The full form of FCPS is Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan offers Fellowship training in 73 specialties and Membership in 22 disciplines.

The duration of the FCPS training varies from 4-5 years depending upon the specialties chosen. Competency based curricula have been developed for each discipline by the relevant faculties. More than 19,000 training slots have been awarded in 207 CPSP accredited medical institutions throughout the country. The College critically evaluates the standards and facilities available in these institutions to ensure quality training for its trainees.

In order to strengthen trainees professional skills and training programs, CPSP holds capacity building short courses / workshops in which their participation is mandatory and a pre-requisite for appearing in the examination. These workshops are: Basic Surgical Skills, Research Methodology, Biostatistics & Dissertation Writing, Communication Skills, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO^®), and Introduction to Computer and Internet. A trainee successfully completing training, appear in final examinations and upon success the candidate is awarded Fellowship / Membership of the College and granted the status of specialists.

Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (FCPS) is a specialty fellowship diploma awarded by the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) in 73 disciplines including diagnostic radiology after successful completion of 4-5 years of training and intervening three-phase examination.

The FCPS (diagnostic radiology) examination is set by the CPSP and consists of three parts:

1. FCPS-I: to sit in this examination the candidate must have MBBS or equivalent qualification and completed one year of house jobs. The exam comprises of two BCQ format papers called papers 1 and 2, which cover the whole MBBS syllabus with a focus on anatomy. After passing FCPS-I, candidates have the option to carry out training in either diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine or radiation oncology.
2. IMM (intermediate module): Specialty-specific examination that can be taken after 2 years of radiology training after registration with the Research & Training Monitoring Cell (RTMC) of CPSP. The exam focuses on the core knowledge of physics, anatomy and basic radiology-related pathology. IMM comprises of 2 parts – theory (2 BCQ format papers) followed by TOACS (image-based assessment), however, to sit in IMM TOACS one has to pass the theory first. 
3. FCPS-II: Final part of the FCPS diploma which comprises of three components – theory (2 BCQ format papers) followed by TOACS and viva. It is mandatory to pass theory first in order to sit TOACS and viva components. TOACS is again image-based assessment of the candidate covering all the modalities of radiology. It is a computer-based examination which comprises of 30 stations. The viva component comprises of six system-related viva sessions taken by six examiners on three tables, i.e. two systems on one table.