MRCS Part A
MRCS Part A (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons) is the intercollegiate written examination required to progress in surgical specialty training in the UK and Ireland. It is taken on a single day and consists…
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What you'll get access to
Scoring
- Correct answer
- +1
- Wrong answer
- 0
- Blank
- 0
Test structure
| Paper 1 Applied Basic Sciences | 180 Q | 180 min |
| Paper 2 Principles Of Surgery | 120 Q | 120 min |
| Total | 300 Q | 300 min |
Key dates
Application window opens
~10 weeks before diet
Results published
approx. 4 weeks after sitting
MRCS Part B (OSCE) can be sat after passing Part A
within 7 years
MRCS Part A is intercollegiate (RCSEng, RCSEd, RCPSG, RCSI Ireland) and identical across the 4 Royal Colleges; candidates apply to the College of their choice. Calendar on rcseng.ac.uk and rcsed.ac.uk.
Source: official ministry / exam body publications.
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