Trainee Surgeons

Training for RACS Surgical Trainees

The Core Skills workshops are designed for teaching essential and advanced surgical skills in a range of surgical specialty areas.  These workshops are designed for RACS SET and GSET Trainees who have surgical experience and have progressed to specialty-based training. 

The following workshops and educational events are suitable for Surgical Trainees.

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CTEC has implemented a PPE and COVID-19 Lab Safety Workshop Strategy. If you require further information about CTEC's COVID-19 safety strategies, contact +61 8 6488 8044 or admin-ctec@uwa.edu.au

CTEC Calendar

Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Upper Limb Workshop

Workshop
Suitable for: Junior and Senior Trainees and Service Registrars with an interest in Plastic Surgery. Limited Theatre Nurse positions are available.

Team Care of the Bariatric Patient Workshop

Workshop
Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Proceduralists, Consultants, Trainees, Junior Doctors, Anaesthetists, Nurses, Dietitians, Allied Health Professionals and Medical Students (limited places)

Core Skills: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Skills

Workshop
Suitable for: Senior SET Trainees and Consultants in Colorectal Surgery. Theatre Nurses in assisting and scrubbing for workshop participants. Limited Observer positions are available.

Core Skills: Hepatobiliary Surgery

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Fellows and SET Trainees in General Surgery and GSET Trainees above Level 2. Limited places for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.

Core Skills: General Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Suitable for General Surgery SET and GSET Trainees at Level 1 and above. It is also of relevance to suitably credentialled rural surgical practitioners. , Limited places are also available for senior Service Registrars with strong surgical experience, for Observers, and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.

Core Skills: Vascular Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Vascular and General Surgery SET Trainees, GSET Trainees at Level 2 and above and suitably credentialled rural surgical practitioners., Limited positions available for Service Registrars with strong surgical experience and an interest in Vascular Surgery, for Observers and assistant Theatre Nurses.

Introductory Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Workshop
Suitable for: This workshop is suitable for Gastroenterology and General Surgery Trainees about to commence GI Endoscopy Training

Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Lower Limb Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: This workshop is designed as two concurrent full day Trainee Sessions. Junior Trainee Session: Suitable for Plastic Surgery Service Registrars and Junior SET Trainees in Plastic Surgery. Senior Trainee Session: Suitable for Senior SET Trainees and Fellows, Limited positions are available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in assisting and scrubbing for workshop participants.
Wednesday
Jun 7
2023

Generic Surgical Sciences Training Course

Course
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Junior Doctors - Interns, RMOs and Service Registrars - especially those aiming to sit the GSSE
Friday
Jun 9
2023

Core Skills: Gynaecological Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy and Open Surgery

Workshop
Sold out (doctor)Sold out (nurse) Suitable for: CORE 1-4 RANZCOG Trainees and Advanced RANZCOG Trainees. Limited places for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Saturday
Jun 10
2023

JDocs: Anatomy

Course
Available (doctor) Suitable for: WA based Junior SET Trainees, Resident Medical Officers, Service Registrars and Interns, especially those preparing to sit the GSS Exam in the next 12 months.
Saturday
Jun 24
2023

Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Head, Neck and Flaps Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Sold out (nurse) Suitable for: Junior and Senior Trainees in Plastic Surgery. Limited places for Service Registrars. This workshop is not suitable for Junior Doctors below the level of Service Registrar. Limited places for Observers and assistant Theatre Nurses.
Wednesday
Jul 5
2023

Advanced Vascular Surgery: Anatomical Approaches Workshop

Workshop
Available (nurse)Available (observer)Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: SET 4 and above Trainees and Consultants in Vascular Surgery, IMGs. Limited places available for Observers and assistant Theatre Nurses.
Friday
Aug 4
2023

The Cutting Edge: Proceduralist Obstetrics and Gynaecological Skills

Workshop
Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: GP Proceduralists, GP Obstetricians, particularly medical practitioners with a DRANZCOG qualification. Limited places are available for King Edward Memorial Hospital Registrars in Gynaecological Surgery.
Thursday
Aug 24
2023

Core Skills: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Workshop
Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: Service Registrars, Junior SET Trainees in General Surgery and Junior GSET Trainees. It is recommended participants have laparoscopic and suturing experience. This workshop is not suitable for Junior Doctors below the level of Service Registrar.
Friday
Sep 8
2023

Core Skills: Intermediate Laparoscopic Skills Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Unaccredited Registrars, Junior SET Trainees and Core Training GSET Trainees Levels 1-3. Doctors at RMO level and above who have completed CTEC’s Core Skills or JDocs: Foundations of Minimal Access Surgery are welcome.
Thursday
Sep 14
2023

Core Skills: Workshop in Neck Dissection for Thyroid Carcinoma

Workshop
Sold out (doctor)Sold out (nurse)Sold out (observer) Suitable for: Consultants, Fellows, RMOs, Service Registrars & SET Trainees in Endocrine, General and Head & Neck Surgery. Limited free of charge assistant Theatre Nurse positions available.
Friday
Nov 3
2023

Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: RACS Trainees, Fellows and Junior Consultants in ENT Surgery. Limited Observer and free of charge assistant Theatre Nurse positions available.
Saturday
Nov 4
2023

Core Skills: ENT Facial Plastic Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: RACS Surgical Trainees, Fellows and Junior Consultants in ENT and Plastic Surgery. Limited Observer positions and free of charge assistant Theatre Nurse positions are also available.
Friday
Nov 17
2023

Advanced GI Endoscopy Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Trainees and Consultants in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
Thursday
Nov 23
2023

Core Skills: Laparoscopic General Surgery

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Accredited Registrars, Junior General Surgery SET Trainees and GSET Level 2-3 Trainees. Limited places for Unaccredited Registrars with strong laparoscopic experience and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.

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