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Overview

An overview of the Australia and NZ Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET) course.

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Course delivery

ASSET is:

  • Two days in duration 
  • Conducted for 16 to 20 participants
  • Taught by a faculty of surgeons
  • Highly interactive and skills based
  • Formatively assessed

Course objectives

By completing the ASSET course, participants will be able to:

  • Practice standard precautions
  • Demonstrate integration of incision, tissue handling, instrument, suture and needle selection, and suturing/tying skills
  • Safely practice electrosurgery
  • Display competence in a variety of basic practical skills relating to different endoscopic environments and the mechanics of instrumentation
  • Understand traumatic wound assessment and management skills
  • Understand simple bone manipulation techniques.

RACS recognises that the ASSET course is equivalent to the Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course delivered by the following Colleges:

  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland

Surgical competencies

This course includes content that aligns to the following surgical competencies:

  • Medical expertise
  • Technical expertise

Course program

For an outline of the two day course please view the ASSET course program.