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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.

2021 course registrations

We are pleased to announce that registrations for 2021 Skills Training courses, scheduled for January through to June, are now open to all eligible applicants.

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.

SET Trainees, SIMGs and participants previously registered to a cancelled course will have a priority window for 2021 course registrations.

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

Registration release dates:

SET and SIMGs 18 November 2020 
Participants previously registered to a cancelled course   25 November 2020
All eligible applicants  2 December 2020