Turkish Language Test and Specialization Exam, New

Written by: Mohammed Alkahlout, Reviewed by: Dr.Khaled Shatat, Edited by: Majed Jaber

Now, you have followed us to the specialization stage. We know it is a long process, but hopefully, it is worth it.

Turkish Language Test

Before the specialization exam, you must pass a language test with a score of 50% or higher. This exam is done twice a year, in April and September. It must be in one of the three languages (English, German, and French).
The exam costs 90 Turkish lire and consists of 80 MCQ that you must answer in 150 minutes, and if you have a valid TOEFL certificate, it can exempt you from the language test.

Specialization Exam

Here comes the big boss, the specialization exam, TUS. Registration for the test is done by the Ministry of Higher Education in Ankara and is called in the Turkish language YOK< but you can take the exam in Ankara, Istanbul, or Izmir. The application must be submitted by the student himself and the applicant must not be older than 35 years old. Same as STS, the exam is done twice a year, in April and September, and the health ministry gives 150-200 seats for foreign doctors each round, so you have to register at least one month before the exam date.

The exam costs 375 Turkish lire which is approximately 42 American dollars, and it has two stages, basic and clinical. The exam questions are divided in the following way:
10 MCQ anatomy
10 MCQ physiology – histology – embryology
20 MCQ biochemistry
20 MCQ Microbiology
20 MCQ pathology
20 MCQ medicine
20 MCQ pediatric
20 MCQ general surgery
15 MCQ Obstetrics and gynecology
15 MCQ Minors

The score comes out after two weeks of the date you take the exam, and you must get 45% or higher to pass the exam. The available options for specialization in turkey are:

1. Emergency Medicine 4 years
2. Forensic 4 years
3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery face 5 years
4. Family Medicine 3 years
5. Anatomy 3 years
6. Anesthesiology and Reanimation 4 years
7. Military Health Care 3 years
8. Neurosurgery 5 years
9. Pediatric Surgery 5 years
10. Child Health and Diseases 4 years
11. Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases 4 years
12. Skin and Venereal Diseases 4 years
13. Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology 5 years
14. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 4 years
15. Physiology 3 years
16. General Surgery 5 years
17. Thoracic Surgery 5 years
18. Pulmonary 4 years
19. Ophthalmology 4 years
20. Public Health 4 years
21. Air and Space Medicine 3 years
22. Histology and Embryology 3 years
23. Internal Medicine 4 years
24. Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 years
25. Cardiovascular Surgery 5 years
26. Cardiology 4 years
27. Otolaryngology 4 years
28. Neurology 4 years
29. Nuclear Medicine 4 years
30. Orthopedics and Traumatology 5 years
31. Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery 5 years
32. Radiation Oncology 4 years
33. Radiology 4 years
34. Mental Health and Diseases 4 years
35. Sports Medicine 4 years
36. Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine 3 years
37. Medical Biochemistry 4 years
38. Medical Ecology and Hydro 3 years
39. clinical Pharmacology 4 years
40. Medical Genetics 4 years
41. Medical Microbiology 4 years
42. Pathology 4 years
43. Urology 5 years
    

Your chance to enter the specialization you want is determined by your score and what other doctors choose. For example, if you are the 30th on the list and you want to specialize in cardiology, but those who scored higher than you also want to specialize in cardiology, then you will not have a very low chance.

One week after the results, you will have one week to send your specialization choices to the ministry. Then, it will take one week for the ministry to announce the available specialization options for each doctor according to his result and what other doctors chose.

While in the specialization, the ministry gives nothing to the doctor. The salary is decided by the hospital, and it is agreed on that the doctor while specialization takes 700-900 dollars per month.

Don’t forget to read our article about WHAT ARE THE TURKISH EQUIVALENCE EXAMS? STS:
https://mdguidance.com/what-are-the-turkish-equivalence-exams-sts/

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