2020 Timetable

Selection Registration Opens – Monday 6 January 2020

Selection Registration Closes – Monday 3 February  2020

Selection Application Opens – Wednesday 26 February 2020

Selection Application Closes – Wednesday 25 March 2020

Referee Reporting Opens – Wednesday 22 April 2020

Referee Reporting Closes – Wednesday 20 May 2020

Interviews – June 2020

Applications are now closed for 2019.

If you have any queries, please email:  Helen Glasgow

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 26 weeks General Surgery experience and 12 weeks Surgery in Critical Care 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.

To apply:

• Please check you meet the generic requirements of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons by visiting the website:  RACS Selection Requirements.
• Register your interest with RACS – even if you have applied before.  Click here to register with RACS.
• For specific requirements to apply for the Training Programme in General Surgery in New Zealand, please refer to the 2019 Selection Regulations New Zealand November 2018.    Updated regulations for the 2020 year will be available  in November 2019.
• Click on this link to access the application form  – https://portal.nzags.co.nz/applicant/application/start  .