Policies for SET

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has the overall responsibility for the training, education and accreditation of surgeons in Australia and New Zealand and is responsible for the determination of general standards in these areas.

RACS has been accredited by the Australian Medical Council to deliver specialist medical education and training for surgery in Australia. RACS produces principle-based policies for surgical training.

RACS SET Principle Based Policies

PRS Regulations

The Board develops specialty-specific regulations for SET in PRS, based on the College principle-based policies. Published Training Regulations have been approved by RACS.

The Training Handbook compliments RACS Policies and Board Training Regulations.

All queries regarding the PRS SET training program requirements may be directed to the ASPS Education and Training Unit by email: education@plasticsurgery.org.au.

Below are a list of approved regulations followed by draft amendments and new draft training regulations.

List of Training Regulations

Approved Training Regulations for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Competency based medical education (CBME) (an Australian Medical Council accreditation standard) and the accreditation of hospital training posts is governed through a combination of RACS principle-based policies and specialty-specific training regulations. During the period 2022 to 2023 trainees were transitioned from time-based to the CBME framework via the transitioning arrangement regulations.

A copy of each regulation can be downloaded below.

Selection into training is managed through the selection pathway which includes initiatives for workforce planning such as selecting indigenous doctors, and selecting for rural and regional medical workforce. Read more.