Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
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RACS is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia.
RACS was formed in 1927. Its major roles are in training surgeons, continuing education, and setting standards for surgical practice. The members of the college fall into two categories: trainees (doctors training to be surgeons) and 'Fellows' (who possess the Fellowship of the college, FRACS). Currently there are over 7,100 members of whom 1,650 are trainees.
The college is a non-government body and this independence has lead to conflict with government. It is also independent of universities. Training is funded by significant fees paid by trainees. The majority of trainees are employed as surgical registrars by mostly public hospitals, so most training is indirectly paid for by government as salaries paid to staff.
The college trains in nine surgical speciality areas:
- general surgery
- neurosurgery
- vascular surgery
- head/neck & ENT surgery
- cardiothoracic surgery
- paediatric surgery
- orthopaedic surgery
- plastic surgery
- urology
(Ophthalmic surgeons are trained by their own college, i.e. RANZCO).
The major activities of the college are surgical training and examination, setting of standards for surgical practice, continuing professional development and government and media relations.
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