Pediatric Surgery — Specialty Licensing
Eligibility & Classification
| Category | Requirement | Prometric exam |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty — Category 1 | 5 years total + 1 year post-specialty | Not required |
| Specialty — Category 2 | 5 years total + 2 years post-specialty | Not required |
| Specialty — Category 3 | 5 years total + 3 years post-specialty from governmental or training hospitals, and at least 3 years structured postgraduate training | Required |
| Fellow | 5 years total experience | — |
The category you fall into determines whether you sit the examination at all.
Exam Specification
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Exam name (official) | Qualifying Examination — Pediatrics Surgery (as listed by the DHP) |
| Format | 150 MCQs |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Pass mark | 65% |
| Sponsor code | SCHQ2 |
Content Blueprint
Official blueprint — published in the DHP "Specialty Physician Exams — Qualifying Examination Blueprint" document.
| Domain | Items | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Principles of Surgery | 7 | 4.7% |
| General Pediatric Surgery | 23 | 15.3% |
| Specific Areas of Pediatric Surgery | 7 | 4.7% |
| Head and Neck | 7 | 4.7% |
| Genitourinary | 7 | 4.7% |
| Thoracic Surgery | 23 | 15.3% |
| Neonatal Surgery | 23 | 15.3% |
| Trauma | 15 | 10.0% |
| Oncology | 23 | 15.3% |
| Patient Safety | 7 | 4.7% |
| Professionalism and Ethics | 8 | 5.3% |
| Total | 150 | 100% |
The blueprint document gives the duration as 3½ hours. The DHP Qualifying Examination page gives 3 hours.
Credential Verification
Check who the current approved provider is before you pay anyone. The DHP's contract with GBS ended on 7 February 2024, and Quadrabay was endorsed as a second provider in 2025.
Fees
Prometric examination fee: $244 USD from 1 January 2026. Primary source verification, DHP portal evaluation and licence issuance fees are not published.
Training in Qatar
Sidra Medicine runs an ACGME-I accredited Pediatric Surgery Fellowship — 3 years, one fellow per year, entered after a pediatric surgery or general surgery residency. No Qatari Board examination in Pediatric Surgery is published, and Hamad Medical Corporation lists no Pediatric Surgery programme.