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Table 3

Demographics of different stage of post graduate surgical exams [25–32].

Country Examining bodies Total accredited training programs Approx. Yearly residency training slots Aggregated Pass rate Primary /equivalent Frequency of exams per year Aggregated Average pass rate Part I/equivalent 2012–2013 Frequency of exams per year Aggregated average pass rate Part II surgery or exit 2012–2013 Frequency of exams per year Country population
Nigeria [9] WACSb None 46(WACS) 52(NPMCN) 572a <40% 2× 28.8% 2× 31.5%(general surgery) 2× 180M
UK Royal Colleges of surgery LETB [23] 13 Deaneries 3 99 646 None MRCS A 36.6% [24] MRCS B 57.5% [24] 3× FRCS(general surgery) 51% 3× 65M
US USMLE (FSMB)s American board of surgery 1 964 4225 USMLE[12] step 3 98% 3× None ABS (general surgery) QE 80% 1× CE 76% 5× 324M
a

The figure represented the total accredited training slots by the WACS, there is no available data of the total yearly intake of resident, but there has being very poor uptake of residents by training institutions in the last three years in all parts of the country according to opinion sampled from surgery program directors.

b

I decided to use the WACS statistics because it is the most popular examination and it has a higher pass rate, the statistics presented are not without flaws as WACS till date does not publish analysis of pass and failure rate of its examinations to the public domain.

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