the Saudi Board Community Medicine final written blueprint: Epidemiology/Biostatistics/Vital Statistics and Demography (28%), Clinical Preventive Medicine (20%), Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (20%), Healthcare Management, Quality and Informatics (10%), Occupational and Environmental Health (10%), Behavioral and Social Health, Health Education and Promotion (6%), and Maternal and Child Health (6%).
Exam sponsor: Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
Two papers, each with 100–125 single-best-answer MCQs. Up to 10% additional unscored items may be added. Duration is not stated in the written blueprint.
Time Limit
Not published by SCFHS
Passing Score
70% (lowered to minimum 65% if pass rate under 70%)
Reported exam pass rate: Not published by SCFHS. SCFHS publishes no candidate pass rate. The blueprint instead sets the passing score at 70% and, if fewer than 70% of candidates pass before final approval, lowers that score one mark at a time until a 70% pass rate is reached or the score reaches 65%, whichever comes first; it is never lowered below 65%. Exam sponsor website
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Our practice resources: topics covered
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Epidemiology/Biostatistics/Vital Statistics and Demography
Observational and experimental study designs, measures of association, bias and confounding, causal inference, screening evaluation, hypothesis testing and regression, and vital statistics including standardisation, fertility and mortality measures, life tables and burden of disease.
Clinical Preventive Medicine
Screening guidelines, adult and travel immunisation, chemoprophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis and clinical lifestyle interventions.
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
Surveillance and outbreak investigation, vector-borne and zoonotic infections, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis programmes, and the diagnosis and control of major chronic diseases.
Healthcare Management, Quality and Informatics
Health system leadership and the Health Sector Transformation Programme, quality improvement and patient safety methods, clinical governance, health economics and health informatics standards.
Occupational and Environmental Health
Workplace hazard appraisal and the hierarchy of controls, occupational lung, skin, neurologic and hearing disorders, heat illness, and air, water and waste safety.
Behavioral and Social Health, Health Education and Promotion
Behaviour-change models, health promotion frameworks, social determinants of health, health literacy and communication, and harm reduction.
Maternal and Child Health
Antenatal and premarital screening, preventive obstetric care, infant feeding, newborn screening and the national immunisation schedule.
Preparing for the Community Medicine Board Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: 70% (lowered to minimum 65% if pass rate under 70%)
- Assessment: Two papers, each with 100–125 single-best-answer MCQs. Up to 10% additional unscored items may be added. Duration is not stated in the written blueprint.
- Time limit: Not published by SCFHS
- Exam / certification fees: Not published by SCFHS Official sources
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the format of the Saudi Board Preventive Medicine (Community Medicine) final written examination?
Two papers, each with 100–125 single-best-answer MCQs. Up to 10% additional unscored items may be added. Duration is not stated in the written blueprint.
What is the passing score for the Saudi Board Community Medicine final written exam?
The standard pass mark is 70%. Under SCFHS board examination regulations, if fewer than 70% of candidates pass, the cut score is lowered one mark at a time toward a 70% pass rate, but never below a minimum floor of 65%.
Does this question bank include the clinical OSCE examination?
This bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation for the written examination. It does not simulate or replace the separate mandatory final clinical/practical assessment. Consult the specialty clinical blueprint for its station formats and any structured oral or OSCE components.
Is this practice exam endorsed by or affiliated with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties?
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