In This Section
Senior Surgeons
The Senior Surgeons Section provides advice on senior surgeons issues, facilitates support for senior surgeons and their ongoing involvement in College activities as well as supporting those who are retired or thinking about retirement.
Objectives
The Senior Surgeons Section aims to:
- advise the College on senior surgeons' issues, through the Fellowship Services Committee;
- facilitate support for senior surgeons, including those who are retired, semi-retired or contemplating retirement;
- promote the planning of all aspects of retirement well in advance, addressing the physical, financial and psychological implications;
- promote and facilitate the ongoing involvement of senior surgeons in College activities such as training, mentoring and credentialing, and
- provide oversight for the Building Towards Retirement workshops.
Activities
- Education programs at the Annual Scientific Congress (ASC)
- The Building Towards Retirement workshop is now run on an as-needs basis. Contact your State, Territory or New Zealand office if you would like a course to be run in your region
- Developed the Senior Surgeons in Active Practice (PDF 109.81KB) position paper, providing general guidance and advice to surgeons in their last ten years of practice
Governance
The Section is governed by a Committee as per the Sections Terms of Reference (PDF 92.12KB) reporting to the RACS Fellowship Services Committee.
Committee Chair - Professor Robert Pearce FRACS
Contact
Senior Surgeons Section Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1237
Fax: +61 3 9276 7432
Email: snr.surgeons@surgeons.org