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Selection Timetable 2024
Selection Registration Opens – 9 January 2024
Selection Registration Closes – 31 January 2024
Selection Applications Open – 1 March 2024 – 2.00pm
Selection Applications Close – 26 March 2024 – 2.00pm
Referee Reporting Opens – 24 April 2024
Referee Reporting Closes – 22 May 2024
Interviews – 19 June 2024 in Wellington
First offers made – 8 July 2024
Last date for Offers – 8 November 2024
Selection Regulations for 2024 are here.
If you have any queries, please email: Ray Collins
Applicants must have successfully completed the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Generic Surgical Sciences Examination (GSSE) prior to the Specialty application closing date, in addition to having a minimum of 52 weeks General Surgery experience which must be completed by the time of application.
A completed Procedural Skills and Professional Capabilities Form which shows validation by a supervisor of a number of professional activities and operative procedures is also required. The procedures must be verified during rotations taken in the twelve (12) months prior to the closing date of applications.
To apply:
For those applicants who are submitting an abstract for presentation at the NZAGS ASM 6/7 April 2024, if your abstract is accepted you will be informed in writing by 14 March 2024. This letter can be attached to your application so that this can be scored for your CV.
In February 2022 the General Surgical Training Programme moved to a five year competency based training programme.
The Selection Processing Fee for General Surgery New Zealand is NZ $828.00 (Inc. GST).
Click this link to pay your selection fee by credit card.
You may also pay it via internet banking.
Please bank the money into ASB Bank
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