Professional Development Committee

The Professional Development Committee exists to govern the activities encompassed within the Professional Development portfolio. This includes responsibilities for activities undertaken by the Professional Development Department and the governance structures they support.

The committee's role is:

• to initiate and maintain a strategic overview of all aspects of professional development
• to oversee the development and implementation of all professional development activities throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Governance

The Professional Development Committee makes recommendations to the Professional Development and Standards Board (PDSB) in relation to the objectives, statements and duties listed in the committee's terms of reference.

The following committees, working parties and Sections report to the Professional Development Committee:

• Younger Fellows Committee
• Medico-Legal Section
• Surgical Teachers Education Program Committee
• Senior Surgeons Group Committee
• Rural Procedural Audit Steering Committee
• Intercultural Competency for Medical Specialists Steering Committee

Chair - Professor Julian Anderson Smith FRACS

Contact

Professional Development Committee Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9276 7441
Fax: +61 3 9276 7432
pd.committee@surgeons.org