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Australia and NZ Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET)

ASSET is a practical two day course teaching surgical skills, which can be applied across all surgical specialties. Taught by experienced surgeons, attendees benefit from high teacher to student ratios in an interactive lab setting.

September 2021 update

The demand for Skills Training courses remains very high, this is due to unavoidable course cancellations throughout 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All 2021 courses are now full and the reserve lists for all 2021 courses are closed. Please visit the ASSET course 2021 schedule (PDF 104.91KB) for changes and cancellation update.

Registrations for 2022 course will open later this year, if you would like to be kept up to date with 2022 course information please join the Skills Training Mailing List. Please reach out to skills.courses@surgeons.org if you have any questions.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is committed to ensuring that participants health and safety is the top priority of running any event, which includes adhering to any local, state, and federal laws, policies and restrictions, both in Australia and New Zealand. Due to the complex evolving nature of these laws and restrictions, RACS may be required to cancel a course at any time leading up to the event.

Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page and RACS COVID-19 Event Safe Strategy (PDF 187.59KB) for more information.