Skills Courses
The RACS Skills Training Department conduct the following courses for trainees:
ASSET - Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training
Mandatory for Surgical Trainees and available to other medical specialities
CCrISP - Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
Mandatory for Surgical Trainees and available to other medical specialities
EMST - Early Management of Severe Trauma
Mandatory for Surgical Trainees and available to other medical specialities
CLEAR - Critical Literature Evaluation and Research
Mandatory for Surgical Trainees in General / Urology / Orthopaedic (NZ only) and available to other medical specialties
General Surgery Trainees are required to complete the following skills courses during the Surgical Education and Training program:
SET1
ASSET course
CCrISP course
These intensive short courses provide trainees with the opportunity to undertake hands-on practice by offering a high tutor to participant ratio. Trainees are provided with comprehensive course manuals outlining the theoretical basis and practical applications used throughout the courses. Evaluation is by continual subjective assessment with components of more formal assessment of performance at skills stations.
ASSET and CCrISP preference forms and course dates will be posted to all Surgical Trainees who have not completed a course in the November before they commence training. The EMST Office contact second year trainees around the same time with a course allocation.
Positions on these courses are automatically quarantined each year for surgical trainees who have not completed a course. Once a position has been quarantined, it is the trainee's responsibility to ensure that they attend the course, as only one position can be quarantined per course for each student.
For further details regarding placements, please contact the RACS Skills Training Department.