Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)

The Royal College of Surgeons is a generic term which may be applied to any of six professional bodies worldwide. The Colleges are located in and are named for England, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Australasia and Canada. They are independent organisations but all have the same core functions, namely the teaching, training, and assessment of surgeons and the maintenance of surgical standards. Four of the Royal Colleges, those of England, Edinburgh, Ireland and Australasia are concerned primarily with surgical and dental surgical matters, while those in Canada and Glasgow deal also with the education and assessment of physicians. Another college, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, is concerned with the regulation of dentists in the province of Ontario, Canada.