The RACS Global Health Scholarships Program provides awards,
fellowships, grants and scholarships to surgeons to fund training
opportunities and facilitate professional contact with medical
personnel. The recipients are from Asia and the Pacific, Australia,
New Zealand, United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The College recognises that there is a shortage of trained and
skilled local specialists in many developing countries in the
Asia-Pacific region. This shortage severely reduces the countries'
capacity to deliver surgical and medical care to their populations.
The overarching goal of the Global Health Scholarship Program is to
improve the health outcomes for disadvantaged communities in the
region, by providing training opportunities to promising
individuals who will contribute to the long-term development of
surgical and medical capacity in their country. This is part of the
College's strategy to increase access to safe surgery and
anaesthesia, alleviating the level of poverty and disability in
developing countries.
Rowan Nicks Fellowships and Scholarships
The Rowan Nicks fellowships and scholarships are offered
annually to young surgeons and anaesthetists who have been
identified as surgical or medical leaders of the future. These
opportunities are tenable in an institution where recipients will
learn the craft of surgery (or anaesthesia), and also become
involved in teaching, research and administration. Read about the
Rowan Nicks
Fellowships and Scholarships
Global Health Travel Grant for Asia Pacific Surgeons
The Global Health Travel Grant for Asia Pacific Surgeons
provides for recipients to attend the Annual Scientific Congress
(ASC) of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and for
hospital visits in the host city. Read about the Global
Health Travel Grant for Asia Pacific Surgeons
Surgeons International Award
The Surgeons International Award provides for doctors, nurses or
other health professionals from underprivileged backgrounds to
undertake short term visits to one or more Australian hospitals to
acquire the knowledge, skills and contacts needed for the promotion
of improved health services in the recipient's own country. Read
about the Surgeons International
Award
Weary Dunlop Boon Pong Exchange Fellowship
The Weary Dunlop Boon Pong Exchange Fellowship is a
collaboration between the RACS and the Royal College of Surgeons of
Thailand. The exchange program provides opportunities for Thai
surgeons to undertake clinical attachments in Australian
hospitals, in their nominated field of interest. Read about the Weary Dunlop
Boon Pong Exchange Fellowship
Myanmar Scholarship
The Myanmar Scholarship was established in 2015 by the RACS'
Foundation for Surgery, in collaboration with the Univeristy of
Medicine 1, Yangon. Scholarship recipients undertake short-term
attachments in hospitals in Australia and/or New Zealand, with the
aim to develop leadership skills, systems training, clinical
research, hospital management and administration, and technical
skills.
Contact
Global Health Scholarships Officer
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1211
Fax: +61 3 9276 7431
Email: international.scholarships@surgeons.org