Urologists treat men, women and children with problems of the kidneys, bladder, prostate and male reproductive organs, including cancer, stones, infection, incontinence and sexual dysfunction. Much of their surgery is done through scopes passed into the urinary tract or through small incisions.
Citizenship and residency: Australian or Aotearoa New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, held when you register with RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons
Registration: general registration with the Medical Board of Australia with no conditions, or general or restricted general scope in urology with the Medical Council of New Zealand, held when you register with RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons
Registration history: no conditions or undertakings on your registration anywhere in the 5 years before applications close
Employment record: no termination, misconduct finding, or two or more written warnings in the 3 years before applications close
Complaints history: declare any notification or complaint about your practice to a regulator in the last 10 years, or to a hospital or health service in the last 5. The Board weighs it, and it does not rule you out by itself
Operating with Respect: the RACSRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsIntroduction to Operating with Respect course, or the eModule it replaced in 2023, done before you register
Generic Surgical Sciences Examination: the RACSRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsGSSEThe Generic Surgical Sciences Examination, the RACS anatomy, physiology and pathology examination passed before applying to surgical training., passed by the close of applications
Clinical rotations: by the close of applications: 26 weeks in urology and 26 in surgery in general, both from postgraduate year 2, and 10 weeks in an emergency department from postgraduate year 1. Without them, you go no furtherUnits
General surgery
Acute surgical unit
Breast and endocrine surgery
Colorectal surgery
Surgical oncology
Transplant surgery
Trauma
Upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery
Vascular surgery
Paediatric surgery
A second urology rotation
How weeks add up: blocks of 6 weeks or more in a row combine. Each 26 weeks can include 3 weeks of leave, and the 10 weeks 2. Nights and relief terms are not surgery in general, and no rotation counts twice
Paediatric urology: up to 13 weeks of a paediatric rotation with a large share of paediatric urology count toward the urology weeks
Exemption: SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. General Surgery trainees do not need the surgery in general or emergency weeks
International specialists: urologists trained overseas apply to RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons for assessment through its specialist international medical graduate pages, not to this program
Applications
Timeline
Next year
Applications
RACS registration for selection opens early January and closes late JanuaryWithout it, you cannot apply. Every RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons eligibility requirement must be met when you register
When to apply
Apply in postgraduate year 3 at the earliest, to start training in postgraduate year 4.
Selection format
Structured CV
Referee report
Semi-structured interview
Preferencing
Apply for Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, never both, and in Australia rank the training regions. Posts are offered by rank within each region as they are freeRegions
New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory: 20 hospitals
Victoria and Tasmania: 14 hospitals
Queensland: 11 hospitals
South Australia: 4 hospitals
Western Australia: 4 hospitals
Aotearoa New Zealand: 11 hospitals
Offers: offers come in rounds as deferrals and interruptions free posts, and an applicant without a first-round offer stays eligible
Conditions: accept the region offered, hold registration there with no conditions, meet its employers' requirements and return the signed SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. Trainee Agreement by the deadline
Competition
Very high
The number of places depends on how many accredited posts are free the next year. Two applicants are interviewed for each expected post. Every application you have made counts toward a limit of 4 attempts.
Program structure
Total training
7 years
From internship at the earliest: 3 postgraduate years, then the program
Training program
4 years
At least, in Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
Fellowship
Year 7
From internship at the earliest
Throughout training
Term
3 months
Usually, four in each clinical year from early February
Time limit
8 years
From your first day in an accredited post, to finish all three stages
Leave
6 weeks
At most in 6 months, or 9 weeks in 12 months, of every kind
Part time
50%
Of full time at least, applied for 6 months ahead
Training has three stages, in order. Basic is the first, at least 12 months full time, finished within 24 months of your start. Intermediate is at least 24 months, with Basic and Intermediate finished within 60 months. Advanced is the last, at least 12 months, finished within 36 months
The 6 weeks cover annual, personal, compassionate, parental and carer's leave, and leave for study, examinations and conferences. More leave can leave a term not assessed
Rules and conditions
The Board of Urology allocates you a training region at selection, where you usually do most of your training, and places you in its accredited posts each clinical year. It can move you to another region for the posts or cases you need
You can give preferences for posts, but the Board places you by your training needs. Its decision is final, and trainees cannot swap
Part-time training counts in proportion and does not extend any time limit. A suitable post is not guaranteed
Interruption is approved time away from training. Apply by 1 June of the clinical year before. Time away for parental, carer's, medical or compassionate reasons does not count toward the time limits. Any other interruption counts, and personal interruption is up to 12 months
After more than 6 months away, a return to training plan with your supervisor confirms your level before you go on
Tell the Board within two working days of any change to your registration or your employment
Accredited hospitals64 with accredited urology posts, 53 in Australia and 11 in Aotearoa New Zealand
AccreditationThe Board of Urology accredits each post for up to 5 years, against eight standards including supervision and teaching, theatre time, equipment and clinical governance. A post can span more than one hospital
Your employerOnce placed, apply to the hospital for the post, since the hospital employs you. Refusing the post, resigning or losing the job can end your training
In the state11 accredited hospitals
Cairns Hospital
Gold Coast University Hospital
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Mater Hospital Brisbane
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital
Redcliffe Hospital
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Toowoomba Hospital
Townsville University Hospital
Aotearoa New Zealand11 accredited hospitals
Auckland City Hospital
Christchurch Hospital
Counties Manukau Hospital
Dunedin Hospital
Hawke's Bay Hospital
North Shore Hospital
Palmerston North Hospital
Taranaki Base Hospital
Waikato Hospital
Wellington Hospital
Whangarei Hospital
What every accredited urology post must give you each week
Theatre sessions
4
Half-day elective operating sessions with a consultant supervising, or 14 hours
Clinics
1
Outpatient clinic at least, with a consultant, seeing new and follow-up patients
Ward rounds
2
Consultant-led ward rounds at least
Tutorials
1
Urology tutorial at least, timetabled in advance
Rosters: on call no more often than 1 in 2, and 1 in 3 where the hospital's on-call workload allows
Rules and conditions
You have priority as primary surgeon for the cases suited to your stage and to your entrustable professional activitiesA task of the job, such as leading a ward round, that a consultant signs off once they trust you to do it with distant supervision.
You assess and manage acute urology, with a consultant on call who is readily contactable and comes in when you ask
Your posts cover the curriculum: the upper urinary tract, stones, the lower urinary tract and pelvic floor, andrology and sexual health, congenital conditions, trauma, cancer, and infection and inflammation
You take part in grand rounds, pathology and radiology meetings, journal club, multidisciplinary meetings, clinical audits and morbidity and mortality meetings
A hospital may not cut its urology activity by more than 10%, or for more than five weeks a year
You are oriented to the hospital and the unit at the start of each rotation
Your posts teach you to give culturally safe care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori patients
You have a quiet place to study with 24-hour access, computers, journals and clinical guidelines, and skills training equipment in the hospital network
Every accredited hospital has a urology ward with urology nurses, and theatres with an image intensifier, video cameras, endourology and laparoscopic instruments and stone fragmentation devices
The hospital provides urodynamic studies, transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsy, flexible cystoscopy, and radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography and nuclear medicine imaging
You can train in and take part in root cause analyses, and have the data you need for your audit and research
Your hospital pays your travel and gives you paid leave for the courses and meetings training requires, and supports you with the cost of moving between rotations
Your leave includes leave for community cultural obligations, and flexible working arrangements are available under your employment conditions
Supervisor
1
For each accredited post, a Fellow of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons the hospital nominates and the Board of Urology approves
Urologists
2
At least in every accredited hospital, one a Fellow of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons in urology
Supervisor time
30 to 60 minutes
A week for each trainee, which the Board asks hospitals to fund
Your supervisor coordinates your training, meets you face to face each term for your assessment and reviews your logbook. The other urologists in the unit are your trainers, and give your feedback and confirm your activity sign-offs
Rules and conditions
Your supervisor is a member of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, works at least a fifth of full time at your hospital, and is not the head of the unit unless the Board approves
Your supervisor tells theatre management whether you can start an operating list without direct supervision
Your supervisor reports to the regional training committee and cannot change your training program
Your supervisor is readily accessible, talks through your learning goals before teaching, and gives early and regular feedback with chances to fix weaknesses
Your hospital pays your supervisor for the role, and gives them leave and funding for the meetings and courses it requires
Surgical Science Examination in UrologyThe RACS examination on the anatomy, physiology and pathology of urology: one paper of 120 multiple choice questions in two and a half hours
Year 1 or 2
In Basic, passed by its end
Fellowship ExaminationThe RACS final examination in urology, set to the urology curriculum: written papers, then a clinical and viva part, seven segments in all
Year 4 or later
In Advanced, or once approved to move to it
The Surgical Science Examination is sat on a computer in June or October, in ten cities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The Board of Urology sets the questions, 40 each on anatomy, physiology and pathology. It is pass or fail
The Fellowship Examination is run by RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons. The written papers are sat in March or August, and the clinical and viva part follows in one city in May, or in September or October. Its standard is that of a consultant in the first year of practice
Rules and conditions
You have four attempts at the Surgical Science Examination, and every sitting counts, in clinical training or not. A fourth failure ends your training
Before each Fellowship Examination attempt, your supervisor writes a letter of support and the Board of Urology approves you to sit
With every Intermediate requirement done but its minimum time, you can ask to be approved early, to register for the next Fellowship Examination after your first or third term of the year
Prior learning is never credited for either examination
In-training assessmentA report your supervisor completes each term with the other consultants and the staff who work with you, then discusses with you face to face, rating you Satisfactory, Borderline or Unsatisfactory
Every 3 months
One for each term, sent with your logbook summary
Feedback toolsObserved patient consultations, observed surgical performances and case-based discussions: a consultant watches you or talks a case through with you, and rates how much supervision you need next time
6
Each term at least, two of each kind
Multi-source feedbackA survey of at least six colleagues who have worked with you for 3 months or more, which your supervisor discusses with you at your in-training assessment
1
In each stage, usually in the third term of the year
Entrustable professional activitiesA task of the job, such as leading a ward round, that a consultant signs off once they trust you to do it with distant supervision.
10
Over training: 3 in Basic, any 3 more in Intermediate, the last 4 in Advanced
Rules and conditions
Basic activities: renal colic, the acute scrotum and acute urinary retention. Later activities: localised prostate cancer, lower urinary tract symptoms, haematuria, a definitive stone, a renal mass, neurogenic bladder and muscle invasive bladder cancer
An activity is signed off once two different assessors, for each kind of feedback tool, say you can manage the next case on your own. Your supervisor then signs it after talking it over with the other trainers
Logbook: every case and procedure in the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons urology logbook, with a summary each term that your supervisor checks. Recording a procedure falsely is misconduct
Progress to the next stage is reviewed after the second and last term of each year, once its requirements are done. A Borderline or Unsatisfactory last term holds you back
A Borderline term can bring a remediation plan with monthly meetings with your supervisor. Two Borderline terms in a row can be recorded as Unsatisfactory
An Unsatisfactory term brings probation of 3 to 6 months. Two Unsatisfactory terms in a row, three in all, or one on probation bring a review of whether you continue
Clinical audit
1
Proposed in Basic, done and presented by the end of Intermediate
Critical appraisal
1
Of a paper or a topic, presented in Intermediate
Research project
1
Proposed in Basic, accepted for publication before Fellowship
You present the audit at a Section Meeting or the Annual Scientific Meeting, and the appraisal at a Section Meeting. A panel of Fellows evaluates each presentation
Rules and conditions
Clinical audit: relevant to urology, reported to the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence, overseen by an audit supervisor you find, and written up as a journal manuscript for your regional quality improvement and research advisor to approve
Critical appraisal: of a paper from a peer-reviewed indexed journal in the last 5 years, or of a topic, agreed with your supervisor and approved before you start. You lead a discussion of what its findings mean for practice
Research project: a trial, a cohort, cross-sectional or comparative study, or qualitative research relevant to urology, overseen by a research supervisor. On your own, it can also be a systematic review
A project can be shared: you do the first part of one (the literature review, design and ethics approval) and the second part of another (the data, analysis and conclusions)
The manuscript goes to the ANZ Journal of SurgeryThe Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, published for RACS, a journal in the urology section of the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons library, or a journal with an impact factor of 2.0 or more that publishes urology, general surgery or vascular surgery. After three rejections, the Board reviews whether it meets the requirement
A paper of your own as first author in one of those journals, from the last 5 years, can be credited for the project once you accept your offer
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
Year 1 or 2
By the end of Basic
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Year 1 or 2
By the end of Basic
Critical Literature Evaluation and Research
Year 1 or 2
By the end of Basic
Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators
Year 4 or later
By the end of Advanced
Trainee Week
Each year
With the Annual Scientific Meeting and a Section Meeting, until your first Advanced year
The first course teaches the care of an unwell surgical patient and spotting one who is getting worse. The second teaches the first one to two hours of care of an injured patient, and RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons ran it as Early Management of Severe Trauma until the end of 2025. The third teaches how to appraise the literature and design research. The fourth is the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons course in teaching that your supervisors and trainers also complete
Rules and conditions
Your hospital releases you for the Induction Course, Trainee Week, Section Meetings and the Annual Scientific Meeting, with no clinical duties or on call during them or the night before
Book the courses as soon as you are selected, since RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons runs them
An equivalent course done before training is credited. A graduate diploma or masters with clinical epidemiology and evidence-based surgery can stand in for Critical Literature Evaluation and Research
Your region runs tutorials, workshops and teaching sessions, some of them compulsory
Stage by stage
Stage 1 of 3
Basic
At least 12 months (maximum 24 months from your start)
The first stage, learning to assess and manage urology emergencies: renal colic, the acute scrotum and acute urinary retention.
Training time
Terms
Usually 3 months each, in accredited posts in your training region
Examinations
Surgical Science Examination in Urology
Passed by the end of Basic
Courses
Critical care, trauma and research courses
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and Critical Literature Evaluation and Research, by the end of Basic
Meetings
Trainee Week, the Annual Scientific Meeting and a Section Meeting each year
Assessments
Entrustable professional activities
The first three, renal colic, the acute scrotum and acute urinary retention
Multi-source feedback
Once, usually in the third term of your first year
Projects
Clinical audit proposal
Signed by your audit supervisor
Research proposal
Signed by your research supervisor, unless prior learning is credited for the project
Stage 2 of 3
Intermediate
At least 24 months (maximum 60 months from your start, with Basic)
The longest stage, broadening across the curriculum with three more activities, a clinical audit and a critical appraisal.
Training time
Terms
Usually 3 months each
Courses
Meetings
Trainee Week, the Annual Scientific Meeting and a Section Meeting each year
Assessments
Entrustable professional activities
Any three of the seven later ones
Multi-source feedback
Once in the stage
Projects
Clinical audit
Approved, then presented at a Section Meeting or the Annual Scientific Meeting
Critical appraisal
Of a paper or a topic, presented at a Section Meeting
Stage 3 of 3
Advanced
At least 12 months (maximum 36 months)
The final stage, completing the last four activities, the research project and the Fellowship Examination. Once it is complete, you are awarded Fellowship of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons in urology, the qualification for specialist registration.
Training time
Terms
Usually 3 months each, within the 8-year limit
Examinations
Fellowship Examination
Written papers, then a clinical and viva part
Courses
Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators
By the end of Advanced
Meetings
Trainee Week, the Annual Scientific Meeting and a Section Meeting in your first Advanced year
Curriculum vitae: the structured curriculum vitae in the online application, scored out of 54 by two USANZThe Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, which runs urology selection and training for RACS staff and scaled to 25. An achievement without the evidence the rules ask for scores nothing. Score yours
Clinical Examination
1
1 fixed point for a pass at or before the June 2025 sitting. A later pass earns nothing
Qualifications
Up to 10
Up to 10 points: a doctorate 8, a masters by thesis 4, and a coursework masters or a diploma 2 for each full-time year. Each is finished when you apply, except a doctorate or masters by thesis
Theses under way: a doctorate scores 4 after its pre-submission thesis review and 2 after confirmation of candidature, and a masters by thesis 2 after its pre-submission review
Not scored: your medical degree, other bachelor degrees, certificates, qualifications for registering an overseas degree, the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons examinations, and a qualification started in the year you apply
Medical and technical development
Up to 8
Up to 8 points for meetings and courses on urological practice in the 3 years before applications close: 2 for each USANZThe Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, which runs urology selection and training for RACS Annual Scientific Meeting, Section Meeting or RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, up to 6
Other meetings and courses: 1 point for each other meeting, and 1 for each in-person course, of 5 hours or more, up to 2 each
Not scored: the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons skills, critical care, trauma and research courses, preparation for the GSSEThe Generic Surgical Sciences Examination, the RACS anatomy, physiology and pathology examination passed before applying to surgical training. or Clinical Examination, activities under 5 hours, and routine hospital meetings, audits and teaching
Non-technical development
Up to 5
Up to 5 points in the 3 years before applications close, for activities in professionalism, advocacy, communication, teamwork, leadership, teaching or cultural safety
Points: for each activity
In person, over 5 hours: 1 point, up to 4
In person, 3 to 5 hours: 0.5, up to 2
Live online, over 3 hours: 0.5, up to 2
Online module, over 3 hours: 0.25, up to 1
Publications
Up to 10
Up to 10 points for work from the 5 years before applications close, published or accepted
Article or book chapter as first author: 2 points
Article or book chapter as second author: 0.5
First-author case report, review or letter: 0.5, up to 2
Which journals: the ANZ Journal of SurgeryThe Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, published for RACS, a journal in the general surgery, urology or vascular surgery sections of the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons library, or another peer-reviewed journal in those fields with an impact factor of 3.0 or more
Presentations
Up to 10
Up to 10 points for talks in the 5 years before applications close, or accepted, at meetings that select abstracts competitively
Oral at a listed annual scientific meeting: 2 points
Poster at a listed meeting: 0.5
Oral at a society Section Meeting: 1
Listed meetings: the annual scientific meetings that count, an oral as first or second author and the named presenter, a poster as first author
American Urological Association
Société Internationale d'Urologie
British Association of Urological Surgeons
Canadian Urological Association
Urological Association of Asia
Rurality
Up to 10
Rural origin: 2 points for living 10 years in all, or 5 in a row, in Modified Monash 2The Modified Monash Model rates how remote a place is, from 1 for a major city to 7 for a very remote community. or above, or in regional Aotearoa New Zealand
Main cities: not regional in Aotearoa New Zealand
Auckland
Wellington, with Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Porirua and Kapiti
Christchurch
Hamilton
Structured referee reports
30%
Referee reports: panels of up to two Board members or urologists in accredited posts interview your referees on the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons competencies and your readiness for surgical training, and agree a score for each area
Your contacts: every consultant surgeon from the two clinical years before the year you apply, at least four, and an allied health professional from each term, at least three. Tell each first. Leaving one out can end your application
Valid consultants: Fellows of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons, or vocationally registered surgeons in Aotearoa New Zealand, who supervised you at least every four weeks for 10 weeks or more in a public urology or surgical unit or a recognised private training unit
Valid allied health: usually a senior nurse on the ward, in theatre, in the emergency department or in clinic, who worked with you daily or weekly for 10 weeks or more
Who is not: Board members, research supervisors, and anyone who was a senior registrar, a fellow or an international specialist under assessment when you worked together
Semi-structured interview
45%
Selection interview: an in-person, semi-structured interview, held on one day in Melbourne and Sydney, with four panels of two interviewers, each running one section for a fixed time. Follow-up questions explore your experience and insight
Domains: what the panels explore
Working well with peers, mentors, the health care team, administrators, patients and families
Contributing as a member of the health care team
Acting ethically, responsibly and honestly
Care, concern and sensitivity to others' needs
Spoken communication
First Nations
Posts are set aside each intake for the top-ranked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants who meet every minimum. Two were expected for the 2027 intake
Who qualifies: you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander when you register with RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons, and can join the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
Scoring
Interview shortlist: your curriculum vitae and referee scores together rank you for interview
Final ranking: the curriculum vitae, referee report and interview scores, out of 100. The minimum standard is the overall score of the applicant ranked five places below the number of posts
Ties: the interview score separates them, then the referee score, then the Board decides
Choose a rural clinical school for at least an academic year, since rural clinical school years earn curriculum vitae points.
Postgraduate years 1 and 2
Do a resident term in urology, since it is where you meet the urologists who mentor you and bring you into research.
Rural experience
Take rotations in rural and regional hospitals before you apply, since rural rotations earn curriculum vitae points that rise with the weeks you spend.
Research
Ask the urologists you work with for a project you can lead as first author, since first authorship scores four times second authorship, and a first-author paper from the last 5 years can be credited for the research project in training.
Courses
Attend the society's Annual Scientific Meeting and its Section Meetings in the 3 years before you apply, and present there, since these meetings earn the most professional development and presentation points.
Referees
Work each surgical term as if every consultant may be called, since you list every consultant surgeon from your last two clinical years and the Board chooses whom to call, starting with SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. supervisors, trainers and heads of department.
What the college has changed
2026-06
Training Regulations version 1 took effect for every trainee on the competency-based program, which began in 2024. The regulations for trainees who started earlier are expected to end in 2027.
2025-11
Selection Regulations version 4, for the 2027 intake, raised the minimum impact factor for other peer-reviewed journals from 2.0 to 3.0. It lowered the minimum number of consultant surgeon contacts from 6 to 4.
2025-11
Presentations at the World Congress of Endourology, the International Continence Society and the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group, and at regional surgical specialty meetings, earn points only for meetings held before 31 December 2025.
2025-07
The RACS Clinical Examination stopped being an eligibility requirement from the 2027 intake. A pass by the June 2025 sitting earns 1 fixed curriculum vitae point instead.
Workforce
Trainees appointed
16
Selected in 2025
2025 intake roundThe round run in 2024. Interviews were held on 15 June 2024 in Melbourne and Sydney.
2025 intake round
Stage
Number
Applications
53
To train in Australia
44
To train in Aotearoa New Zealand
9
Shortlisted and interviewed
34
Women among applicants
26.4%
Trainees appointed by selection yearIncludes deferred offers.
Trainees appointed by selection year
Selected in
Trainees appointed
2019
20
2020
21
2021
Source: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Board of Urology, with the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. SET Program in Urology 2025 intake report, and past offers for selection years 2019 to 2025. Includes deferred offers.
Requirements, application windows and criteria change every year. Verify with RACS / USANZ before making career decisions. Report an error on this page.
Deferral: ask when you accept. Deferral is 12 months, and you can ask again. Your post is guaranteed at the start of the year you begin, in a region set by your rank in that year's intake
Deferral year: you can work in a post outside training, and it does not count toward training
Flexible training: ask when you accept. If it cannot be arranged, you accept full time, defer a year or decline
Not scored: abstracts, book reviews, letters to the editor, commentaries, and articles outside urology, general surgery and vascular surgery
European Association of Urology
Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Tauranga
Dunedin
Rural clinical school: 2 points for one academic year at a rural clinical school, or 4 for two or more
Rural rotations: clinical rotations before training in Modified Monash 2The Modified Monash Model rates how remote a place is, from 1 for a major city to 7 for a very remote community. or above, or regional Aotearoa New Zealand: 1 point for 26 to 62 weeks, 2 for 62 to 114 weeks, and 4 for more than 114
Terms that do not count: private assisting, research, and relief or night terms without a consistent consultant
Who is chosen: the Board picks three consultants and one allied health professional, with reserves. One consultant comes from your most recent surgical term, and SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. supervisors, trainers and heads of department come first
Scoring: the average of the three consultant reports and the allied health report, scaled to 30. A report scoring under 80% of the areas is invalid, and without four valid reports you are withdrawn
Reaching referees: the panel tries each referee twice before dropping them. Referee scores cannot be reconsidered
Full-time research: if you were in full-time research, your contacts can come from outside the two clinical years
Taking in and organising information, and adapting to it
Presenting concisely within a time limit
Commitment to a career in urology
Recognising and responding to ethical issues
Promoting health and responding to the needs of the community, patients, colleagues and yourself
Scoring: each interviewer scores you alone against a standard guide, then each panel agrees a score for its section. The four are combined into a score out of 45
Feedback: if you are not invited to interview, or are interviewed and not offered a post, you are told in writing your weighted score in each part, never a single referee's score. You can ask in writing for more. Your rank is never released
Reconsideration: ask the Board chair within 7 business days of each score's release. A curriculum vitae score is reconsidered only for a clear error. A panel looks only at what you first submitted, and answers in writing within 5 business days
Review: if the reconsideration goes against you, ask RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons for a review by an independent panel, which can keep, change or overturn the decision. Reconsideration, review and appeals
Appeal: after a review, you can appeal to the RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons Appeals Committee, whose ruling is final
Application process
1Register for selection with RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons, then apply through the online application form on the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand selection page, for Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, with your evidence, your consultant surgeon and allied health contacts and your preferred training region
2Two staff of the society score your structured curriculum vitae against its evidence
3Panels interview the referees the Board of Urology chooses from your contacts, and score their reports
4The Board invites the applicants with the highest combined curriculum vitae and referee scores to interview
5You sit the semi-structured interview with four panels
6The Board ranks applicants and offers posts by rank within each training region
7Accept your offer by returning the signed SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. Trainee Agreement by its deadline
