The objective of the PFET Program in Trauma Surgery is to train surgeons to a standard where they are regarded as specialists in the surgical care of the severely injured. It is expected that the surgeon who has successfully completed the PFET Program in Trauma Surgery is able to receive and resuscitate a severely injured patient, perform time-critical resuscitative surgical procedures, deliver definitive surgical and perioperative care relevant to their primary surgical specialty, and to coordinate and facilitate the surgical and perioperative care relevant to other surgical specialties as required.

The PFET Program in Trauma Surgery Curriculum outlines the core modules of the program via specialty: General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery and, Vascular Surgery. Curriculum requirements are therefore applicable to surgeons who have completed General, Orthopaedic, or Vascular surgical training. It is intended that the PFET Program in Trauma Surgery will build on the trauma component of the Surgical Education and Training (SET) Program of each of these specialties.