Last Update: 21/03/2012 17:26
The Section of Academic Surgery (SAS) was formed in 2002 and now
has more than 100 members throughout Australia and New Zealand. The
overall goal is to promote academic surgery and to develop the
scholar/teacher professional competency. The Section also provides
an increasingly important link between the College and university
departments of surgery.
Objectives
- To develop and monitor standards in academic surgical
departments in Australia and New Zealand.
- To enhance career pathways in academic surgery and to encourage
younger surgeons to pursue opportunities in academic surgery.
- To develop an Australasian curriculum for undergraduate
surgery, which could be utilized to provide advice to Australian
and New Zealand medical schools regarding appropriate surgical
content, and which is appropriate for continuation to surgical
education and training.
- To advise Council on professional and policy issues
related to academic surgery, as well as issues of relevance to
surgery in general.
- To respond to requests from Council for consideration of
relevant issues.
- To establish and maintain a registry of academically active
members in order to support the Section's activities and plan
appropriate workforce issues.
Membership
Membership is open to Fellows or Trainees who are interested in
academic surgery. Application for membership entails submitting a
completed application form and
emailing it to scholarships@surgeons.org
Functional relationships
Through linkages within the College and through representation
on the Executive Committee the Section of Academic Surgery has
functional relationships with the:
Key activities and dates
Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses - USA
These courses are of interest to junior faculty, Fellows,
residents and medical students. For more information, visit
the Association for Academic
Surgery and select Fall Courses. If you have any
questions, please contact the AAS Registrar at registration@aasurg.org
or call +1 310-437-1606, ext 128.
2012 Developing a Career in Academic Surgery (DCAS) Course -
Kuala Lumpur
Sunday 6 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre,
Malaysia
This course targets SET Trainees, prevocational doctors, medical
students and younger Fellows who want to develop their research and
teaching competencies. This year it is being held on Sunday 6
May 2012, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia. Download
the Provisional Program (PDF
45kB). Register online via the ASC website.
There are 15 complimentary spaces available for interested
medical students. Download the application form
for medical students (PDF 15kB)
Section of Academic Surgery (SAS) - Annual Meeting of
Academic Departments
This annual meeting is designed to bring academic surgeons
together to discuss issues of common interest. Past themes have
been Revitalising Academic Surgical Departments (2008), Becoming
and Surviving as Academic Surgeons (2009), Developing RACS -
University Collaborations (2010) and Improving Training Pathways
for Academic Surgeons in Australia and New Zealand in 2011.
There will be the opportunity to attend a dinner on the Thursday
evening.
The 2012 meeting is being held on Thursday 8th November 2012, in
Adelaide. More details to be provided at a later date.
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Surgical Research Society of
Australasia (SRS)
The SRS has a long history and has provided the best forum for
the presentation of original research by Trainees and is strongly
supported by the Section of Academic Surgery. A Young Investigator
Award of A$4000 will be offered to sponsor the recipient to attend
the Association for Academic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting
in the United States to present their work. In addition,
4 travel grants (A$750 each) will be offered as well as an award to
attend the Developing a Career in Academic Surgery
(DCAS) Workshop at the ASC.
The 2012 meeting is being held Friday 9th November 2012, in
Adelaide. More details to be provided at a later
date.
Abstracts from previous meetings can be seen on the The Australasian Surgical Research
Society page on the ANZ Journal of Surgery website.
Fostering the relationship with the Association of Academic
Surgery
One of the missions of the Association of Academic Surgeons (AAS) is to
promote academic surgery around the world. Through the generous
support of Johnson & Johnson Medical it has been possible to
have AAS visitors to the DCAS course, the Younger Fellows Forum,
the Annual Scientific Congress, and to several centres around ANZ.
At the 2010 College ASC the 6 visitors contributed 14 talks in a
range of specialty groups. Furthermore, the AAS invites a member of
the SAS to give a state-of-the-art lecture and they invite the
winner of the SRS Young Investigator Award to give their winning
presentation at the AAS Annual Scientific Congress.
Fostering the relationship with medical students
A number of Surgical Interest Groups have developed in Schools
of Medicine and these are being linked by the Surgical Interest Network (SurgIN). The
Australian Medical Student's Association and New Zealand Medical
Students Association Association have been invited to nominate one
person to represent them on the Executive Committee. A number of
registrations will be provided to the DCAS course.
Committee
After the 2011 Annual Business Meeting of the SAS, the
following Committee was endorsed:
Chair - Professor John
Windsor
Vice Chair - Professor Guy Maddern
Members:
Professor Chris Christophi
Professor Mark Smithers
Professor Russell Stitz
Mr Richard Hanney
Research, Audit and Academic Surgery (RAAS) Board Chair: Professor
Julian Smith
Developing a Career in Academic Surgery (DCAS) Representative:
Asssociate Professor Andrew Hill
Surgical Research Society of Australasia (SRS) Representative:
Professor John McCall
Younger Fellows Representative: Dr Jason Chuen
Trainees' Association (RACSTA) Representative: Dr Zoe Wainer
Board of Surgical Education and Training (BSET) Represenative: Mr
Simon Williams
Academy of Surgical Educators Respresentative: Professor Bruce
Barraclough
Observer:
Medical student representative: Falk Reinholz
Contact
Section of Academic Surgery Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
199 Ward Street
North Adelaide SA 5069 Australia
Telephone: +61 8 8219 0900
Fax: +61 8 8219 0999
Email: academic.surgery@surgeons.org