Selection Guidelines

2026 Selection Process for 2027 Intake

Please read the Selection Guidelines prior to applying to General Surgery.

The Guidelines will answer many common questions and provide you with important dates and helpful tips.

IMPORTANCE OF 'GOOD' DOCUMENTATION'

It is important that you provide accurate documentation for your rotations. Please talk to your Medical Administrators and ensure that your documentation is on hospital letterhead, signed, and clearly states:

  1. Rotation type, (e.g. General Surgery, ED, Colorectal)
  2. Dates of rotation terms on signed letterhead from the hospital

VASCULAR, THORACIC, HEAD & NECK, PAEDIATRIC ROTATIONS 

 

For Vascular, Thoracic, Head & Neck (OHN), or Paediatric rotations being used as General Surgery rotations, documentation must state:

  1. You were working for a General Surgeon; and,
  2. You were on the General Surgery on-call roster

NIGHT & RELIEVING ROTATIONS

 

For night and relieving rotations being used as a General Surgery rotation, documentation must state:

  1. 80% of the term was undertaken covering General Surgery units as specified in 6.3.7 – 6.3.7m of the Regulations.

If any of the above is not clearly stated, rotation/s will be deemed invalid and you may run the risk of being made ineligible to proceed.

EXAMPLE 'BAD' DOCUMENTATION

EXAMPLE 'GOOD' DOCUMENTATION

Documentation