Additional competency requirements by specialist interest for general surgery trainees
| Subspeciality | Operative logbook | Indicative operations | PBA total |
| Emergency general surgery | 250 | 4 | 12 |
| Breast | 415 | 8 | 24 |
| Colorectal | 315 | 4 (+colonoscopy) | 12 |
| Upper gastrointestinal | 345 | 4 (+upper gastrointestinal endoscopy) | 12 |
| HPB | 145 | 3 | 9 |
| Vascular | 110 | 11 | 110 |
| Transplant kidney | 150 | 4 | 15 |
| Transplant pancreas | 140 | 5 | 12 |
| Transplant liver | 200 | 4 | 9 |
| Endocrine | 90 | 4 | 9 |
| General surgery of childhood | 580 | 5 | 9 |
| Advanced trauma | N/A | N/A | 12 |
| Median (range) | 200 (90 to 580) | 4 (3 to 11) | 12 (9 to 110) |
Indicative operations requiring a minimum operative caseload differ to those operations requiring PBAs according to certification guidelines.
HPB, Hepato-pancreato-biliary; N/A, not applicable; PBAs, procedural-based assessments.