In This Section
Contacts, guidelines and forms
Information and downloadable documents for doctors who have graduated from a medical college outside Australia or New Zealand and who wish to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS).
Contact
Australia
Specialist International Medical Graduate Assessment Department
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 08 8219 0972
Email: [email protected]
Aotearoa New Zealand
Executive Officer, SIMGs Aotearoa New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand Office
Royal College of Surgeons
Level 3, 8 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria
Wellington, New Zealand East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +64 4 385 8247
Email: [email protected]
Policies
- Access to RACS Interview and Assessment Transcripts (PDF 36.45KB)
- Aotearoa New Zealand Vocationally Registered Doctors Applying for Fellowship (PDF 98.05KB)
- Assessing a Specialist International Medical Graduate's Comparability to an Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Trained Surgical Specialist (PDF 141.29KB) (Interim Regulation)
- IMG Misconduct (PDF 107.46KB)
- International Medical Graduate Fees Australia (PDF 67.5KB)
- Short Term Training in a Medical Specialty Pathway in Australia (PDF 207.09KB)
- Specialist International Medical Graduate Assessment Interview Panels Terms of Reference (PDF 114.89KB)
- Specialist International Medical Graduate Assessment Post Approval (PDF 101.9KB) (Regulation)
- Specialist International Medical Graduate Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 108.64KB)
- Specialist International Medical Graduate Transition (PDF 161.08KB) (Regulation)
- Specialist International Medical Graduates Assessed with a Limited Scope of Practice (PDF 180.19KB)
- Supervised Practice of Specialist International Medical Graduates in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF 215.45KB)
- Supervisors of Specialist International Medical Graduates in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF 202.36KB)
- Vocational Assessments of International Medical Graduates in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF 140.93KB)
Guidelines
Forms
- Checklist: Specialist and/or Area of Need Assessment (PDF 189.37KB)
- Checklist: Short-Term Training (PDF 227.58KB)
- Checklist: Short-Term Training Extensions (PDF 220.82KB) (PDF 220.82KB)
- SIMG Post Description Form (DOCX 37.26KB)
- Curriculum Vitae Template (DOC 185KB)
- SIMG Agreement Form (PDF 24.77KB)
- Summary Logbook Template (DOCX 25.64KB)
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Major Case Summary Template (DOCX 41.93KB)
- Statement of Intent to Return to Country of Training (PDF 20.35KB)
- Short term Training Declaration by the Applicant (PDF 26.01KB)
- Authority to Act, Release and Receive Information (PDF 22.29KB)
- Checklist of Aotearoa New Zealand Vocationally Registered Surgeons Applying for Fellowship of RACS (PDF 232.41KB)
Clinical assessment forms
- Clinical Assessment Report - Urology (By Assessment) (PDF 47.29KB)
- Clinical Assessment Report - Urology (By Examination) (PDF 51.92KB)
- Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Form for IMGs in Orthopaedic Surgery (PDF 780.48KB)
- Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) Form for IMGs in Orthopaedic Surgery (PDF 763.29KB)
- General Surgery: Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Form for IMGs in General Surgery - refer to GSA website
- General Surgery: Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) Form for IMGs in General Surgery - refer to GSA website
- General Surgery: Progress Report for IMGs in General Surgery - refer to GSA website
- Paediatric IMG Assessor MOUSE Form (PDF 247.76KB)
- Paediatric IMG MOUSE Consultant Form (PDF 82.54KB)
- Paediatric IMG Clinical Assessment Evaluation Form (PDF 322.19KB)
- Paediatric IMG Mini-CEX Assessment Evaluation Form (PDF 74.7KB)