Orthopedic Surgery residency in Saudi Arabia
Bones, joints, tendons and fractures, with a lot of hands-on operating.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 81.9%. Training length: 5 years.
Rotations during residency
- R1 to R2: general surgery (3 months)
- Intensive care (3 months)
- Adult trauma (3 months)
- Plastic, vascular and neurosurgery (3 months)
- General orthopedics (3 + 3 months)
- Orthopedic trauma (3 months)
- Pediatric orthopedics (3 months)
- R3 to R5: upper extremity, spine, foot and ankle, arthroplasty, orthopedic trauma (9 months in total), sports, oncology
Schedule overview
- R1 to R2: General surgery 3, ICU 3, adult trauma 3, plastic/vascular/neurosurgery 3, general orthopedics 6, orthopedic trauma 3, pediatric orthopedics 3 (months)
- R3 to R5: Upper extremity, spine, foot and ankle, arthroplasty, orthopedic trauma (9 months in total) and other subspecialty blocks
Most common encounters
- Fractures
- Trauma from road crashes
- Hip fractures in the elderly
- Osteoarthritis
- Sports and knee injuries
- Back pain
- Hand injuries
- Pediatric fractures and clubfoot
- Bone infection
- Bone and soft-tissue tumors
Most common procedures
- Fracture fixation (plates, nails, screws)
- Casting and reduction
- Joint replacement
- Arthroscopy
- Spine surgery (supervised)
- Amputations
- External fixation
- Hand and tendon repair
Fellowships after residency
- Arthroplasty (2 to 3 years)
- Sports medicine and arthroscopy (2 to 3 years)
- Spine (2 to 3 years)
- Trauma (1 year)
- Pediatric orthopedics (2 to 3 years)
- Hand and upper limb (2 to 3 years)
- Foot and ankle (2 to 3 years)
- Orthopedic oncology (2 to 3 years)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Jazan: 2026 78.7%, 2025 84.3%
- Hafar Albatin: 2026 79.0%, 2025 81.0%
- Alahsa: 2026 79.1%, 2025 84.6%
- Najran: 2026 79.1%, 2025 83.2%
- Tabuk: 2026 79.3%, 2025 81.2%
- Albahah: 2026 79.9%, 2025 82.7%
- Aljowf: 2026 80.2%, 2025 82.3%
- Mecca: 2026 80.6%, 2025 84.3%
- Khamis Mushait: 2026 81.5%, 2025 84.5%
- Jeddah: 2026 82.2%, 2025 85.2%
- Medina: 2026 82.9%, 2025 83.8%
- Hail: 2026 83.0%, 2025 85.8%
- Dhahran: 2026 83.2%, 2025 84.9%
- Abha: 2026 83.8%, 2025 85.6%
- Taif: 2026 84.1%, 2025 83.9%
- Buraidah: 2026 84.2%, 2025 85.6%
- Dammam: 2026 84.6%, 2025 86.2%
- Riyadh: 2026 84.7%, 2025 86.3%
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