senior registrar/provisional fellow year - Urological Society of ...

The post must offer a minimum of 5 sessions a week supervised by a consultant. These sessions
may include operating sessions, outpatient sessions, and substantial clinical discussion meetings.
The trainee should be the primary Surgeon for at least one operating session per week.
No more than 20% of the trainee's operating or outpatient work should be unsupervised.
Applications for SET6 (Senior Registrar/Provisional Fellow) Year
Trainees must obtain prospective approval of their SET6 post from the Board of Urology. In considering
SET6 applications, the Board of Urology assesses whether the nominated post will provide the particular
trainee with the required general urology exposure to complement their training. As such, a SET6 post may
be appropriate for one trainee but not for another. Passing the fellowship examination does not mean that
all trainees have attained an equal level of clinical skill. Factors considered will include experience gained
during SET3‐SET5 and any competency areas that may require further development/exposure during SET6.
Trainees must complete a SET6 Application Form and forward to the Chairman of the Board of Urology, via
the USANZ Office.
Application Form ‐ SET6 (Senior Registrar/Provisional Fellow) Year
Applications must also include the following:
a letter of offer of employment from the nominated Supervisor, hospital or Health Authority
a clinical timetable of the position
a letter from Section TA&E Chair supporting post application (this is only applicable to trainees who
intend to remain in their home section)
The Board undertakes to respond to applications within 6 weeks. Approval will be granted provided:
the trainee has progressed satisfactorily through SET3‐SET5, attaining sufficient general urology
skills to allow the proposed SET6 post to be considered
the post has been approved by the Sectional TA&E Chairperson and the Board of Urology as
appropriate for the trainee to undertake
Trainee Requirements of the Senior Registrar Year
During the Senior Registrar year, trainees must:
keep a freehand log book of procedures and operations for 12 months
keep a record of Continuing Professional Development which should include research, teaching you
have undertaken, and meetings or conferences attended
conduct a personal audit of a selected procedure or procedure and submit a written audit report to the
Board of Urology at the completion of the year
The Audit requirement is an exercise in Quality Assurance. Shortly after commencing your term, select a
particular procedure or limited set of procedures you would like to monitor for performance and outcomes.
Collect outcome data prospectively for all of these procedures for six months. The collected data should be
collated, and the results compared to published series. Ideally, you will have had significant input to the
performance of these cases. You should then prepare a short report of comparative outcomes, conclusions,
and intentions for personal future practice.
As SET6 is considered a core year of training and requires the same level of monitoring as other years,
progress will be assessed on a quarterly basis. SET 6 trainees will need to submit an In‐Training Assessment
Report and Logbook Summary to the TA&E Chairperson in their Section of origin every 3 months for
ratification by the Board of Urology.
Additionally, the Board requires each SET6 trainee to provide a Confidential Post Assessment Report at 6
and 12 months.
Each report should describe the benefits and experience gained together with a summary of how the
trainee’s aims and objectives have been achieved, the research or teaching undertaken and their
Surgical Education and Training Requirements ‐ SET 6 (Senior Registrar‐ Provisional Fellow) Year
Updated 6/06/12