Resilience and sustainability in the Northern Territory
For nearly 20 years, general and acute care physician Dr Simon Quilty has witnessed up-close the poverty that inflicts indigenous communitie...
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RACS Post Op Podcast
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 prac...
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20 of 100 episodesA surgeon’s journey from Texas to Queensland
When Dr Emilia Dauway decided to relocate to regional Queensland from Texas, she didn’t intend for it to be permanent. The 40-bed Queensland...
Striving for better Indigenous health
The Surgical Education & Training (SET) One-Year scholarship that Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri received is an opportunity she says to help continue h...
Welcome the new RACS President
This month, we welcome the College’s new president, Associate Professor Kerin Fielding. Based in the New South Wales regional centre of Wagg...
Pathway for specialist international medical graduates
Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) with formal postgraduate specialist qualifications in surgery who wish to work in Austral...
RACS 2023 ASC – Equity in Surgery
The 2023 RACS Annual Scientific Congress will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 1-5 May. There’s been a lot of work behind the sc...
Great strides in combating trauma
RACS’s Trauma Committee has been pivotal in helping prevent acute trauma in the community. That includes encouraging surgeons to pursue a tr...
It’s hip to be active – from world champ to surgeon
Dr Mat Brick’s journey into the world of surgery wasn’t the most conventional. He studied at medical school, but shifted direction to focus...
Pride in Medicine – building awareness and respect
WorldPride is the biggest event on the world’s LGBTQIA+ calendar. This year, it’s being hosted by Sydney – the first time WorldPride is held...
Freeing up cashflow for surgeons
Economically, it’s a tough time right now. Interest rates are rising, there are labour shortages, residential rents are up, house prices are...
Debut novel shines light on gruelling surgical career
A new novel shines the light on excessive workloads faced by junior doctors and specialist trainees. The Registrar is written by debut autho...
What’s behind pregnancy complications among female doctors? (Re-release)
An Australian-first study investigating fertility and pregnancy complications among Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand doctors discovered g...
Norway’s vision of zero road deaths (Re-release)
In 2019, Norway’s capital of Oslo recorded just one death from a traffic accident. From a peak of 570 annual roads deaths in the 1970s natio...
A determined path to a surgical career (Re-release)
Dr Samantha Pillay graduated from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1992 to become the first female urological surgeon in South A...
From patient to doctor – a desire for change
Ben Bravery was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in his late 20s. That led to many months of treatment and much of his time in hospital ward...
Surgical practice: owning your own room
There comes a time in a surgeon’s career when they’ll start to think about obtaining their own medical practice. It’s a big decision, with a...
A new foundational course in surgical robotics
Technology in surgery continues to evolve in leaps and bounds, particularly the advances of robotics. A little under 20 years ago, Professor...
Trauma prevention: within four walls
The incidents of domestic violence resulting in trauma (injury) would probably shock a lot of people. In Australia, a report from the Austra...
The Pasifika Medical Association: serving the pacific
Since 1996, the Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) has worked closely with governments and communities to meet the health needs of people ac...
Behind the curtain: ANZ Journal of Surgery
First published in 1931, the ANZ Journal of Surgery is a prestigious publication serving the surgical community in Aotearoa New Zealand and...