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 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. The procedures must be carried out after January 2020.
Important message for applicants planning to apply in 2023 for the 2024 training year:
The Aotearoa New Zealand Committee in General Surgery (AoNZCiGS) and Aotearoa New Zealand Training Sub-Committee (AoNZTSC) have recently agreed to make the Clinical Exam a pre-requisite for Selection the NZ General Surgical Training programme.
