The American Board of Surgery® regularly reviews and updates the content for the General Surgery Board Exams. Then, to help you focus your review, it issues an outline of the primary medical topics and their approximate percentages for a typical exam.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2023 General Surgery Qualifying and General Surgery Maintenance of Certification exams are:
General Surgery Board Exam Topics
| General Surgery Qualifying Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Surgical Specialties | 4% |
| Applied Science | 13% |
| Preoperative Evaluation and Perioperative Care | 2% |
| Miscellaneous Topics | 5% |
| Abdomen | 12% |
| Alimentary Tract | 15% |
| Endoscopy | 2% |
| Breast | 7% |
| Endocrine | 5% |
| Skin and Soft Tissue | 2% |
| Surgical Critical Care | 10% |
| Trauma | 8% |
| Vascular | 7% |
| Transplantation | 2% |
| Thoracic Surgery | 2% |
| Pediatric Surgery | 2% |
| Head and Neck | 2% |
| General Surgery Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Abdomen | 12% |
| Alimentary Tract | 13% |
| Endoscopy | 3% |
| Breast | 8% |
| Endocrine | 4% |
| Skin and Soft Tissue | 4% |
| Surgical Critical Care | 5% |
| Trauma | 8% |
| Vascular | 5% |
| Transplantation | 1% |
| Thoracic Surgery | 2% |
| Pediatric Surgery | 2% |
| Head and Neck | 2% |
| Surgical Specialties | 3% |
| Applied Science | 13% |
| Preoperative Evaluation and Perioperative Care | 10% |
| Miscellaneous Topics | 6% |
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