Announcements

The PSC will assist surgeons, Supervisors, Trainees, SIMGs and our colleagues to understand and navigate the complex skills required in modern surgical training and practice. The GAPS will provide guidance and practical assessment tools to assess the professional skills described in eight of the ten RACS competencies: 

Collaboration and teamwork

Communication

Cultural competence and cultural safety

Health advocacy

Judgement and clinical decision making

Leadership and management

Professionalism

Scholarship and teaching.

These eight professional competencies complement specialty surgical training and the RACS competencies of medical expertise and technical expertise.

Professional Skills Curriculum - RACS webpage has more information about the PSC and the GAPS.

This new series of podcasts has been developed to support Surgical Supervisors and Trainers with their important role of educating and training new surgeons.

In Episode 2 Part 1, Catherine Hunt from RACS discusses Health Advocacy with Dr Neill Boustred, who is an Australian-based Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon. Dr Boustred holds positions at Concord Hospital and Macquarie University Hospital, is a senior lecturer at Sydney and Macquarie Universities, and is the immediate past Chair of the board of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery for Australia and New Zealand.

In their discussion, they explore how Surgical Supervisors can teach and assess competence in Health Advocacy, as well as how Surgeons advocate for the benefit healthcare recipients.
Listen to the episode now.

Catch up on episode 1: What makes a great surgical supervisor?

Watch out for Episode 2 Part 2: Health Advocacy for the health and wellbeing of Surgeons