Core Surgical Exam · Basisexamen

Prepare systematically for the Swiss Core Surgical Exam.

The Core Surgical Exam (Basisexamen) tests general surgical principles across every region, not only orthopaedics. AUGMEDI’s structured courses and question bank work through the core surgical curriculum topic by topic, so nothing you need for exam day is left to chance.

One-time payment, access until 30 November 2026. Limited offer, no subscription.
Partners Balgrist University Hospital ETH Zurich University of Basel
Teaching and scanning partner OR-X
Universities with free access University of Zurich University of Bern University of Lausanne University of Geneva University of Fribourg University of Neuchâtel USI
Students at these universities get free access through a campus licence.
Core Surgical Exam

A structured question bank across the whole surgical curriculum

Build and test your knowledge across the core surgical curriculum with structured learning paths, exam-style questions and topic-based performance tracking.

  • Structured coverage of the core surgical curriculum
  • Question bank aligned to exam-style topics
  • Progress tracked topic by topic
PLATFORM · QUESTION BANK
Exam Format

Six full-length simulations. One structured path to get there.

Work through individual topics in the Q-Bank and review the explanations, then bring everything together under real exam conditions.

1,000+
Practice questions
6
Full exam simulations
150
Questions per simulation
4h
Time limit per simulation
Covering four content areas
Basic Medicine & Wounds
Basic Surgery
Specialized Acute Medicine
Specialized Surgery

Know how close you are to your real exam result.

95% of respondents scored within 6.3 percentage points of their simulation result.*

*Based on self-reported simulation and actual Basisexamen 2025 scores.

Start preparing for the Core Surgical Exam today.

One connected path from foundational anatomy to the Basisexamen.
One-time payment, access until 30 November 2026. Limited offer, no subscription.

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