Saudi Licensure Examination — Gastroenterology
Route Overview
Internationally trained specialists are classified by SCFHS at one of two grades — Registrar or Senior Registrar — and the grade you apply for sets the pass mark you must reach on the same paper. Classification, exam registration and licence issuance all run through Mumaris Plus.
Eligibility & Classification
| Grade | Pass mark |
|---|---|
| Registrar | 65% |
| Senior Registrar | 70% |
| Consultant | Not published |
SCFHS does not publish a Consultant-grade pass mark for the Classification Exams.
Credential Verification
Before SCFHS will process your application, your qualifications must be verified at source through DataFlow — your medical school, postgraduate training body and current licensing authority are contacted directly.
Begin it early. It runs in parallel with nothing else and depends on institutions outside your control responding.
SCFHS publishes no verification fee.
Attempts, Validity & Renewal
| Rule | Details |
|---|---|
| Attempts | Not published |
| Required gap between attempts | Not published |
| After final failure | Not published |
| Result validity | Not published |
| Licence renewal cycle | Not published |
| Exemptions from the exam | Not published |
Fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Classification Exam sitting fee | Not published — SCFHS publishes no separate sitting fee. Confirm in Mumaris Plus at booking |
| DataFlow verification | Not published |
| Mumaris Plus classification | Not published |
| Saudi Board programme and exam fees | Not published |
After You Pass
Classification at Registrar or Senior Registrar grade, combined with an employer nomination through Mumaris Plus, leads to licence issuance. A pass with no job offer does not produce a licence.
Exam Specification
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Exam name (official) | Saudi Licensure Examination — Gastroenterology |
| Regulator | SCFHS |
| Vendor | Prometric and Pearson VUE |
| Format | MCQ |
| Questions | 200 MCQs |
| Duration | 4 hours |
| Pass mark | Registrar 65% · Senior Registrar 70% |
Content Blueprint
Official blueprint — published by SCFHS.
| Domain | Weighting |
|---|---|
| Liver and Liver Related Conditions and Diseases | 25% |
| Gastrointestinal Bleeding | 15% |
| Pancreaticobiliary Diseases | 15% |
| Oesophageal and Gastric Diseases | 14% |
| Gastrointestinal Malignancies | 9% |
| Gastroenterology Nutrition Motility Disorders | 6% |
| Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Small and Large Intestine | 6% |
| Patient Safety | 5% |
| Professionalism and Ethics | 5% |
Saudi Fellowship — Adult Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is trained in Saudi Arabia through the Saudi Fellowship in Adult Gastroenterology, a subspecialty programme, not a Saudi Board residency. There is no Part 1. Fellows sit a Promotion Examination in each of the first two years and a Final Written Examination at the end of training.
| Stage | Format |
|---|---|
| Promotion Examination | Written, at least 100 MCQs |
| Final Written Examination | One paper of 80–120 MCQs. Pass mark 70%, reducible one mark at a time to a floor of 65% |
| Final Clinical | Four structured oral (SOE) stations of 10 minutes each |
Transplant Hepatology
Liver transplant medicine has its own one-year programme, the Saudi Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology, which is open to physicians who have completed gastroenterology training. Its curriculum sets an end-of-year written examination and a structured oral examination, both set by SCFHS. No examination blueprint is published.
What we offer
A Gastroenterology question bank built to the official SCFHS blueprint, where liver disease is the largest domain at 25%, and which also serves the Saudi Fellowship Final Written Examination, with Final Clinical preparation and written and structured oral preparation for the Saudi Transplant Hepatology Fellowship.