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Professional Development

The Professional Development Program is designed to support you throughout your surgical career, encouraging your professional growth and enhancing workplace performance. Lifelong learning through professional development can not only improve your capabilities, but also help you realise your full potential both professionally and personally.


Professional Development Program activities are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited and incorporate one or more of the RACS Competencies. Additionally, all courses reflect the College's Surgical Competence and Performance Guide.

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Professional Development activities and courses by RACS competency

Select each competency below for relevant Professional Development activities and courses. Note: Development of Medical Expertise and Technical Expertise are the responsibility of the Specialty Societies and Associations.

 

Collaboration and teamwork Academy of Surgical Educators

Identifying and Addressing Microagressions

Induction for Surgical Supervisors and Trainers

Introduction to Operating with Respect

Operating with Respect

Communication

Academy of Surgical Educators

Difficult Conversations with Underperforming Trainees

Keeping Trainees on Track

Operating with Respect

Trainee Feedback

Cultural competence and cultural safety

Identifying and Addressing Microagressions

Induction for Surgical Supervisors and Trainers

Introduction to Operating with Respect

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety eLearning Program

Health advocacy

Academy of Surgical Educators

Introduction to Operating with Respect

Educator Studio Sessions

Operating with Respect 

Trainee Feedback

Judgement and clinical decision making

Academy of Surgical Educators

Educator Studio Sessions

Leadership and management

Academy of Surgical Educators

Difficult Conversations with Underperforming Trainees

Induction for Surgical Supervisors and Trainers

Keeping Trainees on Track

Operating with Respect  

Professionalism

Academy of Surgical Educators

Educator Studio Sessions

Identifying and Addressing Microagressions

Introduction to Operating with Respect

Operating with Respect  

Scholarship and teaching

Academy of Surgical Educators

Difficult Conversations with Underperforming Trainees

Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators

Induction for Surgical Supervisors and Trainers

Keeping Trainees on Track

Trainee Feedback

All Professional Development activities alphabetised

Select each of the course names below for more information, including a course overview, learning outcomes and how to register.

 

Academy of Surgical Educators

Academy of Surgical Educators
Educator Studio Sessions
Online Journal Club
Online Learning Community


Other professional development opportunities

 

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety eLearning Program
Difficult Conversations with Underperforming Trainees
Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators
Identifying and Addressing Microaggressions 
Induction for Surgical Supervisors and Trainers
Introduction to Operating with Respect
Keeping Trainees on Track
Operating With Respect
Preparation for Practice (For more information about local courses, please visit the pages for Australian state and territory offices and the Aotearoa New Zealand office.
Trainee Feedback

Updates to the Professional Development Program

Please be advised that the following RACS Professional Development activities and courses were paused indefinitely from June 1, 2023. 

  • Bioethics Forum
  • Clinical Decision Making
  • Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons 
  • Promoting Advanced Surgical Education  
  • Safer Surgical Teamwork  
  • Surgeons as Leaders in Everyday Practice 
  • Writing Medico-Legal Reports 
  • Younger Fellows Forum

 

Courses available through external providers

Additionally, the following courses will no longer be provided as part of the RACS Professional Development Program. However, you can book these courses directly with the external providers. Select each course name to be redirected to the external provider’s registration page.

Conflict and You 
Leading out of Drama 
Process Communication Model Key2Me
Process Communication Model: Seminar 1
Process Communication Model: Seminar 2  

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

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1144
Fax: +61 3 9276 7412
 
Email: pdactivities@surgeons.org
Email for Operating with Respect: owr@surgeons.org
Email for Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators: pdactivities@surgeons.org
 
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