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Workforce & Activities reports

• Annual Activities Reports
• Interim Reports
• Workforce discussion papers 

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
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.  Activities Reports are published as both Annual Reports and two Interim reports.

Census of Fellows
The 2009 Census for Fellows has been released and is available electronically or in hard copy.  All Fellows are encouraged to complete the survey either electronically or by hard copy, but not both. Your personal unique identifier must be entered into the fields and has been sent to your preferred email or postal address.

The first question requires you to include this unique identification number so that we can cross off those who have completed the census.  The unique ID number is specific to you for the purposes of this census. Only the College’s Workforce Planning & Research Officer will have access to your identity via the ID number.  In all other respects your responses will be anonymous.

The link is as follows: http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=82775

The census is an important tool to assist the College in its workforce planning advocacy.  It also provides additional information regarding a myriad of factors affecting surgeons in their day to day work.  This allows us to build a picture of the challenges facing the surgical workforce and to advocate strongly with governments for solutions.

Unlike a survey, a census requires a very high rate of return.  Ideally, the College would like as close to 100 per cent of Fellows as possible to complete the census.  As such the Workforce Planning & Research Officer will be contacting those Fellows who have not completed the census.

To encourage you to complete the census as early as possible, if you are among the first 100 surgeons in each of NZ, NSW/ACT, Vic/Tas, Queensland, SA/NT and WA to submit your census you will be in the running to win a $500 voucher redeemable at Hyatt Hotels in Australia and New Zealand.

Once the data is analysed and the final report is forwarded to Council it will be made available here.

The College carried out its inaugural census of surgical Fellows in 2005 (2005 Census Report PDF 144Kb) and will continue to carry out a census every three years. Workforce: current issues and materials

From time to time, workforce issues affecting members and workforce materials will be listed here.

Contact
For further information about any of the above, please contact Kellie Hardy, Workforce Planning and Research Officer,, via email kellie.hardy@surgeons.org

Annual Activities Reports

Annual Activities Report, as at 31 December 2008 (Published April 2009)
The 2008 report details policies, procedures and summary statistics on the College’s activities for the year ending 31 December 2008.
•   Activities Report 2008 (PDF 1.14Mb)

Annual Activities Report, as at 31 December 2007 (Published February 2008)
The 2007 report details policies, procedures and summary statistics on the College’s activities for the year ending 31 December 2007.
•   Activities Report 2007 (PDF 2.2Mb)

Annual Activities Report, as at 31 December 2006 (Published February 2007)
The 2006 report details policies, procedures and summary statistics on the College’s activities for the year ending 31^st December 2006. The BST training program described in the report includes assessment information, completion status statistics and hospital accreditation trends. The SST section including information on selection, training patterns, attrition, assessment and the number of hospital posts. IMG and Fellowship data is also contained in the report.
•   Activities Report 2006 (PDF 369Kb)

Annual Activities Report, as at 31 December 2005 (Published February 2006)
The 2005 report details statistics on the College’s activities for the year ending 31^st December 2005. 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.
•   Activities Report 2005 (PDF 669Kb)

Annual Activities Report 2004, as at 31 December 2004 (Published June 2005)
The 2004 College’s activities report 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 Annual Activities Report for 2004 is presented in five sections under the following headings:

1. Education (PDF 66Kb)
2. Basic Surgical Training (PDF 517Kb)
3. Specialist Surgical Training (PDF 2.45Mb)
   (includes Assessment of Overseas Trained Doctors)
4. Fellowship Activities (PDF 215Kb)
5. Surgical Workforce (PDF 327Kb)

Interim Reports

Interim Activities Report, as at November 2009
•   January 1st to August 31st 2009 (PDF 732 Kb)

Interim Activities Report, as at June 2009
•   Activities Report January to April 2009 (PDF 591Kb)

Interim Activities Report, as at November 2008
•   Activities Reports January to August 2008 (PDF 330Kb)

Interim Activities Report, as at 30 April 2008 (Published June 2008)
•   Activities Reports January to April 2008 (PDF 345Kb)

Interim Activities Report: January – August 2007 (Published December 2007)
This interim report of the College’s activities provides a snapshot of key data for the period 1 January 2007 to 30 August 2007. The full report of College Activities for 2007 (Jan – Dec) will be available February 2008.
•   August 2007 Activities report (PDF 451Kb)

Appendix Report
This appendix report from the College is a supplementary document updating relevant information from the December 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 are also described.

Interim Report, as at 31 August 2006 (Published October 2006)
This report from the College provides a summary of training and workforce statistics for the period of January to August 2006.
•   August 2006 Activities Report

Interim Report, as at 30 April 2006 (Published June 2006)
This report from the College provides a summary of training and workforce statistics for the period of January to April 2006 and acts as an appendix to the Annual Activities Report.
•   Interim Report 2006 (PDF 142Kb)

Interim Report, as at 30 June 2005 (Published October 2005)
This report from the College provides a mid-yearsummary 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 RACS Fellowship are as at 15 October 2005.
•   Interim Report 2005 (PDF 207Kb)

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.