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Australian Board in General Surgery

Overview

The Board in General Surgery of RACS has oversight for the conduct of the RACS Surgical Education and Training (SET) program in General Surgery, reporting to the Board of Surgical Education and Training.

RACS collaborates with General Surgeons Australia and the New Zealand Association of General Surgeons as agents of RACS, to administer the SET program.

The SET program in General Surgery is designed to provide Trainees with clinical and operative experience in order to learn special methods of investigation and become competent in techniques related to the discipline. At the conclusion of the SET program it is expected that Trainees will be able to perform as independent practitioners, meeting the requirements of all identified RACS competencies.

View the Australian Board in General Surgery Terms of Reference (PDF 129.65KB)

 

Membership

Mr Sayed Hassen - Chair
Associate Professor Vijayaragavan Muralidharan - Deputy Chair & IMG Representative
Dr Gabriella Vasica - Training Chair, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory
Dr Priscilla Martin - Training Chair, Queensland
Mr Robert Whitfield - Training Chair, South Australia/Northern Territory
Dr Satish Warrier - Training Chair, Victoria
Dr Mary Theophilus - Training Chair, Western Australia
Mr Brian Kirkby - Rural Surgery Representative
Dr Roderick McMurray - Australian Trainee Representative (non FRACS)
Dr Anil Keshava - Senior Examiner in General Surgery
Dr Wendela Schimmer - General Surgery CE-SSE Representative
Mr David Fletcher - RACS Specialty Elected Councillor
Dr Richard Bryant (Co-opted) - RACS Morbidity Audits Committee Representative
Professor Richard Turner -  GSET Working Party Member
Mr Simon Bann (Co-opted) - Chair, New Zealand Board in General Surgery
Mr Trevor Collinson - GSA Representative
Ms Fiona Vines - Community Representative (non FRACS)

Ex-officio

Mr Anthony Sparnon -  RACS President
Associate Professor Phillip Carson - RACS Censor in Chief

 

2019 meeting dates

Saturday 16 March 2019
Monday 3 June 2019
Saturday 20 July 2019
Saturday 14 September 2019
Friday 22 November 2019

2019 GSA ASM 24-27 October 2019 (Hobart)

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General Surgeons Australia
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 |
Telephone:  +61 3 9276 7452
Email: admin@generalsurgeons.com.au

General Surgery Binational Advisory Curriculum Committee

The Binational Advisory Curriculum Committee (BACC) is a joint subcommittee of the Australian and New Zealand Boards in General Surgery.

The BACC has delegated responsibility from the Australian and New Zealand Boards in General Surgery to provide advice on the scope and curriculum of the General Surgery SET Programs in Australia and New Zealand.

View the Binational Advisory Curriculum Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 125.75KB)

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