Assessment and Exam:
  • Examination would be for one day at a center chosen by LTSI.
  • LTSI fellowship Exams: To be conducted by the local center with one external examiner (member of LTSI).
  • Applications will be invited from other LTSI members for being an examiner depending on the structure of the liver transplant anesthesia/critical care/hepatology programme. Examiners must be all from high-volume centers and must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Liver Transplant Critical Care.
  • Assessment: Quarterly formative and annual internal assessment – Portfolio review, direct observation, case-based discussion, MCQs.
  • Exit exam: Common MCQ paper, structured viva/case OSCE, external examiner review.
  • Funding: LTSI – Travel of the examiners, stay, conduct of exam with secretarial help, examiner remuneration, paper setting.
  • Grading / Result: Declared on the same day. To be submitted to the exam committee online.
  • Number of Re-Attempts: 4.
  • Fees of LTSI Certification: INR 20,000.