Introduction to Operating with Respect 1 January - 31 December

This course has been developed to support the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ (RACS) ongoing commitment to promote appropriate behaviours in surgical practice and training, as a safe and positive work environment will result in higher-quality care for patients and better standards of surgical training. It is a pre-requisite for application to Surgical Education and Training (SET). It is designed to improve knowledge and understanding of unacceptable behaviours, enabling Surgeons to recognise when they occur and the adverse impact these have on individuals, team performance and patient safety. It provides intervention strategies to respond to unacceptable behaviours, resources to support those impacted by unacceptable behaviours and processes for reporting these behaviours.