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.

Annette Holian  - Chair 
Sally Langley - President (ex-officio)
Adrian Anthony  - Censor in Chief
Ruth Bollard  - Chair, SIMG Committee
Christopher Pyke - Chair, Court of Examiners
Phil Davis - Chair, Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Robert Whitfield - Chair Australian Board in General Surgery
Simon Bann - Chair, New Zealand Board in General Surgery
Mark Davies - Chair, Board of Neurosurgery
Chris Kondogiannis - Chair, Australian Orthopaedic Association Federal Training Committee
Timothy Gregg - Chair, New Zealand Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Niell Boustred - Chair, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 
Angela Butler  - Chair, NZ Sub-committee of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (non-voting)
Neil Price  - Chair, Board of Paediatric Surgery
William Blake - Chair, Australian Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Terrence Creagh - Chair, New Zealand Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Nestor Lalak - Chair, Board of Urology
Peter Charalabidis - Chair Board of Vascular Surgery
Richard Wong She - Chair, Surgical Science and Clinical Examination Committee
Jennifer Chambers - Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Nigel Willis - NZ Censor
Sharon Jay  - RACS Trainees Association Representative (non FRACS)

BSET Meetings   

Friday 11 February 2022  
Friday 8 October 2022
Friday 15 October 2022

BSET Workshops  

Workshops scheduled on the Thursday prior to the BSET meeting.

Thursday 10 February 2022 (AMC/MCNZ Conditions)
Thursday 9 June 2022  (M&E Framework)
Thursday 13 October (TBA)

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.