Primary Care and Continuous Medication Prescribing Certificate
Early detection, management, treatment, and follow-up care of patients in the community
The advanced primary care course is part of a common chronic module, focuses on expanding the knowledge in preventive medicine and treatment of patients with acute and chronic diseases.
The advanced primary care course is part of a common chronic module, together with the advanced courses in diabetes, rehabilitation and wound and stoma.
See the opening dates of the common module courses
The primary care course syllabus is focused on expanding the knowledge in preventive medicine, early detection, management, healthcare, and follow-up care in patients suffering from acute and chronic diseases in the community.
Clinical practice is conducted in community clinics. As part of the practice, you will become acquainted with the unique characteristics of the community, exercise decision-making according to clinical standards of quality, and develop health care decision-making skills in defined clinical situations.
Curriculum
The study program includes 519 study hours, of which:
- 343 theoretical study hours
- 176 clinical experience hours
Prerequisites for admission to the program
- You are a citizen or a resident of Israel
- You have a registered nurse licensure certificate in Israel
- You have a bachelor's degree in nursing.
An accredited degree in nursing is a degree accredited by interinstitutional committee at the Salary and Employment Agreements Department at the Ministry of Finance. The list of degrees is updated from time to time in the circular: "Academic degrees accredited for salary purposes in the civil service, Clalit Health Services and Hadassah Medical Center and Shaare Zedek Medical Center - nursing" (Hebrew). - You have passed the selection exam for the advanced nursing courses with a grade of 70 or higher, and the grade is valid (3 calendar years from the exam date), or you are eligible for an exemption from the selection exam
Tuition
Registration fee
See the registration fee for advanced courses and selection examinations in the relevant annual circular (Hebrew).
More information about the tuition for advanced courses
State licensure examination
After meeting the studies requirements and completion of studies, and for the purpose of registering as an advanced nursing course graduate, you must successfully pass the licensure exam.
The exam content and structure vary and are adapted according to the field and knowledge acquired.
In this course you will take the licensure exam in a simulation-based method.
The simulation licensure exams include clinically representing conditions, which visualize reality, and to solve them one should make use of the knowledge and psychomotor and communication skills acquired in the course.
The exam involves switching between different stations (simulations), determined according to the characteristics of the field of training you have studied.
Among the station types:
- Performance station simulator (manikin)
- Simulation station with an actor
- Inquiry station about the simulation with an actor
- Analysis station of a clinical condition by a video film/audio recording (computerized)
- Knowledge station with a computer – 50 multiple choice questions
The licensure simulation exams for the advanced nursing courses are conducted in MSR – the Israel Center for Medical Simulation – the National Education Center for Healthcare Professionals, the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Further details about the exam date and more instructions regarding the licensure exam
Where can you take the course
| Course Location | Course Opening Date | Course Days | Contact |
| Safed Nursing School | 15/04/2024 | Monday, Wednesday | School secretariat Schoolziv.n@ziv.health.gov.il |
| Wolfson | 01/01/0001 | Organized by Maccabi Healthcare Services. To be published. The course will open in the first week of January 2025. | Roza Marzkandov roza@wns.gov.il Dalia Golan dalia@wns.gov.il Telephone: 03-5028359 extension 101 |
| Wolfson | 01/01/0001 | Organized by Meuhedet Health Services. To be published. The course will open in the first week of January 2025. | Roza Marzkandov roza@wns.gov.il Dalia Golan dalia@wns.gov.il Telephone: 03-5028359 extension 101 |
| Meir | 02/04/2024 | Tuesday, Thursday | Liat Zedek Liat.zedek@clalit.org.il |
| Sheba (Ziva Tal) | 18/03/2024 | Sunday, Wednesday |