Selection Registration Opens – Wednesday 12 January 2022
Selection Registration Closes – Wednesday 9 February 2022
Selection Applications Open – Wednesday 2 March 2022
Selection Applications Close – Wednesday 30 March 2022
Referee Reporting Opens – Friday 22 April 2022
Referee Reporting Closes – Friday 20 May 2022
Interviews – 22 June 2022
First offers made – Week beginning 4 July 2022
Last date for Offers Friday 11 November 2022
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 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 New Zealand Board in General Surgery (NZBiGS) and New Zealand Training Committee have recently agreed to make the Clinical Exam a pre-requisite for Selection the NZ General Surgical Training programme.
