Welcome the new RACS President

05/09/23 • 18 min

This month, we welcome the College’s new president, Associate Professor Kerin Fielding. Based in the New South Wales regional centre of Wagga Wagga since 1992, Assoc Prof Fielding has been a role model to younger surgeons working in rural areas.

She was the first woman in New South Wales to become an orthaepedic surgeon, and only the third in Australia. She’s also an associate professor with the University of Notre Dame.

Assoc Prof Fielding discusses what her priorities are, and what she hopes to achieve in her role as President.

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She was the first woman in New South Wales to become an orthaepedic surgeon, and only the third in Australia. She’s also an associate professor with the University of Notre Dame.

Assoc Prof Fielding discusses what her priorities are, and what she hopes to achieve in her role as President.

RACS Post Op Podcast is proudly brought to you by leading financial services organisation the Bongiorno National Network: https://bongiorno.com.au/about-us/our-bongiorno-national-network/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pathway for specialist international medical graduates

Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) with formal postgraduate specialist qualifications in surgery who wish to work in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand can apply to RACS for an assessment of their qualifications and experience.

Graeme Campbell, Clinical Director for SIMG Assessment & Support at RACS, explains the application process, which includes exams for some, supervised practice and face-to-face interviews.

SIMG Overview
https://www.surgeons.org/en/SIMGs/simg-overview

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Striving for better Indigenous health

The Surgical Education & Training (SET) One-Year scholarship that Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri received is an opportunity she says to help continue her passion to promote health equity among Indigenous people, particularly among the Maori and Pacifika community of Aotearoa New Zealand.

That passion is exemplified by many things she’s done, including her PhD research, which focused on investigating equity in access to bariatric surgery for Māori, and also understanding how health benefits could be optimised for Māori post-surgery.
Having a safe and supportive workplace – that’s inclusive of everyone – is an important step, she says, for the greater good of patients.

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