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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
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 3 9276 1242
Email: simg.enquiries@surgeons.org
Policies
- Access to RACS Interview and Assessment Transcripts (PDF 36.45KB)
- Assessing an IMGs Comparability to an Australian and New Zealand Trained Surgical Specialist (PDF 119.01KB)
- Assessment of the Clinical Practice of IMGs in Australia (PDF 211.64KB)
- IMG Area of Need Assessment (PDF 100.58KB)
- IMG Assessment Post Accreditation (PDF 117.77KB)
- IMG Misconduct (PDF 107.46KB)
- IMGs Assessed with a Defined Scope of Practice (PDF 77.25KB)
- International Medical Graduate Assessment Interview Panels Terms of Reference (PDF 36.85KB)
- International Medical Graduate Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 32.79KB)
- International Medical Graduate Fees Australia (PDF 67.5KB)
- New Zealand Vocationally Registered Doctors Applying for Fellowship (PDF 123.67KB)
- Short Term Training in a Medical Specialty Pathway (PDF 93.6KB)
- Specialist Assessment of International Medical Graduates in Australia (PDF 82.93KB)
- Supervisors of International Medical Graduates in Australia (PDF 81.63KB)
- Vocational Assessment of International Medical Graduates in New Zealand (PDF 142.16KB)
- Vocationally Registered Doctors Fellowship Assessment Panel Terms of Reference (PDF 31.31KB)
Guidelines
- Guidelines for IMG Applicants (PDF 354.17KB)
- Guidelines for Partially Comparable IMG surgeons undergoing clinical assessment (PDF 321.59KB)
- Guidelines for Substantially Comparable IMG surgeons undergoing clinical assessment (PDF 343.99KB)
- Guide for Specialty Chair and IMG Board Representatives (PDF 566.84KB)
- Guidelines for IMG Clinical Assessors (PDF 263.71KB)
- Guidelines for Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Form (PDF 29.23KB)
- Guidelines for Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) Form (PDF 35KB)
- Guidelines for Paediatric MOUSE DOPS notes for Clinical Assessors (PDF 307.78KB)
Forms
- Checklist: Specialist and/or Area of Need Assessment (PDF 227.34KB)
- Checklist: Short-Term Training (PDF 227.58KB)
- Checklist: Short-Term Training Extensions (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 for AoNZVR Surgeons Applying for Specialist Pathway towards Fellowship of RACS (PDF 228.57KB)
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)