{"id":4943,"date":"2025-07-28T07:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2025-07-28T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:34:32","slug":"american-board-examination-in-physicians-general-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/american-board-examination-in-physicians-general-surgery\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"American Board Examination in Physicians General Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>American Board Examination in Physicians General Surgery<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Examination in General Surgery is a comprehensive and rigorous assessment that evaluates a physician\u2019s knowledge, technical skills, and clinical judgment in diagnosing and surgically treating a wide range of conditions, ensuring competency in safe and effective surgical care.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><b>Physicians <\/b><\/strong><strong><b>General Surgery<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration:3 Hours<\/li>\n<li>Exam Code<strong><b>:<\/b><\/strong>GES5171 <em><i>(Note: the same code appears under other specialties\u2014may need correction)<\/i><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Number of Questions:150<\/li>\n<li>Passing Score:65%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><b>Exam Coverage:<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fluid and Electrolyte Management.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Sepsis and Surgical Infections.<\/li>\n<li>Endocrine Surgery and Breast Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Hepatobiliary Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Pancreatic and Splenic Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Colorectal and Perianal Conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Hernias (all types).<\/li>\n<li>Vascular Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Skin and Soft Tissue Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Trauma and Surgical Critical Care.<\/li>\n<li>Perioperative Care.<\/li>\n<li>Patient Safety.<\/li>\n<li>Professionalism and Medical Ethics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><b>Recommended References:<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Sabiston Textbook of Surgery<\/b><\/strong>, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Schwartz Textbook of Surgery<\/b><\/strong>, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Current Surgical Therapy<\/b><\/strong>\u2013 John L. Cameron, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Bailey and Love&#8217;s Short Practice of Surgery<\/b><\/strong>, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Rush Surgical Review<\/b><\/strong>, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Professionalism and Ethics: Handbook for Residents \u2013 Practical Guide<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\nJames Ware, Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Essentials of Patient Safety<\/b><\/strong>, SCHS (Saudi Commission for Health Specialties), Latest Edition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Board Examination in Physicians General Surgery The American Board Examination in General Surgery is a comprehensive and rigorous assessment &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/american-board-examination-in-physicians-general-surgery\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-159"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions\/4945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}