Introduction to Operating with Respect

This course has been developed to support the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ (RACS) ongoing commitment to promote appropriate behaviours in surgical practice and training, as a safe and positive work environment will result in higher-quality care for patients and better standards of surgical training. It is a pre-requisite for application to Surgical Education and Training (SET).

It is designed to improve knowledge and understanding of unacceptable behaviours, enabling Surgeons to recognise when they occur and the adverse impact these have on individuals, team performance and patient safety. It provides intervention strategies to respond to unacceptable behaviours, resources to support those impacted by unacceptable behaviours and processes for reporting these behaviours. 

Note: This course replaces a previous version, 'Operating with Respect eLearning', and includes revised and additional content. This course can also be revisited for your own professional development, or as a refresher ahead of the full-day face-to-face course, ‘Operating with Respect’. Completing this online course, a second time may entitle you to 1 CPD point.  

 

Course learning outcomes

By completing this course, you will be able to identify:
     1. Acceptable standards of professional behaviour in the healthcare setting
     2. The features principles within legislation relating to of discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment as outlined by legislation
     3. What unacceptable behaviour looks like in healthcare, and specifically in surgical settings
     4. The impacts of unacceptable behaviour on individuals, team performance and patient safety
     5. Stressors that may contribute to unacceptable behaviour, and understand how to better manage these
     6. The professional responsibility to speak up when exposed to unacceptable behaviours
     7. Intervention strategies and responses to unacceptable behaviours
     8. Where to find resources to support yourself and others in addressing unacceptable behaviours within the workplace.

 

Are you eligible for this course?

This course is available to all College Members and is a pre-requisite for application to Surgical Education and Training (SET). 

Note: if you have completed the Operating with Respect eModule (retired late 2023) you do not have to complete this course to meet the SET eligibility requirement.

 

Delivery mode

  • Mode of delivery: Online
  • Duration: 60 minutes

 

Course fees

  • Free for College members (Fellows or Specialist International Medical Graduates), Trainees and those who have a Junior Doctors/Pre-vocational Doctors subscription
  • A$60 or NZ$65 for non-members of the College 

Cancellation Policy

 

CPD points

Completing this online course a second time may entitle you to 1 CPD point.

 

Main RACS competencies addressed

  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Communication
  • Professionalism

 

Course resources and references

 

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On successful enrolment, this course will be listed with your eLearning Resources.