SET PROGRAM COURSES AND SEMINARS

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Compulsory Courses

The College ASSET Course, CCrISP Course and EMST Course are compulsory during training. Trainees are advised to register as soon as is practical after appointment. Registration and delivery of the courses are managed by the College with a fee charged. For further information on the courses please visit the College website.

Recognition of Prior Learning for the ASSET Course, CCrISP Course and EMST Course may be considered in accordance with the Board Recognition of Prior Learning Regulations.

The requirements and performance standards for compulsory courses, noting that they may be completed at an earlier point, are:

 

1. SET1 trainees must satisfactorily complete the ASSET Course
2. SET1 trainees must satisfactorily complete the CCrISP Course
3. SET2 trainees must satisfactorily complete the EMST Course

 

Compulsory Training Seminars

The training seminars deliver topics, on a rotational basis which an emphasis on the competencies of medical expertise, technical expertise and judgement, and clinical decision making. The seminar topics are:

 

1. Cerebrovascular and Radiosurgery
2. Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation
3. Paediatric Neurosurgery
4. Peripheral Nerve, Pain and Epilepsy
5. Neurosurgical Tumours
6. Spinal Surgery

The training seminars will be held in venues throughout Australasia . Expenses incurred in attending the seminars are the responsibility of the trainee. Trainees are responsible for their own accommodation and travel arrangements. The requirements and performance standards for compulsory training seminars, noting that they may be completed at an earlier point, are:

 

1. Attendance at training seminars during SET1 is optional but not compulsory.
2. Trainees must satisfactorily complete two compulsory training seminars for each year during SET2, 3, 4 and 5.
3. Trainees must satisfactorily complete one compulsory training seminar during SET6.

 

Regulations and Courses and Seminars

Section 7 of the Regulations Handbook relating to courses and training seminars can be downloaded by trainees and some categories of NSA members if they are logged in.