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Unaccredited Specialty Surgery Registrar Survey 2023

This survey is conducted by A/Prof Caroline Dowling, Clinical Director of Urology at Eastern Health, Victoria. The survey is anonymous and aims to discover the circumstances borne by junior medical staff in unaccredited specialty surgical training positions in Australia in plastics, orthopaedics, ENT, urology and vascular.
Participation is voluntary and consent is implied if you choose to complete and return the survey. The anonymous data will be stored on a password protected computer only accessible by the investigators.
If you find any aspects of the survey raise concerns for you please contact Beyond Blue or one of the recognised mental health agencies.
1.Age in years
2.What best describes your gender?
3.What State or Territory have you have spent the most years in post graduate employment in (if multiple competing options pick the most recent)
4.Please list your medical school and graduating year
5.My Medical Degree was
6.What is your surgical specialty
7.What PGY are you in 2023 (numerical value, intern is PGY1, please put number only)
8.How many unaccredited years have you completed so far
9.How many years of full time year equivalent rounded to the nearest year of research have you done so far?
10.Have you obtained a higher degree?
11.Did you move from your home state to your position in 2023
12.How many attempts at applying for SET training have you made
13.How many times have you been short listed for interview and not been selected for SET training
14.How much money have you spent on RACS specific courses and examinations (run by RACS or required by RACS) in total and overall (no fixed timeframe)
15.How much money in total, have you spent on travel to meetings in preparation for SET application
16.Did you complete the RACS JDocs program?
17.How did you find the formal feedback from your nominated supervisor during the unaccredited years?
18.Have you had any ongoing career guidance or mentoring - formal or informal
19.Do you feel you have been protected by the unit/clinical service during your unaccredited training?
20.Do you feel that the RACS looked after your interests during your unaccredited training?
21.Please use the free text box to give any feedback about your training so far or the application to SET process or any other feedback