Background: The Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations (JCIE- domestic) is responsible for the supervision of standards, policies, regulations and professional conduct of the UK/Ireland Specialty Fellowship Examinations. The Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship Examination (JSCFE- International) is organised by the JSCFE Committee in five specialities, and one of them is General Surgery. The syllabus for the examination is extensive and needs rigorous preparation. The Specialty Trainees (ST) get supervised structured training and regular assessments, and hence their pass rate is not only comparatively higher, but they are better prepared for the challenge. However, trainee surgeons who are outside the UK training programmes find the examination difficult. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted surgical training and education by limiting access to conventional teaching methods and available resources. We have been running a teaching and formative assessment platform since May 2017. This teaching resource has helped several trainees in passing the examination and has proven to be a valuable learning resource in the pandemic. Materials and Methods: We provided examination support, guidance and supervision by running Skype/ Microsoft Teams sessions and weekend courses. We emphasised five critical steps in all our sessions and used our course website- WWW.PHOENIXFRCSCOURSE.COM for material 1- Using Landing Sentences to start at the MRCS level 2- 0- 60 mph concept - a safe but quick pace to move from the MRCS zone onto the FRCS zone 3- The MISTER-model of simulation and learning 4- Maintaining pace and grace under pressure 5- Interleaving- revising, rehearsing and consolidating difficult topics The sessions included model scenarios, table viva, academic reading, virtual clinics and peer to peer learning (Examiners’ Drills). The faculty were recent examination graduates and had attended such sessions before their exam success. We followed the JCIE marking descriptors for formative assessment and timely feedback. Results: The first such course was organised in May 2017 and since then (over 40 months) a total of 100 attendees: 90 candidates (domestic FRCS and International FRCS) and 10 observers went through our sessions and workshops. Some 50 virtual sessions and 8 courses (16 days of simulation workshops) have been held so far. 66 (15 CCT and 51 non-CCT) candidates took the examination and 54 passed (82%). Sum 23 candidates have either deferred their examination dates or have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and are being regularly supported. Conclusions: Simulation-based virtual teaching supplemented with weekend inhouse courses has the potential to improve FRCS Section-2 examination preparation and the success rate during COVID-19 pandemic.