Visit the Royal College website ( https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/) to fill out the application form. 

It takes a maximum of 7 years to complete the examination process 

Section 1:  Maximum of 4 attempts (2 years)

Section 2:  Maximum of 4 attempts with no re-entry

• Paper 1: 120 Single Best Answer (2 hours 15 mins)  
• Paper 2: 120 Single Best Answer (2 hours 15 mins)

There are 2 parts to it: Clinical examination and Oral/viva examination

Clinical examination

• General Surgery Clinical – 2 Short Cases (20 mins) + 1 Long case (20mins)
• Special Interest Clinical –  2 Short Cases (20 mins) + 1 Long case (20mins)

Oral/viva examinations: (30 mins each)

• Emergency Surgery/Trauma/Critical Care 
• General Surgery Principles and Clinical Practice
• Special Interest Surgery – Clinical Practice 
• Special Interest Surgery – Basic Principles x15 min and Academic Foundation x 15 min (Candidates will be given 30 minutes to read one generic paper relevant to the wider field of General Surgery)

There are 2 parts to it: Clinical examination and Oral/viva examination

Clinical examination

• Two short case sessions (4 cases in each session) –  30 mins each

•  History taking/  examination and planning of surgical care/relevant pathology/ investigations and operative surgery

Oral/Viva examinations

• Emergency Surgery Oral (30 minutes) 
• General Surgery Oral (30 minutes)  
• Trauma and Critical Care (30 minutes)