Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators

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What will you learn?

The Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators is an introductory course to expand knowledge and skills in surgical teaching and education. The aim of the course is to establish a basic standard expected of RACS surgical educators and will further knowledge in teaching and learning concepts. Participants will look at how these concepts can be applied into their own teaching context and will have the opportunity to reflect on their own personal strengths and weaknesses as an educator.

The course will cover such topics as:

Understanding learners and what is needed for learning
Planning teaching to support learning
Using questions effectively
Recognising teaching and learning opportunities in the clinical environment
How to give effective feedback and avoid the "pitfalls"
Assessing trainees and how you as an assessor influence the reliability and validity of assessments

Fees (All values contain GST):

Free for members (Fellows, Trainees or International Medical Graduates within the College)

A$430 for non-members of the College

NZ$495 for non-members of the College

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points:

This educational activity has been approved in the College's CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim 1 point per hour (maximum of 6 points) in Category 3 - Maintenance of Knowledge and Skills. For those with a RACS CPD requirement this activity will be automatically uploaded to your record.

Where is the course held?

All courses are open to all specialities unless otherwise stated.

ACT
New South Wales
New Zealand
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Other

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Mandatory for:

Do you teach or train SET Trainees or supervise IMGs? The Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators (FSSE) Course is mandatory.

With the release of the RACS Action Plan: Building Respect and Improving Patient Safety, the Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators course is now mandatory for Surgeons who are involved in the training and assessment of RACS SET Trainees.

The FSSE course is mandatory for the following groups:

SET Surgical Supervisors
Surgeons in the clinical environment who teach or train SET trainees
IMG Supervisors
Research Supervisors
Education Board members
Board of Surgical Education and Training
Specialty Training Boards members

New appointees to complete within 6 months of commencement. Participants are required to attend the entire course. Partial participation will be recorded as non-attendance.

Exemptions

Can I get an exemption? (PDF 112KB)

Locations and dates:

ACT

Friday 13 September 2019 - RACS Office, Canberra

New South Wales

Monday 18 February 2019 - RACS Office, Sydney
Friday 8 March 2019 - RACS Office, Sydney
Saturday 23 March 2019 - Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Sunday 7 April 2019 - RACS Office, Sydney
Monday 20 May 2019 - RACS Office, Sydney
Further dates pending

New Zealand

Saturday 25 May 2019 - TBA, Auckland
Monday 17 June 2019 - RACS Office, Wellington
Friday 30 August 2019 - TBA, Hamilton
Friday 13 September 2019 - TBA,Auckland (Trainees only)
Friday 20 September 2019 - TBA, Christchurch

Northern Territory

To be advised

Queensland

Thursday 21 March 2019 - RACS Office, Brisbane
Friday 12 April 2019 - RACS Office, Brisbane
Saturday 18 May 2019 - RACS Office, Brisbane
Friday 7 June 2019 - TBA, Gold Coast

South Australia

Friday 22 February 2019 - RACS Office, Adelaide
Saturday 1 June 2019 - RACS Office, Adelaide

Tasmania

Saturday, 24 August 2019 - TBA, Hobart

Victoria

Saturday 16 February 2019 - RACS Office, Melbourne
Friday 29 March 2019 - RACS Office, Melbourne
Friday 31 May 2019 - RACS Office, Melbourne

Western Australia

Friday 29 March 2019 - RACS Office, Perth
Monday 10 June 2019 - RACS Office, Perth

Other

To be advised