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WA traineesAbout RACSTA.WA About RACSTA.WAWelcome to the RACSTA.WA Website. WA trainees, this is your website and it is all about you and your training! If you have any questions, ideas or contributions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would welcome input from all our trainees. Please make sure you check out the Events Calendar for up and coming events, come, enjoy and show your support! RACSTA.WA (formerly known as WASTA) is the Western Australia regional branch of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trainee Association (RACSTA). The association comprises of all registered RACS basic surgical trainees (BSTs) and specialist surgical trainees (SSTs) in WA. In the beginning... It all began as WASTA in October 2005. The trainees were approached by the College to set up a trainee association. The College was committed to establishing a bi-national association encompassing all basic and specialist surgical trainees in both Australia and New Zealand. Trainees in each state were approached to attend the first bi-national meeting in Melbourne in November 2005. West Australian trainees ran an open state meeting at our CTEC College office in mid-September, with the help of Mr Thavaseelan, our WA Younger Fellow Committee Representative, at which he presented the concept of a trainee association. A committee was then formed, with each specialty groups electing their own specialty representatives, while the BSTs voted for their three representatives via email voting. WASTA was established. The committee members met for the first time and voted for the two representatives to attend the first RACSTA meeting in Melbourne. Today – WASTA underwent a change of name to conform to and support our parent body RACSTA, and as RACSTA.WA, it now has an established foundation, fully supported by RACSTA and recognised by the College. It is based at our WA RACS office in CTEC, University of Western Australia, and has both clerical and financial support from the College. It is a West Australian association, for all the WA surgical trainees. As a regional branch of RACSTA, this regional division is responsible for investigating any specific state issues associated with surgical training, as well as representing WA trainees in the bi-national RACSTA committee at the College head office in Melbourne. Mission statementRACSTA.WA is a group established for the trainees and its foremost role is to support and advocate for every surgical trainee's educational experience as well as their wellbeing. The goals of RACSTA.WA are:
MembershipMembership is automatic to all registered RACS surgical trainees in Western Australia, including basic and specialist trainees. Membership is inclusive with annual RACS registration. The duration of membership to the WA regional group applies only to the duration of surgical training undertaken in WA. Each WA member is also a member of our parent body, RACSTA. As a member, you will have access to many RACSTA.WA events, and are also eligible to be nominated for election into both the regional and binational committees of RACSTA. CommitteeThe committee consists of seven SET 2-5 representatives of individual subspecialties and three SET 1 representatives, in addition to BST and co-opted members. The Committee Members are (click for bio as a PDF):
Upcoming EventsComing Soon Current affairs/newsletterSET Registration (view poster; A reminder to all trainees that the registration for selection into the College's Surgical Education and Training (SET) Program for 2008 is open! Specialist trainees intending to apply to a different specialty and any BSTs intending to apply to SET must register their interest before 1 March 2007. RACSTA.WA Newsletter – view October 2006 edition ( WARTS General Surgery EducationWA Registrars Training in Surgery (WARTS) is WA's regional general surgery trainee group. It runs an education program consisting of a one day seminar, once a month. Attendance at these seminars is compulsory for all WA general surgery trainees, with a minimum of 80% attendance a pre-requisite for each training year. Each session is presented and supervised by consultants from various sub-specialties, with refreshments provided by sponsors. 2007's program coming to you on this website. Contact usc/- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (WA) Telephone: (08) 6488 8699 Email: racsta.wa@surgeons.org Last Modified: 5 November 2008 © Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. All rights reserved. |
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