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The Royal Australian and New Zealand College
of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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SURGICAL SKILLS SURVEY FOR RANZCOG
TRAINEES AND RECENT FELLOWS
TRAINING DETAILS
Age
Training or Practising Country
State
For Trainees Only:
ITP Training Year:
Present type of training site:
For Fellows Only:
Number of years post FRANZCOG:
Practice Type:
Other
SURGICAL PROCEDURES EVALUATION
For each of the following listed procedures, please indicate:

Number : The approximate number you have performed between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006

Confidence : On a scale of 1-5, how confident are you to perform the following procedures unsupervised, where
1 = not confident at all or never peformed unsupervised
3 = average confidence or perform unsupervised half of the time
5 = very confident at all times or always perform unsupervised
Number
Confidence
Procedures
Obstetric:
B Lynch Suture
Lower Segment Caesarean Section
Classical Caesarean Section
Caesarean or Peripartum Hysterectomy
3rd or 4th Degree Tear Repair
Number
Confidence
Procedures
Obstetric:
Vaginal birth after caesarean section



Major Abdominal: (laparotomy)
Intraoperative repair of ureter

Laparoscopic:
Ovarian Cystectomy

Salpingectomy/Salpingotomy for Ectopic
Total or Subtotal Hysterectomy
Cervical Cerclage
Kielland's Forceps
Neville Barnes Forceps
Ventouse - rotation
Ventouse - non-rotation
Twin deliveries
Salpingectomy for Ectopic Pregnancy
Internal Iliac Vessel Ligation
Oophorectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy
Ovarian Cystectomy
Intraoperative repair of bowel injury


Myomectomy
Sacral colpopexy
Colposuspension
Drainage of Pelvic Abscess
Ileostomy/colostomy
Intraoperative repair of bladder injury
Dissection of pelvic ureter
Diagnostic Laparoscopy
Tubal Ligation
Dissection of dense adhesions
Diathermy of Minor Endometriosis
Excision of Moderate Endometriosis
Oophorectomy
Number
Confidence
Procedures
Laparoscopic:
Vaginal:
Hysteroscopic Resections
Other:
Insertion of uretic stent via cystoscopy
Complications:
Resection of severe endometriosis
Laparoscopic Myomectomy
Laparoscopic Burch Colposuspension
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
Hysteroscopy + D/C
Suburethral Sling Procedures
Sacrospinous Colpopexy
Anterior and Posterior Repair
Vaginal Hysterectomy
Cone Biopsy
LLETZ
Cystoscopy
Marsupialisation of Bartholin's Cyst/Abscess
Dilatation and Curettage
Endometrial Ablation
Suspected uretic injury post surgery
Suspected bladder injury post surgery
Suspected bowel injury post surgery
Vault haematoma post hysterectomy
Return to theatre for post operative intra-abdominal bleeding
For the following two questions, please rate your experiences based on the numeric scale below;
1 being very unhappy and 7 being very happy.
1. Overall (Since you started the trainig program),how happy are you with the surgical aspect of the training?
2. In your current position (this year), how happy are you with the surgical aspects of your training in 2006?
3. Currently, how much operating time do you have per week?
(1 session = 3-4 hours)
Sessions
4. How often are you the primary operator?
%
5. How often are you the assistant?
%
6. Are you involved in the decision-making process pre -operatively?
7. Are you involved in the decision-making process intra -operatively?
8. Are you involved in the decision-making process post -operatively?
9. What strategies are in place at your current institution to improve surgical skills?
10. Any other comments on the RANZCOG training?
11. Overall, how do you rate the teaching ability of your supervising consultant in these domains ; (1 = Poor,
2 = Reasonable, 3 = Excellent):


Obstetric
Abdominal
Laparoscopic
Vaginal
Complications
12. When was the last time you studied female pelvic anatomy?:


years ago
Fellows Only
13. Do you feel that the surgical training during the 6 year program is suffiicent to equip trainees to practise competently and independently?:


The RANZCOG Continuing Professional Development Committee has approved this survey for distribution to the College membership. This approval in no way constitutes ethics approval nor endorses the statements of opinion expressed in the survey or any publication arising from the survey's finding.
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