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Advocacy
Since 2005 RACS Trainees' Association and the RACSTA Committee have been instrumental and leaders in advocating for SET Trainees.
Current advocacy
The RACSTA Committee has been listening to you, and the following advocacy issues have been at the forefront of the Committee's agenda.
- Investigating assistance with relocation expenses for Trainees
- Interstate leave entitlement portability
- Educational and psychological support for Trainees who fail the Fellowship exam
- Trainees as members of RACS with voting rights
Read the latest RACSTA newsletter to stay up to date on progress in these areas.
Past advocacy
- Trainees as members of RACS without voting rights (2022)
- Financial hardship assistance (2022)
- Overturn of cancellation or restrictions placed on exams during COVID (2021 FEx, 2022 GSA FEx)
- Flexible Training arrangements
- RACS policies on safe working hours
- Breast feeding in the workplace
- Training hospital accreditation
Did you know?
Using data from the RACSTA survey, RACSTA lobbied the College on discrimination, bullying, and sexual harassment, leading to the Operate with Respect (OWR) campaign – perhaps the biggest cultural change programme that RACS has ever undertaken.
The OWR Course is mandatory for all Trainees.
Using data from the RACSTA survey, RACSTA lobbied the College on discrimination, bullying, and sexual harassment, leading to the Operate with Respect (OWR) campaign – perhaps the biggest cultural change programme that RACS has ever undertaken.
The OWR Course is mandatory for all Trainees.