Saudi Medical Selection Exam or Saudi Medical Licensing Exam

Saudi Medical Selection Exam
(Previously called Saudi Licensing exam or Selection exam)

* Saudi Medical Selection Exam (SMSE) previously known as Saudi License Exam (SLE): is intended for
medical college graduates who wish to join postgraduate education i.e. Saudi Board Programs.
* You can enter this exam three times in each Gregorian year.
* You have the choice to choose the exam center and date.

* This exam is an electronic multiple choice questions exam which consists 100 MCQs as following
:
Specialty Number of question
General Medicine 25 MCQs
General Surgery 15
Pediatrics 15
Family Medicine 15
Obstetrics 5
Gynecology 5
Psychiatry 5
Ophthalmology 3
Otolaryngology (ENT) 3
Dermatology 3
Orthopedics 3
Basic Science 3

* The allowed time is 3 hours.

* SMSE registration:
* You need the following documents:
 SMSE registration form (which you can find it in the upcoming pages)
 Certified copy of your bachelor’s degree.
 Copy of your identification card.
 Receipt of the payment of exam fee: 500 SR for the first trial, 800 SR for the second and third trials.
* Payment can be either by:
 Transfer to the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) Bank Account in the National
Commercial Bank (Al-Ahli). Account number is 205159007001306
 Payment through SPAN machines using your bank card in any branch of the SCFHS or any institute
affiliated with SCFHS
 They DON’T accept Cash
* After that you will get a username and password to select your exam date through this link:
http://securereg3.prometric.com/ at this point you’ll pay 105 $ = 406 SR using a credit card. If you don'thave a credit card you can pay through SCFHS or any affiliated institute.
* Finally, The following statements are rumors don't listen to them :
 They said that SCFHS has changed the question bank.
 The average SMSE grades are 65 - 75 % and if you get this mark you can easily get in any program you want.
 Don’t spread the above mentioned rumors and:
* Study hard.
* Don’t worry about the SCFHS question bank you will have repeated questions.
* Do your best and get as high grade as you can