The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons provides educational
training, professional development and support activities for
surgeons and surgical Trainees. The College regularly provides
research documents regarding the surgical workforce and surgical
training in Australia and New Zealand.
Workforce discussion papers
Activities reports (2004-2016)
Census of Fellows (2005, 2009, 2011, 2014,
2016)
Contact
Workforce discussion
papers
The Australian
(PDF 1MB) and New
Zealand (PDF 289KB) Surgical Workforce Projections to 2025
reports provide long-term national projection requirements of the
surgical workforce. The reports serve as the basis of the College's
ongoing efforts to ensure the adequate growth of the surgical
workforce to meet future population demands. The College's work
provides further evidence of the urgent need for long-term planning
to ensure national self-sufficiency of the surgical workforce.
The Health Workforce Australia National Training Plan
Meeting Report (PDF 75 KB) (2011) summarises the workshop
discussions in which the College was invited to participate. The
goal of the National Training Plan is to have self-sufficiency in
the supply of medical personnel by 2025 within a global labour
market.
The Outlook for Surgical Services in Australasia
(PDF 307 KB) report (2003) addresses the extent and causes of
current shortages and the future outlook in the light of current
training levels and the prospective demand for surgical
services.
Activities
reports
The RACS Activities Report is a document provided for Government
departments of health, related agencies and the wider community.
The report details statistics on the College's activities in
education, assessment and the surgical workforce for the year
ending on 31 December. The RACS Activities Report is published
annually.
2017
Annual activities report (PDF 920KB) - as at 31 December 2017,
published in May 2018 (January to December 2017)
2016
Annual activities report (PDF 1.5MB) - as at 31
December 2016, published in March 2017 (January to December
2016)
2015
Annual activities report (PDF 1 MB) - as at 31
December 2015, published in March 2016 (January to December
2015)
2014
Annual activities report (PDF 1 MB) - as at 31 December 2014,
published in April 2015 (January to December 2014)
2013
Annual activities report (PDF 1 MB) - as
at 31 December 2013, published in April 2014 (January to
December 2013)
2012
Annual activities report (PDF 1 MB) - as
at 31 December 2012, published in March 2013 (January to
December 2012)
Interim
activities report (PDF 1.3 MB) - as at June 2012 (January
to April 2012)
2011
Annual
activities report (PDF 2 MB) - as at 31 December 2011,
published in April 2012 (January to December 2011)
Interim
activities report (PDF 1MB) - as at October 2011 (January
to August 2011)
Interim activities report (PDF 1 MB) - as at
June 2011 (January to April 2011)
2010
Annual activities report (PDF 2.6 MB) - as at
31 December 2010, published in March 2011 (January to December
2010)
Interim activities report (PDF 822 KB) - as at
November 2010 (January to August 2010)
Interim activities report (PDF 210 KB) - as at
June 2010 (January to April 2010)
2009
Annual activities report (PDF 1.7 MB) - as at
31 December 2009, published in March 2010 and revised in August
2010
Interim activities report (PDF 678 KB) - as at
November 2009 (1 January to 31 August 2009)
Interim activities report (PDF 540 KB) - as at
June 2009 (January to April 2009)
2008
Annual activities report (PDF 1.7 MB) - as at
31 December 2008, published in April 2009
Interim activities report (PDF 337 KB) - as at
November 2008 (January to August 2008)
Interim activities report (PDF 388 KB) - as at
30 April 2008 (January to April 2008), published in June 2008
2007
Annual activities report (PDF 2.3 MB) - as at
31 December 2007, published in February 2008
Interim activities report (PDF 424 KB) -
January to August 2007, published in December 2007
Appendix report (PDF 164 KB) - This report is a
supplementary document updating relevant information from the 2006
annual activities report for the period 1 January to 30 April 2007.
Education figures provided include details on Basic Surgical
Trainees (BST), Specialist Surgical Trainees (SST) and Surgical
Education and Training (SET), with associated accredited BST
hospitals and SST accredited hospital post listings. New and active
Fellows and International Medical Graduates (IMG) are
described.
2006
Annual activities report (PDF 294 KB) - as at
31 December 2006, published in February 2007. The Basic Surgical
Trainees (BST) training program described in the report includes
assessment information, completion status statistics and hospital
accreditation trends. The Specialist Surgical Trainees (SST)
section including information on selection, training patterns,
attrition, assessment and the number of hospital posts.
International Medical Graduates (IMG) and fellowship data is also
contained in the report.
Interim activities report (PDF 178 KB) - as at
31 August 2006 (January to August 2006), published in October
2006
Interim activities report (PDF 111 KB) - as at
30 April 2006, published in June 2006. This report acts as an
appendix to the annual activities report.
2005
Annual activities report (PDF 402 KB) - as at
31 December 2005, published in February 2006. It includes
statistics on education and the surgical workforce. Education
figures provided include figures on Basic Surgical Trainees (BST);
Transitional Surgical Trainees (TST); and Specialist Surgical
Trainees (SST), with associated accredited BST hospitals and SST
accredited hospital post listings. New and active Fellows are also
described.
Interim activities report (PDF 123 KB) - as at
30 June 2005, published in October 2005. This report provides a
mid-year summary of training and workforce statistics for 2005.
Education figures provided for BST hospitals and Trainees, TSTs,
SST posts and trainees are as at 30 June 2005, and details of the
surgical workforce and Fellowship are as at 15 October 2005.
2004
Annual activities report (PDF 1.8 MB) - as at
31 December 2004, published in June 2005. It covers the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004 and details selection of Trainees,
accreditation of hospitals (for Basic Surgical Training) and
hospital posts (for Specialist Surgical Training); training and
assessment of Trainees and overseas-trained doctors, continuing
professional development activities for Fellows; bequests, gifts
and sponsorship, honours and awards, and the surgical
workforce.
The 2004 report is also presented in five sections:
- Education (PDF)
- Basic Surgical Training (PDF)
- Specialist Surgical Training (PDF 1.2 MB) -
includes assessment of overseas-trained doctors)
- Fellowship Activities (PDF 156 KB)
- Surgical Workforce (PDF 170 KB)
Census of Fellows
The census is an important tool to:
- assist the College in its workforce planning advocacy
- provide additional information regarding a myriad of factors
affecting surgeons in their day to day work
- allow the College to build a picture of the challenges facing
the surgical workforce and to advocate strongly with governments
for solutions.
2016
The 2016 Surgical Workforce Census Report. View the
report (PDF 608KB), providing a snapshot of Australia and New
Zealand's surgical workforce and their services.
2014
The 2014 Surgical Workforce Census Report. View the report (PDF 367KB), providing a snapshot
of Australia and New Zealand's surgical workforce and their
services.
2011
The 2011 Surgical Workforce Census Report. View the report (PDF 573KB), providing a snapshot
of Australia and New Zealand's surgical workforce and their
services.
2009
The 2009 Surgical Workforce Census Report - View the report (PDF 194KB) and additional reports or
extracts of the census findings for each region and specialty:
Also view the 2005 Census of Fellows report (PDF 145
KB).
Contact
Manager, Workforce Assessment
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1108
Fax: +61 3 9249 1217
Email: workforce@surgeons.org