2009 Annual Report - Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

SET Urology Trainees Occupying General
Surgical Posts
A Service Agreement drafted and circulated by the
Board in General Surgery (BiGs) in relation to the
appointment and allocation of non General Surgical
trainees into SET1 and SET2 posts generated a
significant amount of work and discussion regarding
the ongoing allocation of urology trainees into general
surgical posts. Discussions have been held with the
Board in General Surgery and College leadership
to formulate a workable solution for 2010 and the
future. The Board of Urology has appreciated the
acknowledgement by BiGs and the College that
SET Urology registrars cannot be completely trained
in urology units and as such require exposure and
training in general surgical units. Progress is being
made in developing a platform for accommodating
SET1 and SET2 Urology trainees in posts providing
adequate exposure.
Hospital Inspections
There were 12 hospital posts inspected and
accredited 2009. Again, this was only achieved with
the selfless contributions of Board and non-Board
members of our Society, for which I and the Board
are deeply grateful.
Payments For Hospital Training Post Inspections
The College has revisited the policy regarding
charging for hospital inspections. As hospital
administrators and State Departments of Health have
refused to pay such invoices, the College accepts
they have little power to force the jurisdictions to
pay. The College now insists that new training post
inspections can only occur if the nominated post
pays the inspection fee. No new training posts
can be inspected or accredited without payment.
Inspections of pre-existing posts can occur, however
these posts will also be invoiced but will not receive
a final report or certificate of accreditation until the
invoice is paid. As such, there will be no interference
with the training of current trainees and the Board will
continue to appoint to the posts that are known to be
appropriately accredited. The College opinion is that
the policy will carry more weight when hospitals are
required to submit accreditation certificates at the
time of their federal accreditation. A lack of surgical
post accreditation certificates may result in nonaccreditation
with the national standards body and
loss of federal and other funding for the respective
hospital.
Fellowship Examinations
In 2009, a number of trainees and IMGs passed the
Fellowship Examination and the Board would like to
congratulate the following on their success:
Nazim AHMAD, Kevin BAX, Adrian CLUBB, Niall
CORCORAN, Elizabeth DALLY, Adam DAVIES,
Philip DUNDEE, Andrew FULLER, Hans GOOSSEN,
Tanya HA, Anthony HUTTON, Said JABOUB,
Richard JOHNSTON, Akshay KOTHARI, Benjamin
KWOK, Anna LAWRENCE, Scott LESLIE, Pascal
MANCUSO, Sue-Min OOI, Christopher TRACEY, Lih-
Ming WONG
Urology had the highest pass rate of any specialty
in the May examinations which is a tribute to the
candidates, their supervisors and the training
program.
Admissions To Fellowship
The Board wishes to congratulate the following
USANZ members who completed their training in
2009 and received their FRACS (Urol):
NSW – Peter Chong, Clair Whelan, Said Jaboub,
QLD – Benjamin Martin, David Dangerfield, Akshay
Kothari, Carlo Yuen
VIC – Dennis Gyomber, Mark Forbes, Peter Liodakis,
Raymond Tong
NZ – Ahmad Al-Sameraaii
Skills And Education Workshops
In 2009, the Board of Urology conducted three
substantial workshops for trainees.
The Anatomy of Complications workshop was
conducted in late November at CTEC in Perth for
SET 5 trainees.
The Introductory Skills Workshop, for SET 2
trainees about to enter their first year of clinical
urology training, was conducted in late November
at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in
Melbourne.
Trainee Week was held in Perth in late November.
The Board of Urology extends sincere gratitude to
Jerard Ghossein for developing an educationally
stimulating programme with a team of expert
facilitators. Highlights included practice vivas, a site
visit to Uropath, an interactive presentation by a male
infertility expert and case discussions facilitated by
senior trainees. As part of a reciprocal arrangement
with the European Association of Urology and the
Urological Association of Asia, USANZ hosted Dr
Vlad Petcu (Romania), Dr Martin Haydter (Austria)
Dr Prabhjot Singh (India) and Dr Pei-Yu Lin (Taiwan).
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