Board of Surgical Education & Training

The Board of Surgical Education and Training (BSET) is responsible for the regulation and administration of the nine RACS Surgical Education and Training programs in Australia and New Zealand and in some regions in Asia.

BSET is also responsible for the assessment of International Medical Graduates (IMG) seeking Fellowship with RACS for specialised practice in Australia and New Zealand.

BSET is accountable to Council through the Education Board.

Mr Adrian Anthony - Chair
Mr Anthony Sparnon - President (ex-officio)
Associate Professor Phil Carson - Censor in Chief
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding - Chair, IMG Committee
Associate Professor Christopher Pyke - Chair, Court of Examiners
Mr Phil Davis - Chair, Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mr Sayed Hassen - Chair Australian Board in General Surgery
Dr Simon Bann - Chair, New Zealand Board in General Surgery
Mr Mark Davies - Chair, Board of Neurosurgery
Mr Chris Kondogiannis - Chair, Australian Orthopaedic Association Federal Training Committee
Mr Richard Keddell - Chair, New Zealand Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Mr Niell Boustred - Chair, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 
Dr Angela Butler  - Chair, NZ Sub-committee of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (non-voting)
Mr Neil Price  - Chair, Board of Paediatric Surgery
Mr William Blake - Chair, Australian Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Mr Terrence Creagh - Chair, New Zealand Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Mr Robert Forsyth - Chair, Board of Urology
Mr Peter Charalabidis - Chair Board of Vascular Surgery
Mr Richard Wong She - Chair, Surgical Science and Clinical Examination Committee
Dr Jennifer Chambers - Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Mr Nigel Willis - NZ Censor
Dr James Churchill - RACS Trainees Association Representative (non FRACS)

2021 calendar 

Friday 12 February 2021
Friday 11 June 2021
Friday 15 October 2021

Board of Surgical Education and Training Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1268
Email: Chair.BSET@surgeons.org

The specialty boards/committees are responsible for the regulation and delivery of the Surgical Education and Training (SET) Program which includes:  

• curriculum, content and duration of training;
• accreditation and content of SET programs including integration between programs with overseas posts and the inspection of posts;
• selection of Trainees;
• eligibility of Trainees to present for the Fellowship Examination;
• assessment of satisfactory completion of training;
• provision of information to maintain a register of Trainees;
• maintenance of surgical standards in each specialties' SET training program.