General Surgery

General Surgery

60

60

II.E.8

New entry

The educational programme must include courses in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Fundamental Critical Care Support, Basic Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, a Basic Laparoscopic Course and a course on critical analysis of medical literature that covers the fundamentals of scientific study designs, biostatistics, and evidenced-based medicine.

The RAC also recognises courses that are equivalent in standing to the FCCS.

Singapore RAC specification for curriculum content.

II.F.1.F

No more than six months total may be allocated to research or to non- surgical disciplines such as anaesthesiology, internal medicine, paediatrics, or surgical pathology. (Gastroenterology is exempt from this limit if the rotation provides endoscopic experiences.)

No more than six months of full time research or non-surgical discipline such as anaesthesiology, internal medicine, paediatrics, or surgical pathology. (Gastroenterology is exempt from this limit if the rotation provides endoscopic experiences.)

Singapore RAC specification for curriculum content.

II.F.4

Residents must have required experience with a variety of endoscopic procedures, including esophogastro-duodenoscopy, colonoscopy and bronchoscopy as well as experience in advanced laparoscopy; and

Residents must have required experience with a variety of endoscopic procedures, includingesophogastro-duodenoscopy, and colonoscopy as well as experience in advanced laparoscopy; and

Bronchoscopy skills are not required by general surgeons in the local context as it is performed by respiratory physicians. Singapore RAC specification for curriculum variation.

IV

New entry

IV. Formative Exams:

Singapore RAC specification for evaluation.

1. A yearly American Board of Surgery In Training Examination (ABSITE) for all residents (categorical and non-categorical) will be used to evaluate their standardized performance across their peer cohort at the end of each academic year.

ABSITE is exempted for residents sitting for the Exit Exam (MCQ) in the same year.

Performance in these assessments will not impede progression through training but may be used by fellowship or sub-specialty programs to differentiate abilities of the residents.

2. Following are applicable to residents entering R3 before 1 January 2021:

The Final Master of Medicine (Surgery) must be completed by the end of R4 before residents can be promoted to R5.

PDs must hold back residents at R4 if they do not complete the Final Master of Medicine (Surgery) by end of R4.

PDs must hold back residents at R3 if they do not complete the Primary MMed (Surgery) / MRCS by end of R3.

Following are applicable to residents entering R3 from 1 January 2021:

The Final Master of Medicine (Surgery) must be completed by the end of R3 before residents can be promoted to R4.

PDs must hold back residents at R3 if they do not complete the Final Master of Medicine (Surgery) by end of R3.

PDs must hold back residents at R2 if they do not complete the Primary MMed (Surgery) / MRCS by end of R2.

3. After the completion of the5-year residency program, residents must successfully pass the SAB prescribed exit examination before accreditation to be a specialist by Specialists Accreditation Board (SAB)).

Eligibility for the exit examination is contingent upon a written certification from the respective Program Director that the candidate has acquired the prescribed level of competency.