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 hybrid conference will be held Saturday, 6 December 2025. Details will be released in coming months.
Information about the 2024 RIC is below.
2024 RACSTA Induction Conference
RIC 2024 was 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. It was the 15th year this event has taken place.
The 2024 program involved a half day of informative sessions given by mentors and senior surgeons.
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
- Dr Owen Bradfield (MIPS) - Medico Legal Matters
Other presenters include:
- Dr Nicholas Lyons - Flexible Training
- Dr Ngoc Ha - Unique Challenges during training
- Dr Sarah Rennie - Bullying and complaints process at RACS
- Dr Aroosha Safari - Trainee Wellbeing
- Deborah Paltridge - Trainee Feedback
RACSTA thanks MIPS and Elsevier for being sponsors
Conference videos
The full schedule of RIC 2024 sessions is now available to Trainees for replay for a limited time. Whether you are a new surgical Trainee or would like to know more about surgical training and what RACSTA can do for you, you can log in and view the conference replay videos.