One College Transformation program for all
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons comprises more than 9000 Fellows, Trainees, International Medical Graduates and Staff. With so many people working and learning across various fields and dif...
8 Syys 202017min
Giving the gift of sight in Timor Leste (Re-release)
Dr Nitin Verma – For the past 16 years, leading Hobart ophthalmologist Dr Nitin Verma has taken his skills, passion and determination to Timor Leste to combat the serious issue of eye disease in that ...
24 Elo 202013min
The importance of Telehealth in a pandemic
COVID-19 has affected the way many people in the community communicate with their health professionals. Fortunately, great strides had already been taken in the use of Telehealth – that is, the provi...
10 Elo 202010min
A life-time of service in the NT
Forty-one years after first arriving in the Northern Territory, general surgeon Assoc. Prof. Phillip Carson has retired from clinical practice. He talks about his career highlights in the Top End, inc...
28 Heinä 202017min
MALT: a useful tool for mentors and trainees
The RACS Morbidity Audit and Logbook tool (MALT) has been useful to electronically log procedures, conduct self-audit and peer-review audit. Paediatric surgeon Mr Paul Jackson uses MALT for recording ...
14 Heinä 20206min
A migrant's journey to practice in regional Victoria
When general surgeon Dr Ruth Bollard migrated to Australia from England in 2006, she chose Victoria's regional city of Ballarat to established her own practice. She says rural and regional areas like ...
30 Kesä 202014min
Innovators in stem cell transplantation
In April, orthopaedic surgeon Associate Professor Claudia Di Bella, and her team at BioFab3D, trademarked a revolutionary new method of stem cell transplantation. Located within St Vincent's Hospital ...
16 Kesä 202014min
Tackling ear infections in remote indigenous regions of Australia (Re-release)
Overcrowding, lack of running water, poor hygiene, nutrition, lack of access to medical care – all are symptoms of acute poverty into which Aboriginal children are born in remote corners of Australia....
2 Kesä 202010min
