This workshop session will be run by two Accredited surgical registrars in the new RACS training programme who are completing their first year of training in a regional training hospital
The workshop will be interactive and audience participation is welcome . It will also be educational in the sense it will provide - current information on new training systems of surgical training
- who and how you apply
- who to approach if your interest is rural surgery
-cost of training- financial and personal
- advice received on the way
- other special interest groups in Surgery
-how to navigate the dinosaurs
- how to ask for time off when it is needed

Many medical students and early career residents present to rural regional placements with enthusiasm, but with a limited understanding of the new training model ,and its impact on other life challenges
Dr Jess and Dr Hiro hope to expose some of the "Myths " and explore the challenges and how they are dealing with them in their early chosen career path