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Fellowship Council Accreditation, Core Curriculum and Program Requirements

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The FC Accreditation, Core Curriculum and Program Requirements were updated August 2024.

The guidelines in the attached document will:

  1. Provide a mechanism for establishing and accrediting fellowships in surgery.
  2. Provide a mechanism to ensure that FC accredited surgery fellowship programs attain and maintain a high level of quality.
  3. Provide mechanisms to ensure that surgery fellowships do not interfere with residency training in general surgery and/or any other ACGME approved/ABMS- or RCPSC- recognized surgical training program.