MRCS A
The MRCS A Examinations are held online. Please contact RCSI for details.
Application - online at www.rcsi.ie
MRCS A- NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FORMAT FROM 2021
MRCS Part A is a five-hour MCQ exam consisting of two papers taken on the same day
- Paper 1 is Applied Basic Sciences and is 3 hours duration
- Paper 2 is Principles of Surgery in General and is 2 hours duration.
The MRCS Part A Examination is held three times per year – January, May and September.
The four Surgical Royal Colleges of Ireland and the United Kingdom will deliver the MRCS Part A in partnership with Pearson Vue at their global network of computer test centres. The new system will make the examination process secure, simple, and transparent. The partnership between the four colleges and Pearson Vue will deliver a high-quality experience for candidates taking their exam.
Candidates who have been accepted to sit the MRCS Part A will receive an email from Pearson Vue on the day when the test centre schedule window will open. Colleges will advise dates of this schedule window in advance.
This email will instruct you on how to book a test centre using the Pearson Vue system. Test centres are available globally and your option will be based on the address you have provided when submitting your application. Candidates may also search for other available test centres.
Examination calendar available through link below
https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/professional-cpd/professional-exams/surgery
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM RCSI
As you already know the MRCS examination is a crucial milestone in a surgical career; it determines whether aspiring surgeons possess the correct knowledge, skills and attributes to complete basic training and to progress to higher levels of specialist surgical training. The examination is a validation of a future surgeon's knowledge, competency and clinical skills and is the most widely recognised postgraduate surgical examination in the world, with over 8000 doctors taking it each year globally.
Because of the ever-increasing demand for this high-quality examination of surgical skills and knowledge the RCSI and the other Royal Surgical Colleges were asked to make the examination more widely available globally. The first step in this process has been to make the MRCS Part A examination a global online examination
We are delighted to let you know that over the past 2 years, this change has been very successful and the MRCS Part A is now available in your country and over 160 additional countries. The examination is delivered via computer-based testing centres in partnership with Pearson VUE, who have a network of over 5,600 computer-based test centres around the world.
We are getting in touch to let you know that applications for the MRCS Part A diet that will take place in September 2024 are now open and will close on 27 June 2024. Sit the MRCS Part A examinations anywhere in the world (140+ test centres worldwide). I have attached some additional information which if appropriate you might consider sharing with your colleagues and those you feel would benefit from taking the examination.
In RCSI we are acutely aware of our responsibility to support our examination candidates to prepare for the examination. One way we now do this is by offering all RCSI examination candidates 1-year free Affiliate Membership of RCSI. This offers access to a comprehensive range of resources supporting candidates looking to complete the MRCS exams.
Resources include:
· Access to MRCS surgical anatomy resources such as surface anatomy and dissection guides
· 20% discount off Cambridge University Press
· 20% discount on Pastest MRCS resources
· Access to a number of relevant Surgical Journals published by Elsevier
· SurgiQuiz, RCSI’s own MRCS MCQ prep
· A suit of Surgical skills and science videos and support guides
· Access to a suite of online examination preparation courses
To help increase access to the examination globally we are also increasing our number of Part B centres globally and have already increased capacity in all our centres by 50%.