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Specialists Accreditation Board

Paediatric Surgery

Local residency training requirements for Paediatric Surgery

Last updated 24 April 2025

Duration of residency training in Singapore

The duration of training in Paediatric Surgery is 72 months, including 24 months of Surgery-in-General training, or 3 years for doctors who have completed a General Surgery Training Programme. The programmes are accredited by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST).

Click here for more information on the Surgery-in-General Programme.

Training requirements document

Paediatric Surgery Residency Training Requirements

Requirements for progression to advanced training

  • Pass MRCS

  • Successful completion of Surgery-In-General programme and Year 3 of training

  • Achieve a minimum grade of ‘satisfactory’ at the end-of-year assessment by the HOD/ programme director and faculty of the training sites (NUH / KKH)

Exit criteria

Current exit examinations / assessments

  • Clinical assessment: clinical short cases

  • Oral assessment