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ANZ journal of surgery · Jun 2013
ReviewInfluence of the Surgical Education and Training programme on the Fellowship Examination.
- Spencer W Beasley and Narelle Hardware.
- Court of Examiners, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. spencer.beasley@cdhb.health.nz
- ANZ J Surg. 2013 Jun 1;83(6):438-40.
AbstractIntroduction of an increasingly competence-based Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Surgical Education and Training (SET) programme has influenced the nature and conduct of the Fellowship Examination (FEX). The FEX is the final summative assessment taken near the completion of SET training, and is aligned to the other SET assessment processes. It mainly tests two of the nine RACS surgical competencies, focusing on professional judgement and the clinical application of knowledge. It is used to help determine whether candidates are safe to practise unsupervised at consultant level. There have been refinements to a number of the processes including standard setting, blueprinting, developing marking descriptors and improving the reliability and validity of the examination. An Examiners' Training Course has also been introduced.© 2013 The Authors. ANZ Journal of Surgery © 2013 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
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