RACSTA Induction Conference
The annual RACSTA Induction Conference (RIC) is held to welcome first year surgical Trainees from the nine specialties, across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to RACS, to the Trainees’ Association as well as focus on preparation for their coming years in the SET program.
A virtual conference will be held Saturday, 7 December.
Details about the 2024 RIC follow.
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2024 RACSTA Induction Conference
Now in its 15th year, the RIC is held to welcome first year surgical Trainees from nine specialties, across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to RACS, to RACSTA, as well as focus on preparation for their coming years in the surgical education and training (SET) program.
The 2024 program will involve a half day of informative sessions given by mentors and senior surgeons.
Structure
10:00am AEDT - conference opens
2:00pm AEDT - conference closes
2024 program
Guest speakers presenting at the 2024 RACSTA Induction Conference:
- Dr Anantha Narayanan - Academic Surgery
- Dr Pecky de Silva - Women in Surgery
- A/Professor Kerin Fielding - Rural Health and Equity Strategy
Other presenters include:
- Dr Nicholas Lyons - Flexible Training
- Dr Ngoc Ha - Unique Challenges during training
- Dr Sarah Rennie - Bullying and complaints process at RACS
- Deborah Paltridge - Trainee Feedback
Additional sessions include:
- Medico Legal Matters
- Trainee Wellbeing
RACSTA thanks MIPS and Elsevier for being sponsors