Surgical Education and Training (SET)

The Surgical Education and Training (SET) program promotes high quality, efficient surgical education and training through early selection into speciality training - surgical trainees are selected directly into the specialty in which they will undertake specialist surgical education and training.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has been recognised for over 80 years as the authoritative body for standards and training in surgical practice in Australia and New Zealand. RACS commits to ensure the highest standard of safe and comprehensive surgical care for the community we serve through excellence in surgical training.

RACS  is the accredited training organisation in Australia and New Zealand to train surgeons as competent, independently practising specialists in each of nine surgical specialties. Common standards and principles underpin training across all the specialties.

The specialty training boards allocate trainees to accredited training posts for their clinical placements. The specialty boards monitor the quality and outcomes of training in each post  through regular hospital accreditation processes and through information from trainees' logbooks.  Hospitals also have supervisors to monitor trainee progress. 

Guide to SET

You will find detailed information about SET training in the Guide to SET (PDF 271 KB )

Curriculum framework

You will find the framework upon which specialty curriculum is developed in the Curriculum (PDF 200 KB)

Training Standards

You will find a framework for standards of performance in each of the nine RACS competencies in Becoming a competent and proficient surgeon: Training Standards for the Nine RACS Competencies (PDF 172 KB)

Examinations

Information on examination dates and requirements.

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