About Us

Mission, Vision & Values

Mission

The key function of GSA is to ensure the provision of high quality, comprehensive Specialist General Surgical services to the Australian community, through the promotion of specialist training, continuing professional development, and audit for its members.

Vision

GSA aims to be the body representing Specialist General Surgery in Australia, through:

• Promoting and supporting education and training programs that produce Specialist General Surgeons of the highest professional standard
• Assuming responsibility for Specialist General Surgical training, to the level of Fellowship of RACS
• Promoting and supporting education and training programs that produce Specialist General Surgeons of the highest professional standard
• Ensuring that Specialist General Surgeons maintain the highest standards of professional competence
• Providing GSA members with valuable benefits and services that support their professional lives as Specialist General Surgeons
• Promoting research into Specialist General Surgical disorders, and advancing the knowledge of how such disorders are managed
• Developing an autonomous, well-functioning society for Specialist General Surgeons, while maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with other specialty societies, interest groups, and professional bodies
• Promoting the reputation of Specialist General Surgery in the Australian community
• Promoting GSA as the authority for Specialist General Surgery in Australia, and having the Society recognised as such by government, health groups, and the wider community
• Developing efficient and economical administrative processes for the management of GSA and its resources
• Implementing processes that provide a secure financial position for GSA

Values

The core values of the society, which underlie all of its activities, are excellence, accountability, and transparency. GSA promotes the highest standard of surgical care for the Australian community, based on expertise, compassion, ethical practice, conscientiousness, and scholarship.

In pursuing its objectives, GSA aims to provide exceptional customer service and seeks to protect the interests of both its members and the wider community.