Workforce and activities reports
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons provides educational
training, professional development and support activities for surgeons
and surgical Trainees. The College regularly provides research documents
regarding the surgical workforce and surgical training in Australia and
New Zealand.
Activities reports
Workforce discussion papers
Census of Fellows
Contact
Activities reports
- The activities report is a document provided for Government
departments of health, related agencies and the wider community.
- These reports detail statistics on the College's activities in
education, assessment and the surgical workforce.
- They include policies, procedures and summary statistics on the
College's activities for the year ending on 31 December.
- Activities reports are published as both annual reports and two
interim reports.
2010
2009
2008
2007
- Annual activities report (PDF 2.3Mb) – as at
31 December 2007, published in February 2008
- Interim activities report (PDF 424Kb) –
January to August 2007, published in December 2007
- Appendix report (PDF 164Kb) – This report is a
supplementary document updating relevant information from the 2006
annual activities report for the period 1 January to 30 April 2007.
Education figures provided include details on Basic Surgical Trainees
(BST), Specialist Surgical Trainees (SST) and Surgical Education and
Training (SET), with associated accredited BST hospitals and SST
accredited hospital post listings. New and active Fellows and
International Medical Graduates (IMG) are described.
2006
- Annual activities report (PDF 294Kb) – as at
31 December 2006, published in February 2007. The Basic Surgical
Trainees (BST) training program described in the report includes
assessment information, completion status statistics and hospital
accreditation trends. The Specialist Surgical Trainees (SST) section
including information on selection, training patterns, attrition,
assessment and the number of hospital posts. International Medical
Graduates (IMG) and fellowship data is also contained in the
report.
- Interim activities report (PDF 178Kb) – as at
31 August 2006 (January to August 2006), published in October 2006
- Interim activities report (PDF 111Kb) – as at
30 April 2006, published in June 2006. This report acts as an appendix
to the annual activities report.
2005
- Annual activities report (PDF 402Kb) – as at
31 December 2005, published in February 2006. It includes statistics on
education and the surgical workforce. Education figures provided include
figures on Basic Surgical Trainees (BST); Transitional Surgical Trainees
(TST); and Specialist Surgical Trainees (SST), with associated
accredited BST hospitals and SST accredited hospital post listings. New
and active Fellows are also described.
- Interim activities report (PDF 123Kb) – as at
30 June 2005, published in October 2005. This report provides a mid-year
summary of training and workforce statistics for 2005. Education figures
provided for BST hospitals and Trainees, TSTs, SST posts and trainees
are as at 30 June 2005, and details of the surgical workforce and
Fellowship are as at 15 October 2005.
2004
Annual activities report (PDF 1.8Mb) – as at
31 December 2004, published in June 2005. It covers the period 1 January
2004 to 31 December 2004 and details selection of Trainees,
accreditation of hospitals (for Basic Surgical Training) and hospital
posts (for Specialist Surgical Training); training and assessment of
Trainees and overseas-trained doctors, continuing professional
development activities for Fellows; bequests, gifts and sponsorship,
honours and awards, and the surgical workforce.
The 2004 report is also presented in five sections:
- Education (PDF 50Kb)
- Basic Surgical Training (PDF 275Kb)
- Specialist Surgical Training (PDF 1.2Mb) –
includes assessment of overseas-trained doctors)
- Fellowship Activities (PDF 156Kb)
- Surgical Workforce (PDF 170Kb)
Census of Fellows
The census is an important tool to:
- assist the College in its workforce planning advocacy
- provide additional information regarding a myriad of factors
affecting surgeons in their day to day work
- allow the College to build a picture of the challenges facing the
surgical workforce and to advocate strongly with governments for
solutions.
2009 report – View the full 2009 report (PDF 194Kb) and additional reports
or extracts of the census findings for each region and specialty:
Also view the 2005 Census of Fellows report (PDF 145Kb).
Workforce discussion papers
The Outlook for Surgical Services in Australasia (PDF
307Kb) report (2003) addresses the extent and causes of current
shortages and the future outlook in the light of current training levels
and the prospective demand for surgical services.
Contact
Workforce Planning and Research Officer
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250–290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1108
Fax: +61 3 9249 1217
Email: workforce@surgeons.org
Last Modified: 16 August 2010
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