Detailed information about the syllabus for the MRCS Examination Part A and Part B. This has been extracted from the official ICBSE 'Guide to the intercollegiate MRCS examination'. Applications for the exams are open at: https://postgradexams.rcsi.ie

1. MRCS Exam
Syllabus and recommended
textbooks
Extracted from the Guide to the intercollegiate MRCS examination, ICBSE1
1 http://www.intercollegiatemrcsexams.org.uk/new/pdf/Candidate%20Guide%20to%20MRCS%20examination_Oct2016%28Clean%29.pdf

2. MRCS SYLLABUS
ISCP Curriculum
• The complete MRCS
syllabus is contained within
the General Medical Council
(GMC)-approved curriculum
for the Early Years of
Surgical Training in the
United Kingdom and reflects
the Core Surgical Training
Syllabus of the
Intercollegiate Surgical
Curriculum Project
• http://www.iscp.ac.uk
Good Medical
Practice document
• The curriculum is
competence based,
requiring the trainee to
demonstrate both applied
and theoretical knowledge
and practical skills,
together with the
professional behaviours
described in the Good
Medical Practice document
of the General Medical
Council of the United
Kingdom
• http://www.gmc-uk.org

3. • Basic science knowledge relevant to surgical practiceModule 1
• Common surgical conditionsModule 2
• Basic surgical skillsModule 3
• The assessment and management of the surgical patientModule 4
• Perioperative care of the surgical patientModule 5
• Assessment and early treatment of the patient with traumaModule 6
• Surgical care of the paediatric patientModule 7
• Management of the dying patientModule 8
• Organ and tissue transplantationModule 9
• Professional behaviour and leadership skillsModule 10
MRCS SYLLABUS
The syllabus is divided into 10 modules

4. Basic science textbooks
•Anatomy
•Agur AMR, Dailey AF. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 12e. Lippincott,
Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
•Netter FH. Atlas of Human Anatomy, 5th edn. Saunders, 2010.
•Sinnatamby CS. Last’s Anatomy: Regional and Applied, 12th edn.
Churchill Livingstone, 2011.
•Physiology
•Barrett KE, Barman SM, Boitano S, Brooks HL. Ganong's Review of
Medical Physiology, 23rd edn. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
•Pathology
•Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Mitchell R. Robbins Basic
Pathology, 8th edn. Saunders, 2007.
Clinical textbooks
•Garden OJ, Bradbury AW, Forsythe JLR, Parks RW. Principles and
Practice of Surgery, 5th edn. Elsevier, 2007.
•Williams NS, Bulstrode CJK, O’Connell PR, eds. Bailey and Love's
Short Practice of Surgery, 25th edn. Hodder Arnold, 2008.
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

5. KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR THE EXAM
As a guide, the level of knowledge
required to pass the MRCS
examination can be obtained by
studying the recommended texts
listed.
Trainees should have mastery of the
subjects outlined in the syllabus to
the depth covered within these texts
and should be able to make use of
that knowledge in the context of
surgical practice.
It is expected that trainees will read
beyond these recommended texts
and, where appropriate, make
critical use of original papers and
review articles in the related
scientific and clinical literature, so
that they may aspire to achieve an
excellent standard in their surgical
practice.
The recommended texts provide a
clear guide to the extent and depth
of knowledge required but
alternative text books and online
publications may suffice.
Over time, changes in the curriculum
and syllabus will inevitably occur,
and it is anticipated that those who
manage this process will provide an
up-to-date list of relevant
recommended texts.

6. KOTA KINABALU
LUCKNOW
KOCHI
MALTA
MRCS SITTINGS IN 2017
MRCS Exam Date of Exam Closing date Fee
MRCS PART A
Dublin, Belfast, Dammam, Amman, Bahrain, Penang,
Perdana, Kota Kinabalu, Lucknow, Chennai, Kochi,
and Malta
5 September 2017 16 June 2017
€595 in Dublin and Belfast
€625 in Dammam, Amman, Bahrain, Penang, Perdana,
Kota Kinabalu, Lucknow, Chennai, Kochi, and Malta
MRCS PART B (OSCE) Dublin 11-12 October 2017 28 July 2017 €1,095
MRCS PART B (OSCE) Bahrain 10-12 November 2017 10 September 2017 €1,150
MRCS PART B (OSCE) Penang 19-20 August 2017 25 June 2017 €1,150
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