Paediatric Surgery

Paediatric Surgery is the surgical specialty where doctors have focused training in the management of children with surgical conditions. Trainees have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of paediatric surgical specialties including trauma, burns, urology, hepatobiliary, oncology and thoracic surgery. There is also the involvement in general paediatric surgical care including neonatal surgical conditions.

Minimum Time to Completion: 8 years from graduation

Details

How to Apply

Eligibility Requirements

Basic RACS requirements:

Permanent residency or citizenship of Australia or New Zealand
General (unconditional) medical registration
Pass in the generic surgical sciences examination

Application Process

Selection is based on the scoring of the submitted CV and referee reports, together with an assessment made during the interview process.

The interview comprises four panels; each panel generates a score for the attributes being assessed. Each panel also generates a score for “communication skills”; the communication scores of each panel are averaged and used to provide a fifth component that contributes to the overall interview score.

Program Structure

Early SET: 1-2 years during which Early SET requirements are achieved, including the Anatomy and Embryology examination. The first year of the program is structured as a provisional year with some additional assessments and specific supervision to ensure smooth transition into surgical training.

Mid and Senior SET: Mid and Senior SET is considered to be complete when compulsory courses, assessments, examinations and competencies identified in the curriculum are achieved, usually over four (4) years.

Fellowship Requirements

To gain Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery, trainees must undertake a Fellowship Examination comprising three major components:

Anatomy examination: can be taken from the second year of specialist training
Paediatric surgical pathology examination: can be taken from the first half of the fourth year of specialist training
Fellowship Examination: can be taken in the final (sixth) year of specialist training

In addition, trainees must have completed the Paediatric Surgical modules during the Paediatric Surgery component of the training program.

Fees

Annual Fee:

AUD $3590

Exam Fee:

Paediatric Anatomy and Embryology Examination: AUD $4,425
Paediatric Pathophysiology Examination: $2,070
Clinical Examination: $3,140
Fellowship Examination: $8,605
GSSE: $4,560

Registration Fee:

AUD $575

Useful Resources / Courses / Conferences

ASSET Course
CCrlSP Course
CLEAR Course
EMST Course
TIPS Course

Key Information

PGY Intake Year (earliest)

PGY3

Training Duration (minimum)

6 years FTE

General Progression

Note that this represents one of the quickest routes to specialty training, and may not reflect additional HMO or unaccredited years of training.

Year 1

Internship

Year 2

Surgical HMO Year

Year 3

Commence Paediatric Surgery Training (PGY3+)

Part Time Option: Yes

Last Updated: January 30, 2023

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