How this examination works
The Austrian Facharztprüfung in general and visceral surgery combines two formats: eMC, electronic multiple choice, and SMP, the written-practical-oral component. It is held in Vienna with an application deadline well ahead of the sitting, so planning starts months in advance. What matters for preparation is that Austria does not examine by feel: each sitting is assembled from a percentage-weighted blueprint drawn up by the relevant scientific society, precisely so that topics always appear in the same proportion. The content comes from the Ärzte-Ausbildungsordnung: aetiology, symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and surgical indication.
Who can sit it
It is sat at the end of the training regulated by the 2015 Ärzte-Ausbildungsordnung in the general and visceral surgery Sonderfach. That weighted blueprint exists and is public, so this is one of the syllabuses that can be transcribed domain by domain; the absence of a coverage table on this page is our outstanding work, not a missing document.
Checked against the body itself on 1 September 2026. Procedures change; if this no longer matches what you were asked for, write and tell us.
The structure above is taken from the examining body. What we have not done yet is transcribe its published syllabus domain by domain, which is what lets us show a coverage table instead of asking you to take our word for it.
5,000
active questions
20
topics with questions
No weighted breakdown for this examination, and why
Österreichische Ärztekammer does not publish a general surgery syllabus we have been able to obtain, so this page shows no domains and no percentages. Anywhere you see a weighted breakdown for this exam, ask which document it came from. Where an authority does publish one, we transcribe it with the page number and link the original.
Common questions about this examination
What is the Facharzt Österreich examination like?
The Austrian Facharztprüfung in general and visceral surgery combines two formats: eMC, electronic multiple choice, and SMP, the written-practical-oral component. It is held in Vienna with an application deadline well ahead of the sitting, so planning starts months in advance. What matters for preparation is that Austria does not examine by feel: each sitting is assembled from a percentage-weighted blueprint drawn up by the relevant scientific society, precisely so that topics always appear in the same proportion. The content comes from the Ärzte-Ausbildungsordnung: aetiology, symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and surgical indication.
Who can sit the Facharzt Österreich?
It is sat at the end of the training regulated by the 2015 Ärzte-Ausbildungsordnung in the general and visceral surgery Sonderfach. That weighted blueprint exists and is public, so this is one of the syllabuses that can be transcribed domain by domain; the absence of a coverage table on this page is our outstanding work, not a missing document.
Is there a question bank for the Facharzt Österreich?
This one. 5,000 single-best-answer questions across the whole of general surgery, each with the reasoning for every option rather than only the correct one, written by a consultant surgical oncologist. It is written to the discipline, not transcribed from the Facharzt Österreich blueprint — general surgery is general surgery wherever it is examined, and we say plainly which boards we have mapped and which we have not.
What level are the questions for the Facharzt Österreich?
2,051 of the 5,000 — 41% — sit at the hardest of three levels: trial results, guideline nuance and the cases that split examiners, which is the level an exit examination like the Facharzt Österreich is decided at. Fifty questions are free with an account, so you can judge the level before paying.
What does preparation for the Facharzt Österreich cost?
One payment of $99 for 180 days, the same from wherever you pay — there is no country pricing. It covers the whole bank, the oral simulator and the timed mock papers. Nothing renews and no card is kept on file afterwards. Fifty questions are free with an account, so you can judge the level before paying.
Every answer above is taken from the examining body’s own published document, not from our reading of it.
Other examinations in Europe
- Facharztprüfung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (Germany) — Landesärztekammer
- Facharztprüfung Chirurgie (Switzerland) — Schweizerisches Institut für ärztliche Weiter- und Fortbildung (SIWF/FMH)
- Exame Final da Especialidade de Cirurgia Geral (Portugal) — Ordem dos Médicos
- Państwowy Egzamin Specjalizacyjny — chirurgia ogólna (Poland) — Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych
- Ulusal Cerrahi Yeterlilik Sınavı (Turkey) — Türk Cerrahi Derneği
Price for this board
One price, the same from every country. What you see is what you are charged, and nothing renews.
$99 · 180 days of full access