SECAS was founded by a group of surgeons who found that the practical questions of early academic practice were difficult to raise within their own departments. Which service requests to accept. How an administrative role can be given a title and a measurable outcome. Where protected time comes from, and how it is retained.
Departments answer these questions differently, and the answers are rarely documented. The society was established to make that knowledge easier to obtain from peers at other institutions.
SECAS is a peer society rather than a credentialing body. It confers no certification, issues no rankings, and charges no dues. Its output is a written record of what colleagues have tried, and a directory that makes the next question easy to route.