OHNS Surgical Education & Training Requirements
These requirements must be completed by the end of each SET year except where indicated.
By the end of SET 1
- Satisfactorily complete 4 x 3 month clinical training rotations in OHNS accredited positions as allocated by the Board (from 2011)
- Satisfactorily complete the ASSET Course (may be completed earlier)
- Satisfactorily complete the CCrISP Course (may be completed earlier)
Forms to be submitted at the end of each 3 month rotation during SET 1:
- OHNS End of Term Assessment Form
- OHNS Logbook Coversheet
- Logbook Summary Form (specific to the specialty appointed to for that rotation)
- Mini CEX (minimum of 1)
- DOPs (minimum of 1)
- Accumulative Leave Form
By the end of SET 2
- Satisfactorily complete 2 x 6 month clinical training rotations in OHNS accredited positions as allocated by the Board
- Satisfactorily complete the RACS Generic Surgical Science Examination (may be completed in SET 1)
- Satisfactorily complete the RACS Surgical Science Examination in OHNS (may be completed in SET 1)
- Satisfactorily complete the RACS Clinical Examination (may be completed in SET 1)
- Satisfactorily complete the EMST Course (may be completed earlier)
- Attend the Robert Guerin Memorial Trainee Conference
Forms to be submitted at the end of each 6 month rotation during SET 2:
- OHNS End of Term Assessment Form
- Logbook Summary Form
- Accumulative Leave Form
By the end of SET 3
- Satisfactorily complete 2 x 6 month clinical training rotations in OHNS accredited positions as allocated by the Board
- Satisfactorily complete 60 documented Temporal Bone procedures by June 30 of SET 3
- Attend the Robert Guerin Memorial Trainee Conference
Forms to be submitted at the end of each 6 month rotation during SET 3:
- OHNS End of Term Assessment Form
- Logbook Summary Form
- Accumulative Leave Form
By the end of SET 4
- Satisfactorily complete 2 x 6 month clinical training rotations in OHNS accredited positions as allocated by the Board
- Attend the Robert Guerin Memorial Trainee Conference
- Satisfactorily complete a Tympanoplasty Audit by June 30 of SET 4
Forms to be submitted at the end of each 6 month rotation during SET 4:
- OHNS End of Term Assessment Form
- Logbook Summary Form
- Accumulative Leave Form
By the end of SET 5
- Satisfactorily complete 2 x 6 month clinical training rotations in OHNS accredited positions as allocated by the Board
- Have a minimum of 6 months exposure to Paediatric Otolaryngology
- Have a minimum of 6 months exposure to Head and Neck Surgery
- Attend the Robert Guerin Memorial Trainee Conference (unless already passed the RACS Fellowship examination)
- Satisfactorily complete the RACS Fellowship Examination in OHNS (may be sat in the second part of SET 4)
Forms to be submitted at the end of each 6 month rotation during SET 5:
- OHNS End of Term Assessment Form
- Logbook Summary Form
- Accumulative Leave Form
Prior to sitting the RACS Fellowship Examination
- Satisfactorily complete 2 Temporal Bone courses
- Satisfactorily complete an Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) course
- Satisfactorily complete a Head and Neck course
- Satisfactorily complete an approved research investigation project (during SET 2 – SET 5)
- Attend a minimum of 3 ASOHNS or NZSOHNS Annual Scientific Meetings (during SET 2 – SET 5)
- Satisfactorily undertake S1 + S2 + S3 totals of 300 A and 300 B procedures
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