Norman Swan
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first heard Jul 2005
last heard 4d ago
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Most of them are doing it because they want a fellowship.
They want a fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
And they're hoping this is the pathway to that.
And I s and I suppose what your strategy is saying is, well, we'll make them slightly better surgeons because we'll give them a bit of training, but they might never become an accredited surgeon.
With the fellowship, able to practice independently and so on.
So you're you're kind of cementing
This process, aren't you?
So is it a lack of
Consultant surgeons, let's say vascular plastic general surgeons who can actually supervise these registrars, is it that there's not physically enough space for them?
What exactly is the issue?
Is it a funding issue that the states might not fund another accredited training spot?
imagine there are enough funded positions.
I'm still I'm still missing something here.
Because I think Priya's question is really are there enough consultants?
So that which is really my question.
There is a problem with surgeons in the public system in Australia.
I don't know about New Zealand, but certainly in Australia.
Um a lot of them are doing private work.
And I certainly know, for example, in general orthopedics, it's a bit of a
challenge to get uh orthopaedic surgeons enough to cover the needs of s of orthopedic surgery.
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