Prepare for the Generic Surgical Sciences Exam & the Speciality Specific Exams
Preparing for the FRACS Generic Surgical Sciences Examinations (GSSE) and the Specialty Specific Examinations (SSE) is challenging. By joining our biannual (May and August) 3.5 week course in Dunedin, New Zealand we can help as this course is designed to assist candidates prepare for these exams. All specialty training boards have introduced the successful completion of the GSSE as a mandatory eligibility requirement for application to SET.
This course has been run by the Trust for many years and has proved to be invaluable for the hundreds of candidates that have attended. We provide expertise and guidance from our highly qualified tutors, covering the surgical sciences of anatomy, pathology and physiology – the foundation of surgical training. The course terminates with the chance to test your knowledge over three mock up exams.
GSSE Course
Basic Surgical Sciences Course in Dunedin
The Generic Surgical Sciences Examination (GSSE) is designed to ensure that candidates have demonstrated a minimum standard of knowledge in the surgical sciences of anatomy, pathology and physiology. The Specialty Specific Examinations (SSE) are to be undertaken by trainees in the relevant surgical speciality.
CSSP Course
Postgraduate Course
This postgraduate course aims to revise relevant topics in anatomy, physiology and pathology (including immunology, microbiology, pharmacology and statistics), as defined in the textbooks listed by the RACS. The size of the syllabus for pathology limits the detail in which component subjects can be discussed in the available time.
Highly Qualified Tutors
Our tutors are highly-qualified, reputable staff members from the Otago School of Medical Sciences and
Dunedin School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, together with visiting lecturers.
Highly Experienced
Well-regarded Tutors
Internationally Recognised
Practical Learning
Exams Online
Candidates sit the exams online from their home after the course has finished. There is approximately a ten day window where all three exams will be live for candidates to access. The exam results are processed and despatched within three working days after the final day of the exams being live. The exams have multiple-choice questions similar in style to those in the FRACS SSE. The Examination is designed to test the candidate’s knowledge, understanding and application of the basic medical sciences to the practice of surgery.
