Building respect through a new information-sharing protocol
This year a new protocol has been in development aimed at supporting information sharing between the College and hospitals. Instrumental in its evolut...
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RACS Post Op Podcast is a medical podcast by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. It features extended interviews on articles in the current issue of Surgical News magazine, plus practical advice that surgeons can implement in their practices, including insights on financial management and wealth creation, legal and tax advice and economic forecasts.
Combating the rise of mental illness (Re-release)
After facing his own battle with mental illness, cardiologist Dr Geoffrey Toogood champions mental health support for fellow medical professionals and...
Phasing out of gendered titles
The only profession that continues to use gendered titles in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand is surgery. Spearheading a push to phase out its archa...
Doing your bit for the environment
Climate change and other environmental issues may not be at the front of your mind when you’re dealing with any number of minor or major medical crise...
Important changes to income protection insurance
Australian financial regulator APRA has announced major reforms to income protection insurance, which will reduce the amount of benefits available to ...
Learning and Development Grants: A travelling grant for rural surgeons
RACS Rural Surgery Fellowship for Provincial Surgeons helps provincial surgeons to take time away from their practice to travel and develop existing s...
Improving surgical care with CTANZ
The RACS Clinical Trials Network Australia and New Zealand – or CTANZ – was formed in 2017 to provide a structure for RACS Trainees, Junior Doctors, a...
The benefits of a Learning and Development grant
One of the largest providers of scholarships and grants for the surgical community worldwide is the RACS Foundation for Surgery’s Scholarships and Gra...
Eyes on the battle against Type 2 Diabetes
In 2020, Dr Muecke was awarded Australian of the Year in recognition for his many decades of pioneering blindness prevention, particularly in South Ea...
Welcome to the new RACS Vice President – Dr Lawrie Malisano
In this episode we welcome the new RACS Vice President, orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Lawrie Malisano. Based in Spring Hill, Queensland, Dr Malisano has had...