What the authorities publish, read and explained by a surgeon. Every figure here comes from a document we have transcribed and dated — and where we do not have the document, the guide says so.
Reviewed 4 September 2026
Saudi Arabia exempts doctors trained in seven named countries. Qatar exempts two of its three categories. Dubai exempts 22 countries — and Spain is not one of them. What each authority actually says about general surgery, with links to the source.
Reviewed 4 September 2026
Dubai and Qatar set the identical sixteen-domain general surgery paper. Saudi Arabia sets no paper at all — it examines you out loud. A side-by-side comparison of the three, from the authorities’ own documents.
Reviewed 4 September 2026
Saudi Arabia sets two assessments: a 200-question written paper and an oral. The oral is marked on four named competence domains, with a rule that can fail you regardless of your score. What the Commission’s own blueprint says.
Reviewed 4 September 2026
Verified fees for Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman, the attempt limits for each — including one authority that contradicts itself — and the one requirement that applies to surgeons and to nobody else.