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Critical Literature Evaluations and Research (CLEAR)

The CLEAR course provides you with the skills needed for critical appraisal of medical literature, as well as tools for understanding, designing and implementing surgical research.

December update

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

  • We invite you to express interest for 2022 courses
  • To submit your EOI please email six course choices to skills.registration@surgeons.org with the following information:
    • Full name
    • RACS ID
    • Graduation date/PGY level
    • Which course (including course code, nominate up to six course codes)
  • You can view the CLEAR 2022 course schedule (PDF 132.72KB). You will receive confirmation from a RACS staff member when you have been added to a reserve list place. Please allow up to 5 working days for a response

We apologise that due to system limitations we are unable to provide registration links at this time.

Please note due to the complexities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, RACS strongly recommends all applicants to attend a local course where possible. Some regions are limited on course offerings and when required RACS will prioritise local attendees in these regions. Please note RACS will contact an applicant to discuss their course place if registered to a course outside their region, and the applicant will be asked to withdraw from the course.

If you would like to be kept up to date with 2022 course information please join the Skills Training Mailing List. 

Please contact skills.registration@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. 

Type of course

  • The Provider course is for medical graduates or senior, and is two days in duration.

CLEAR 2nd Edition

The CLEAR Committee is excited to announce the launch of the 2nd Edition in September 2019.

For an outline of the new two day course please view the CLEAR provider course program (PDF 48.6KB).

Key changes

  • updated curriculum including new topics relevant to current practice
  • eLearning module including knowledge checks and course resources
  • increased interactivity and fewer didactic lectures.

Benefits

  • opportunity to network with your peers
  • access to expert faculty; local leaders in surgical research and epidemiology
  • mentoring: faculty members connect with course participants prior to and throughout the course
  • opportunity to be considered a potential instructor (nominated at course by the faculty).