The American Board of Surgery® regularly reviews and updates the content for the General Surgery Certifying 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 2024 General Surgery Certifying exams are:
| Percent of Exam | General Surgery Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics |
|---|---|
| 12% | Abdomen |
| 13% | Alimentary Tract |
| 2% | Endoscopy |
| 7% | Breast |
| 5% | Endocrine |
| 2% | Skin and Soft Tissue |
| 10% | Surgical Critical Care |
| 8% | Trauma |
| 7% | Vascular |
| 2% | Transplantation |
| 2% | Thoracic Surgery |
| 2% | Pediatric Surgery |
| 2% | Head and Neck |
| 4% | Surgical Specialties |
| 13% | Applied Science |
| 2% | Preoperative Evaluation and Perioperative Care |
| 5% | Miscellaneous Topics |
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