Vascular Surgery

Term

6 months

Two a year, February to July and August to January, one accredited post each

Time limit

9 years

To finish every requirement of the program

Leave

4 weeks

At most in a 6-month term, or the term may not count

Part time

50%

Of full time at least, after your first 12 months

• Training has five levels, SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 1 to SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 5, usually one a year. They form three stages: Early SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. (SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 1 and 2), Mid SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. (SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 3 and 4) and Late SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. (SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 5)
• The Board of Vascular Surgery places you each year, anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand. You spend at least one year in a post in another state or overseas, and at most one year at any one hospital from SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 2 to SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 5

• Accredited hospitals40 with accredited vascular surgery posts, 36 in Australia and 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand
• AccreditationThe Board of Vascular Surgery accredits each post for up to 5 years, for SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 1 or for SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 2 and above, full time or part time. A new post is inspected on site, and decisions are confirmed each June
• Your employerOnce placed, the hospital employs you, so arrange your employment with its supervisor of training and medical administration. Being refused employment by two hospitals can end your training
• Aotearoa New Zealand4 accredited hospitals: Auckland City Hospital, Christchurch Hospital, Waikato Hospital and Wellington Hospital

What every accredited vascular surgery post must give you

Operating lists

3

Supervised inpatient lists a week at least, or 14 hours

Major casesOperations the Board of Vascular Surgery classes as major, such as carotid, aortic, bypass, arterial and dialysis access operations. Varicose vein, soft tissue and minor amputation procedures are minor

100

A year at least that you take part in, or 50 part time

• Rosters: on call 1 in 3

Supervisor of training

1

For each accredited post, a Fellow of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons the Board approves

Vascular surgeons

2

Trainers at least in every accredited unit, Fellows of RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons or equivalent

• Your supervisor of training coordinates your training, meets you for each assessment and reviews your logbook. Every surgeon in the unit is a trainer, and signs your in-training assessment where practical

Surgical Science Examination in Vascular SurgeryThe RACS written examination on the basic sciences of vascular surgery: anatomy, ultrasound, radiation, blood clotting, vessel disease and wound healing, in 120 questions of four true or false parts

Year 2 or 3

Sat from SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 2, passed by the end of SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 3

Fellowship ExaminationThe RACS final examination in vascular surgery: one written paper, then six clinical and viva segments

Year 5

In Late SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year., the final examination

• The Surgical Science Examination is sat in February or June, in ten cities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, in two and a half hours. Vascular surgeons write it to the curriculum and set its pass mark after each sitting
• The Fellowship Examination is run by RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons. The written paper is sat in March or August, and the clinical and viva part follows in one city in May, or in September or October. Ultrasound is part of the written paper, the long case and the anatomy and imaging viva. Its standard is that of a consultant in the first year of practice

In-training assessmentA form your supervisor of training completes with the surgeons of the unit and discusses with you, rating each RACS competency Exceeds, Achieved, Borderline or Not achieved

3

A year, on 30 April at mid-term, then 31 July and 31 January, each with your logbook

Work-based assessmentsA consultant watches you see a patient, do an endovascular procedure or an open operation, or talks through a case you managed, and rates how much supervision you needed

4

With each in-training assessment, one of each kind

Ultrasound scanning

100 hours

Logged before the Fellowship Examination, at most 20 of them procedures

Ultrasound casebook

10 cases

One of each set scan, with images, report and commentary, before the Fellowship Examination

Research points

5

At least, before you are approved to sit the Fellowship Examination

Presentation or publication

1

At least, done during training

ASSETAustralian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training, the RACS two-day basic surgical skills course, with ten eLearning modules before it.

Year 1

By the end of SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 1

Advanced Trauma Life Support

Year 1 or 2

By the end of SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 2

Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient

Year 1 or 2

By the end of SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 2

Trainee Skills Course

Each year

The society's annual course, which every trainee attends

Trainee tutorials

Every 2 weeks

Online, from March, in SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 1 to SETSurgical Education and Training, the RACS training program. SET 1 is its first year. 4. Join at least 80%

• ASSETAustralian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training, the RACS two-day basic surgical skills course, with ten eLearning modules before it. is a two-day course in basic surgical skills. Advanced Trauma Life Support teaches the first one to two hours of care of an injured patient. Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient teaches the care of an unwell surgical patient and spotting one who is getting worse
• Advanced Trauma Life Support was called Early Management of Severe Trauma until the end of 2025