Guideline For ERMP 2020
Guideline For ERMP 2020
Implementation of
Ethiopian Residency
Matching Program
This guideline is subject to revision at least every year and can be amended as deemed necessary by the SSG
Table of Contents
Acronyms …………….…………………………………,…………………………………………. 1
I. Background ................................................................................................................ 2
II. Objectives of ERMP ................................................................................................... 3
III. Definitions .................................................................................................................. 3
IV. Roles and Responsibility of stakeholders ................................................................... 4
ERMP-SSG ............................................................................................................... 4
MOH …………….. ..................................................................................................... 5
MOSHE ..................................................................................................................... 5
Members’ responsibilities .......................................................................................... 6
V. Training Institutions .................................................................................................... 6
VI. Recruitment ................................................................................................................ 6
Who can apply? ......................................................................................................... 6
How can they apply? ................................................................................................. 7
What do they apply for? ............................................................................................. 8
When do they apply? ................................................................................................. 8
How frequently can they apply? ................................................................................. 9
Application fee ........................................................................................................... 9
Who can take the residency entrance examination? .................................................. 9
About the entrance exam........................................................................................... 9
VII. Field and Place of Study Choice Revision ................................................................ 10
VIII. Matching and Assignment ........................................................................................ 10
Post matching procedures ....................................................................................... 12
Post-matching special scenarios ............................................................................. 12
Appeals ................................................................................................................... 12
Special considerations to appeal to change institutions: .......................................... 13
IX. Sponsorship: ............................................................................................................ 13
X. Admission and Registration ...................................................................................... 15
XI. Salary and Incentives of Public Sponsored Residents .............................................. 17
XII. Deployment and service year ................................................................................... 18
Annex I: Declaration by applicants ...................................................................................... 19
Annex II: Applicant and MOH/ Training Institutions Sponsorship Agreement form ............... 20
Acronyms
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The Government of Ethiopia recognizes that healthcare is one of the crucial components of
basic social services with direct linkage to growth and development of the country as well as
to the welfare of the society. Accordingly, Ministry of Health is committed to reduce
morbidity, mortality, and disability and to improve the health status of the Ethiopian people
through accessing basic health services. (FMOH, 2011)
The rise in public needs for advanced and better-quality care, the epidemiological transition,
rapid urbanization, rising health literacy, and broader social and economic changes
occurring in the country necessitate increased quality and number of medical specialists.
However, the existing health care service is not meeting those needs and changes. The
country is not producing highly trained health professionals in enough quantity though
there has been an increase in medical specialty training programs opening in past few years.
Enrollment and output has been persistently low failing to match the supply of specialist
doctors to population needs.
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To address these challenges, the Federal Ministry of Health launched a national residency
matching program which caters coordination, recruitment, testing, and matching of
applicants for residency training programs centrally.
III. Definitions
Candidate: An eligible applicant to the residency matching program
Declaration: a statement that announces the candidate’s responsibility for the
information provided during application and the consequences thereafter.
Eligible applicant: A licensed medical doctor with or without sponsorship. However,
be reminded that after matching all matched applicants except the foreign ones
MUST produce evidence to the registrar office proving that they are free from any
government obligation as a General Practitioner.
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Approve the minutes of the last meeting with input from board members
Follow, direct and execute the process of guideline preparation and implementation
MOH
Communicate meetings
Collect and disseminate relevant documents that are approved by the Chairperson
Keep copy of documents and records of the SSG and the examination board
MOSHE
Draft meeting agendas and announce the meeting date and venue
V. Training Institutions
These are either university-based or hospital-based medical schools which are
recognized to run clinical medicine graduate program in specific discipline after being
evaluated as per the agreed up on standard and fulfilled the minimum requirement
(accredited). These schools / institutions can be publicly owned or privately owned.
VI. Recruitment
Who can apply?
A medical Doctor (MD) or holder of equivalent degree (for British system schools)
graduated from MOSHE recognized institution or any accredited medical schools
abroad and recognized by the respective regulatory body. Foreign graduates must
produce evidence of equivalence from HERQA.
Since medium of instruction is English, foreign applicants must be fluent in writing
and spoken English and are encouraged to learn the major language in the area they
are assigned.
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In order to be eligible to sit for the written entrance exam, candidates should fill the
application form and submit a completed application form. This is done through the
online registration system on the dedicated website.
During application, candidates MUST upload
o their valid (active) medical licensure certificate or for those who graduated
before Ginbot 1, 2011 EC a letter of deployment from MOH or RHB.
o the scanned copy of the application fee receipt.
o Sponsorship letter (only for those who are sponsored by private or charity
institutions or by federal sponsors (federal police, prison, defence etc)
Married couples applying for residency in the same academic year must upload the
scanned copy of their marriage certificate if they get matched and after matching if
they intend to apply for a privilege to be placed in the same teaching institution.
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Foreign applicants should bring all necessary documents (including a letter from the
Ethiopian Ministry of foreign affairs) to their hub on a specific day which will be
notified after registration by MOH, Human Resource Development Directorate.
After processing the application, the SSG announces exam dates and list of eligible
candidates with allocated exam centers.
A candidate can apply for up to three specialty fields and rank them based on his/her
interest. If the candidate fails to get his/her first choice, he/she will compete for
his/her second choice, if not, then for third choice. Candidates are advised to read
the declaration in annex-I and ensure that they chose the appropriate field for their
condition.
A candidate can choose one, some or all places of studies for a specific specialty in
ranking order
Candidates sponsored by private or charity organizations or by federal sponsors (like
defence, police …etc) should rank all the programs and institutions as to his/her and
the sponsor’s preference
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Candidates can apply every year, but in a year an applicant is able to register only
once. Those who register multiple times using different accounts will be
disqualified from the competition.
Those who already have been matched in the previous years and had started
education as a resident are not eligible to register in this year’s ERMP. If found,
they will be disqualified from the competition.
Application fee
An applicant whose eligibility has been verified and listed to sit for the exam.
Applicants who properly submitted their application (application in draft status
will be disqualified)
Candidates with duplicate applications and those who had matched in previous
years and started residency will not be allowed to sit for examination.
Candidates who uploaded inappropriate documents will not be allowed to sit for
examination. He/she will also be denied from competing in the next academic
year.
The objective of the MCQ exam is to assess the applicant’s knowledge and practice in
general medicine. All applicants (including foreign candidates) must take exams.
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Affirmative action
Result Notification
Result out of 100% will be posted on the ERMP website within 1-2 weeks after
the exam.
In doing so;
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Matching result of all institutions including all fields and available vacant spots will
be posted. Candidates will be notified about their assignment through the website.
E-mail will be sent to every candidate stating his/her status
Official letter with names of matched candidates will be sent to all institutions with
residency training in their respective specialties.
Any transfer request from one program to another is totally unacceptable. Transfer
request from one institution to another will not be entertained here at MOH at any
time, but it can be addressed by the respective institutions as long as an applicant
has been registered as a resident, completed R-I and scored a pass mark to R-II.
Candidates will not be matched to a program they did not apply or sponsored
for. Those candidates who do not get matched to any of the three specialties
they applied for have the following options.
Can scramble for any vacant position if announced
Based on their merit can be considered in the reserve list for their first
field of choice
Waiting for another year to take the exam.
If a matched candidate does not want the program he matched for, he/she
will wait for another year and will go through all the process as a new
applicant.
Appeals
Appeal on the result is made through the email address of the residency program of
the ministry: [email protected] within one week after result notification
Appeal on matching is made through the email address of the residency program of
the ministry: [email protected] within two weeks after matching
Response for the appeal will be given in another one week
No appeal is entertained in person at MOH.
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Matched couple applicants: Married couples who took exam and matched in the
same academic year and have already submitted their marriage certificate during
application can apply to be placed in the same institution.
They also need to submit an application letter in person (both) stating the institution
they want to be placed in to the Human Resource Development Directorate, MOH
during the weeks of appeal on matching.
The institution they request shall be in either of the institutions where one of the
spouses has matched for. Candidates should know that these special considerations
are not right, rather they are privileges.
IX. Sponsorship:
The following options are possible to be considered as sponsor.
A. Central sponsorship by MOH:
Any Ethiopian medical residency candidate is eligible to seek for MOH
sponsorship as far as he/she commits to serve in the public system after
graduation.
A candidate who seeks for central sponsorship will sign legal sponsorship
agreement with MOH after matching using the agreement form in annex II.
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E. Self-sponsor: Any applicant who wish to support him/herself for the period of
residency training.
F. Foreign Candidates: these candidates are those who either got partial scholarship
(tuition fee waiver only) by the Ethiopian Government or fully paying candidates.
Those who are given partial scholarship must upload their evidence (a letter from
the Ethiopian ministry of Foreign Affairs) during online application.
Sponsorship change:
a. A candidate who had sponsor during application can change to self-sponsor status
after matching but, before start of education.
b. If MOH gets convinced, a self-sponsor can change his/her status to government
sponsor status any time as long as he signs an agreement with MOH and agrees to
serve the public after graduation.
NB. There might be a new school-based schedule for 2020 academic year due to the COVID
19 pandemic.
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Training institutions will notify the list of candidates who didn’t register in the deadline to
MOH within one week. The ERMP secretariat will immediately assign from reserves.
Reserves must start education within one month of start of education.
Post Registration scenarios: After registration and starting residency training and have
grade record (pass mark), the respective college/school rules and regulations apply for all.
However, change of field of study is strictly prohibited since it seriously affects the merit-
based matching and the sponsor’s human resource development plan.
Official Transcript: While registering at the registrar office matched candidates are
responsible to process official copy of their undergraduate transcript from the school/
university where they studied medicine to the school/university to where they are matched
for residency. The school/university where respective candidates received MD degree, need
to cooperate in sending the official transcript when requested by candidates as long as they
fulfill the legal requirement.
Clearance: During registration at the registrar office of the respective institutions, those
matched candidates who have been employed in a public institution as a GP should come
with an official clearance letter from their organization (dated and stamped).
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1. I am solely responsible for the ranked choices of specialties and institutions and for
the match outcome based on these choices
2. I understand that I should report to the program and institution I am matched to
within the deadline and failing to report might affect my result in being unmatched
for the academic year
3. I understand that both the residency program and myself as an applicant are bound
by the result of the Match. I also understand that my actual entry into the training
program is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the medical fitness
prerequisites set by the program. e.g. for Ophthalmology, all surgeries, etc... Prior
medical fitness test is the responsibility of the candidate.
o In case the department for which I am matched denies me a spot for
registration because of any health-related issues, I do agree to consider
myself as unmatched.
4. I understand that the ERMP cannot guarantee my continuation of training in the
residency program rather this is contingent upon my performance as a resident
based on the curricular requirements of that specific program.
5. I declare that I have no medical conditions that can hinder my performance in any of
the residency programs I have listed for matching.
6. I declare that I have no obligations that prevent me from accepting the matched
institution or program.
7. I authorize the use of any information I provided in any study approved by the ERMP
provided that the information is kept anonymous and unique identifiers are not
revealed.
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የስፔሻሊይዜሽን የትምህርት ዕዴሌ ያገኙ ሐኪሞች ከሥሌጠና በኋሊ የሚጠበቅ መብትና ግዳታ በተመሇከተ የሚዯረግ የውሌ ስምምነት
እኔ ድ/ር___________________ አዴራሻ ክሌሌ/ከተማ____________ ዞን _______ ከተማ_____________ ቀበላ የቤት ቁጥር ____ ስሌክ
(የመ/ቤት) ___________________ የግሌ ስሌክ ቁጥር (ሞባይሌ) _________________ የሆነና የ___________ሆስፒታሌ ሠራተኛ የሆንኩ አሁን
__________ በ__________________________________ ሙያ ፤ በ ____________________________ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ገብቼ እንዴማር በኢትዮጵያ
ጤና ሚኒስቴር ስፖንሰር ተሰጥቶኛሌ፡፡ አንዴ ጀማሪ የአካዲሚክ ጠቅሊሊ ሃኪም (lecturure) የሚከፈሇውን ዯመወዝ 11305 (አስራ አንዴ ሺ ሦስት መቶ
አምስት) ብር እና የሥራ ግብር የማይቆረጥበት ላልች ጥቅማጥቅሞች (የቤት ኪራይ፤ ፤ የትራንስፖርትና የጽሕፈት መሣሪያ) ብር 2700 በዴምሩ 14,005
(አስራ አራት ሺ አምስት) ብር በየወሩ እየተከፈሇኝ ትምህርቴን ሇመቀጠሌ ተስማምቻሇሁ፡፡ የምርምር ወጭም በመንግስት ይሸፈናሌ። ትምህርቴን
መጨረሴን የሚገሌጽ ማስረጃ ከትምህርት ክፍለ እንዯተሰጠኝ የዩኒቨርሲቲ የምረቃ ፕሮግራም ጊዜ ሳሌጠብቅ ስፖንሰር ወዯ አዯረገኝ የኢትዮጵያ ጤና
ሚኒስቴር በመቅረብ ሪፖረት ሊዯርግና በመዯበኝ ቦታ በትምህርት ሊይ የቆየሁበትን ጊዜ ያህሌ አገሌግልት ሌሰጥ ተስማምቻሇሁ፡፡
ከመንግስት ጤና ዴርጅቶች በአንደ ተመዴቤ የአገሌግልት ግዳታዬን ሳሌወጣ የሙያ ፈቃዴም ሆነ የስፔሻሉቲ ሰርትፊከቴን መውሰዴ እንዯማሌችሌ ዏውቄ
ተስማምቻሌሁ። ምክንያቱ ምንም ይሁን ምን ግዳታዬን በአገሌግልት ከሌተውጣሁ ስፖንሰር ሊዯረገኝ የጤና ሚኒስቴር በትምህርት ቆይታዬ ጊዜ የተከፍሇኝ
ወርሃዊ ዯመወዝ ፤ ወርሃዊ የቤት ኪራይ ፤ ወርሃዊ የፎቶኮፒ እና የምርምር ጥቅማ-ጥቅም ፤ 9% (ዘጠኝ በመቶ) የባንክ ወሇዴ ተሰሌቶ ሌከፍሌ
ተስማምቻሇሁ፡፡ በዚህም ስላት መሰረት ስፖንሰር ሊዯረገኝ የጤና ሚኒስቴር (ሙያው በሚፈሌገው የትምህርት ጊዜ መሰረት ከሚከተለት አንደ ይክበብ)፥
1. ሇሦስት ዓመት የትምህርት ቆይታ 576,806.2 ብር (አምስት መቶ ሰባ ስዴስት ሺ ስምንት መቶ ስዴስት ብር ከ 20 ሳንቲም)
2. ሇአራት ዓመት የትምህርት ቆይታ 759,991.6 ብር (ሰባት መቶ ሃምሳ ዘጠኝ ሺ ዘጠኝ መቶ ዘጠና አንዴ ብር ከ 60 ሳንቲም)
3. ሇአምስት ዓመት የትምህርት ቆይታ 943,177 ብር (ዘጠኝ መቶ አርባ ሦስት ሺ አንዴ መቶ ሰባ ሰባት)
የጤና ሚኒስቴርም ከሊይ በተጠቀሰው ውሌ መሠረት በየወሩ ዯመወዝና ጥቅማ ጥቅሙን እንዱማር ከተመዯበበት ዩኒቨርሲቲ እያገኘ ትምህርቱን እንዱከታተሌ
ሁኔታዎችን ሇማመቻቸትና ትምህርቱን ሇመጨረሱ ማስረጃ ከትምህርት ቤቱ ወይም ትምህርት ክፍለ እንዲቀረበ በሠሇጠነበት ሙያ መነሻ ዯመወዝና
የተወሰነ ጥቅማ-ጥቅም በመክፈሌ በሃገሪቱ ባሊው ክፍት ቦታ መዴበን ሇማሠራት ተስማምተናሌ፡፡
ውሌ ተቀባይ
ዯ/ር _______________________________ ፊርማ ________________________ ቀን __________________________
ይኽ የውሌ ስምምነት በአራት ቅጽ ተሞሌቶ ከተፈረመ እና ከፀዯቀ በኋሊ አንደ ኮፒ ሇጤና ሚኒስቴር የህግ ዲይሬክቶሬት
፤ ሁሇተኛው ኮፒ ሇጤና ሚኒስቴር የሰው ኃብት ሌማት ዲይሬክቶሬት ፤ ሦስተኛው ኮፒ ሃኪሙ ሇተመዯበበት ትምህርት
ቤት እና አራተኛው ኮፒ ሇሃኪሙ ይሰጣሌ። ውሌ ሰጭው ሃኪም ሇጤና ሚኒስቴር የህግ ዲይሬክቶሬት ፤ ሇጤና
ሚኒስቴር የሰው ኃብት ሌማት ዲይሬክቶሬትእና ሃኪሙ ሇተመዯበበት ትምህርት ቤት የሚሰጠውን ኮፒ በፖስታ አሽጎ
ማስረከብ ይኖርበታሌ።
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