Wellington final exam course

Registrations open Monday 18 November at 8am NZT for the February 2025 course. Please do not send in your application before this date. Applications close Friday 22 November at 5pm NZT.

Course structure

The course is held at Wellington Regional Hospital and runs over three days, beginning on Wednesday 19 February, and finishing on Friday 21 February. The first day consists of lectures and a practice SAQ session. Invited specialists give lectures relevant to the medical vivas, covering the major organ systems.

The following two days consist of practice vivas under examination conditions, including formal attire. Each candidate will experience practice medical vivas, anaesthetic vivas and a separate anaesthetic viva which is videoed and individually debriefed with a clinical psychologist.

When not participating in a viva session, candidates will have access to data interpretation stations. The contents of these stations have been selected by anaesthetists to be relevant to the medical component of the examination. Course convenors will be available throughout the course to give informal advice and support. 

Cost and registration

Applications will be accepted from Monday 18 November 8am NZT for the February 2025 course only. The application process is changing and details will be updated closer to the application date.

Due to limited capacity of 24, places are available only to candidates who have registered for the upcoming sitting of the exam. If the course is oversubscribed, places will be allocated using a balloting process.

Contact us

For further information, please email.