Do you want to become a surgeon? Do you want to become a surgeon?
After completing your university education (medical studies), you've come to the right place. The Swiss Society of Surgeons (SGC-SSC) is your professional association that will accompany you on your way to becoming a specialist in surgery as well as specializing in traumatology and visceral surgery. Further training to become a specialist in surgery consists of two years of basic training, which is supervised by the Swiss College of Surgeons as a Core Surgical Curriculum. This is followed by advanced training.
Specialist title holders
Lifelong training ensures that knowledge and professional skills are kept up to date. It begins with the acquisition of a continuing education title and lasts until retirement. Since 2007, continuing education has been enshrined as a professional obligation in the Medical Professions Act (MedBG). Continuing education is an ethical and, within the framework of Art. 40 lit. b MedBG, a legal obligation of every doctor. The aim of continuing education is to
To promote and maintain the health of patients and the population;
To maintain the medical skills acquired in training and further education and to update them in line with developments in medicine;
To promote interest in research, teaching and quality promotion;
To promote and improve the network of relationships and cooperation between all those involved in the healthcare system.
The SIWF aims to promote high quality standards with its training regulations, which aim to provide safe medical care.