17th SICOT Diploma Examination
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The 17th SICOT Diploma Examination will take place in Muscat, Oman, in December 2019 and will consist of a written part and an oral part. The written part is comprised of 100 multiple choice questions and lasts two hours. For the oral part, each candidate is examined by two examiners in four separate slots lasting two hours in total.
The results of the examination will be announced at the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 7 December and successful candidates will be presented with a diploma.
Click here to download the Syllabus for the SICOT Diploma Examination
The SICOT Diploma Examination is aimed at young orthopaedic surgeons in training. To be eligible, candidates must:
register online using the form below;
provide their CV;
provide a letter from their Head of Department specifying that they have had 4 years of medical practice since obtaining their medical degree and that they are actively engaged in an orthopaedic training programme;
be members of SICOT or in the process of applying for membership at the time of registration and their 2019 membership dues must be paid. For more information about SICOT membership application, please click here.
A judging panel will review all applications and reserves the right to refuse any application.
IMPORTANT: Candidates will only be considered eligible once they have registered online and the SICOT Head Office ([email protected]) has received their CV and Head of Department's letter. Their 2019 membership dues must be paid.
Registration opens on 1 February 2019.
Application and registration deadline: 31 May 2019
Notification of selection: 30 June 2019
Registration fee (except countries listed below) | EUR 800 | |
Reduced fees for low income countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia | EUR 600 |
The eligible candidates will be asked to pay the registration fee at a later date. The registration fee for the exam does NOT include registration for the Muscat Congress.
Cancellations received from 30 June 2019 to 15 August 2019 will secure a refund of 70% of the total amount paid.
Cancellations received from 16 August 2019 to 31 August 2019 will secure a refund of 50% of the total amount paid.
No refund will be made under any circumstances for cancellations received on or after 1 September 2019. This includes cancellations made due to visa refusal. Candidates are therefore advised to start the visa application process well in advance.
Postponing the exam to the following year is only allowed once and on a case-by-case basis. The deadline for postponement requests is 31 August 2019.
For more information about the SICOT Diploma Examination, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
