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RACS hosts the first post COVID-19 global health forum
RACS Global Health is proud to have hosted a preliminary online session of the first post-COVID-19 all colleges, societies and organisations in a global health forum recently. This important forum is a unique coming together of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand colleges, specialist medical colleges and international partners including government, hospitals, and non-government representatives. RACS Global Health had initially hoped to hold the forum as a singular inperson event on 20 September. This was unfortunately disrupted by Melbourne’s most recent lockdown due to COVID-19 community transmission and the closing of state and international borders. The disruption however, as it often has, provided a useful opportunity to bring together a smaller group of colleagues and peers to revive an important goal of this group prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the development of a draft mutually-agreed terms of reference, or ways of working for this critical gathering of global health professionals. Facilitated by external, independent consultants, the discussions captured a range of priorities, goals and objectives of the various participating colleges, societies and organisations to help form the basis of broader discussions at the larger, in-person forum in February. During this meeting, RACS Global Health and participating organisations had the privilege to hear from some of our partners in the Pacific, including the Honourable Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete, the Minister of Health in Fiji and Ms Selina Motofaga, Clinical Services Adviser at Pacific Community-SPC also in Fiji. The two special guests discussed the challenges faced by Fiji and Pacific Island nations as a result of COVID-19, and how this vital group of peers can work to support locally led efforts to improve surgical and other health outcomes in the Pacific communities.
RACS Global Health will soon distribute a 'save the date' notice and agenda for the second part of the forum, to be held in early February 2022. The Global Health Forum looks forward to welcoming our colleagues and peers in person from across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and hopefully the wider region at our offices in Melbourne.
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Notice of error
19 October 2021
Editors of Surgical News Via email: surgical.news@surgeons.org
To Whom it May Concern,
I’m writing to advise of an error in a recent article titled “Making flexible surgical training accessible for everyone” printed in Surgical News, Volume 22, Issue 4, pages 40 to 41.
In the fourth paragraph, the article erroneously included Vascular Surgery in a group of specialities that are ‘...yet to offer part-time (job share or stand-alone) positions to their Trainees...’. The truth is that the Vascular Surgery Board made provisions for part-time training inn 2017, and a part-time post has been accredited since 2018.
I am requesting that this fact is acknowledged, and a correction is printed in the next edition.
Kind Regards,
Mr Peter Charalabidis, FRACS Chair, Board of Vascular Surgery
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