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AUSTIN SURGERYEDUCATION PROGRAM 2012

Department o Surgery Austin Health


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Austin Surgery Publication Volume 9 Issue 1

Copyright 2012 The University o Melbourne Department o Surgery, Austin Health.

Designed, Edited and Produced by V Muralidharan

Photography by C Malcontenti-Wilson

Printed by Digital Print Centre, The University o Melbourne

Disclosure: Printing o this publication is kindly inanced by Investec Medical Finance

Administrative Support

Austin Surgery Education Program

Kim McAughtry

The University o Melbourne

Department o Surgery

Austin Health

Level 8, Lance Townsend Building,

Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084

T: + 61 3 9496 5468

F:+ 61 3 9458 1650

E: [email protected]

W: www.austinsurgery.unimelb.edu.au

The major ocus o The University o Melbourne Department o Surgery, Austin Health

is the development and delivery o high quality surgical education and training. The

Department provides a comprehensive surgical education program to both undergraduate

and postgraduate students in parallel with the clinical surgical training delivered by the

members o the Division o Surgery. In addition the department provides opportunities or

scientic research in a wide variety o elds in a warm, riendly and collegial atmosphere.

Four separate research groups with international repute provide excellent oppportunities

or advancement in both basic science and clinical research. Researchers and studentshave easy access to supervisors and support and close supervision at all times.

Modern acilities and easy access to transport ensure a pleasant working environment.


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Table o Contents

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WELCOME MESSAGE 5................................................................................................................

SURGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM 6................................................................................................................

EDUCATION PROGRAM SUMMARY 7................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SURGICAL TRAINEES 8................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SPECIALIST SURGICAL TRAINEES 10................................................................................................................

SURGICAL TRAINEES & ROTATIONS NSET 12................................................................................................................

SURGICAL TRAINEE ROTATIONS SET 2-5 14................................................................................................................

SURGICAL TRAINEE ROTATIONS SET 1 16................................................................................................................

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SHOCK & AWE EXAM PREP COURSE 17................................................................................................................

SURGERY TUTORIALS & JOURNAL CLUBS 18................................................................................................................

SURGICAL FORUM 20................................................................................................................

SURGICAL FORUM - INVITED LECTURES 21................................................................................................................

MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSOR - INVESTEC 22................................................................................................................

SURGICAL FORUM - ANNUAL AUDITS 24................................................................................................................

DIVISION OF SURGERY WEEKLY AUDIT & MEETING 25................................................................................................................

CLINICAL CASE DISCUSSIONS 26................................................................................................................

SATURDAY SURGICAL SEMINARS 27................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SET1 SSE / CE EXAM COURSE 30...............................................................................................................

SURGICAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS 32...............................................................................................................

SET MOCK INTERVIEWS 31

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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SURGERY 34................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SURGERY TRAINING & RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS 36.................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SURGERY RESEARCH PRIZE 37................................................................................................................

MASTERS OF SURGICAL EDUCATION 38................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SURGERY TRAINEES DINNER 39................................................................................................................

AUSTIN SURGERY WEB SITE 40................................................................................................................

DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS 41................................................................................................................

IMPORTANT DATES 42................................................................................................................


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Welcome Message

We wish to welcome all Surgical Trainees together with all members o the Division o Surgery to

the General Surgery Education Program or the year 2012. This program is aimed at providing a

comprehensive series o tutorials, seminars and journal club sessions to Surgical Trainees at all levels.

It also provides participation to all members o the Division o Surgery through the Surgical Forumsand the Annual Surgical Unit Audits. The strength o the program and its success over the past eight

years has been predominantly due to the commitment and dedication by the members o the Division

o Surgery who have volunteered their valuable time or the benet o our trainees.

The program continues to evolve each year based on the general attendance, impact and eedback

received rom both trainees and consultants. A number o changes have been incorporated in to the

program or 2012 to reduce the demand on trainees and surgeons while concentrating the teaching in

to manageable segments. The Saturday Surgical Seminars held once a month on Saturday aternoons

have been an outstanding success with record attendances by trainees and have been open to all

surgical trainees in Victoria. Another notable success was the new SET1 reresher course or trainees

preparing or the surgical sciences and clinical examinations. The program will remain concentrated

between April and November 2012.

Some o the changes to the Surgical Education program or 2012 will demand an increased and pro-

active role by trainees in successully implementing it. This includes a greater role in dening the

content o the Journal Clubs as well as more emphasis on the Trainee Education Co-ordinator to

ensure a seamless progression o educational activities.

On Friday the 3rd o December 2011 the third Annual Austin Surgical Trainee Dinner was hosted by

the trainees to demonstrate their appreciation o the time and eort imparted to them by the Surgeons

and Fellows o the Austin Hospital. This will be held in 2012 at the same venue on Saturday the 1st o

December. Finally, the Austin Research Prize will be held on Tuesday the 27th o December 2012 and

we encourage all surgical trainees to participate.

We wish to emphasize that the program is open to anyone who is interested rom the Austin and

other centres, including all Surgical Trainees, Unaccredited Registrars, Surgical HMOs, Interns and

International Medical Graduates. The success o this program is dependent on active participation

rom all Surgical Trainees and sta members.

Thank you to all the members o the Division who participate in the surgical education program and we

look orward to another successul year.

Pro C Christophi

Head. Department o Surgery

Austin Health

V Muralidharan

Convenor

Surgical Education Program


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Surgical Education Program

INTRODUCTION: All Surgical Trainees are expcted to participate in the Surgical Education

Program. This program provides a continuous series o educational activities or trainees at

all levels. Since its inception in 2003, the program has continued to evolve and at present

encompasses a wide range o topics that is intended to provide a broad knowledge base.

SURGICAL TRAINEE REPRESENTATIVE: Two trainee representatives based at the Austin

Hospital are chosen (usually SET4 trainees) to co-ordinate the Surgical Education Program. It

will be the trainee representatives responsibility to communicate with the relevant tutors in

advance to conrm the sessions or make alternative arrangements i necessary. One trainee

would be the designated contact person or SET2+ trainees while the other designated to

cordinate the SET1 and NSET trainees.

ATTENDANCE: Attendance is MANDATORY or all SET trainees based at the Austin Hospital.

All trainees including those on regional rotations are expected to attend the Saturday Surgical

Seminars. Surgical HMOs and Interns are also strongly encouraged to participate.

ABSENCE: Trainees who are unable to attend a particular session are expected to inorm the

Surgical Trainee representative so that apologies may be noted. I trainees are unable to attend

a session where they are expected to present, they must make alternate arrangements.

SURGICAL EDUCATION PAGER: Austin Hospital Lanpage No 6770 is linked to all surgical

HMO and registrar pagers to enable group paging or educational sessions

SURGICAL SUPERVISORS & REPRESENTATIVES

Mr Andrew Bui Tel: 94965000 Email: [email protected]

Supervisor, Surgical Education & Training (SET) 2-5

Mr Vijayaragavan Muralidharan Tel: 94963574 Email: [email protected]

Supervisor, Surgical Education & Training (SET) 1

Convenor, Surgical Education Program

Mr Michael Fink Tel: 94965796 Email: [email protected]

Supervisor, Prevocational Surgical Training

Dr Cris Cuthbertson Tel: 0412736283 Email: [email protected]

Surgical Trainee Representative

Dr Jocelyn Lippey Tel: 0416265543 Email: [email protected]

Surgical Trainee Representative


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Surgical Education Program Overview

DAY TIME ACTIVITY VENUE

TUESDAY 0700 - 0800 SURGERY TUTORIALS

(Weekly, April - November)

Journal Club

(Monthly, April - November)

Howard Eddey Library

Level 8 LTB

0700 - 0730

0730 - 0830

Light Breakast

SURGICAL FORUM

INVITED LECTURES

(Weekly, February - June)

ANNUAL AUDTS

(Weekly, July - November)

Lecture Theatre

Level 8 LTB

THURSDAY 0700 - 0730

0730 - 0830

Light Breakast

SURGICAL UNIT WEEKLYAUDIT

(Weekly, February - December)

Lecture Theatre

Level 8 LTB

FRIDAY 0700 - 0800 Clinical Case Discussions

(Fortnightly, April - November)

Howard Eddey Library

Level 8 LTB

SATURDAY 1400 - 1630 SATURDAY SEMINARS

(Monthly, April - November)

Lecture Theatre

Level 8 LTB

SATURDAY 17 NOV 2012 SET1 Exam Preparation Course: Part 1

SATURDAY 24 NOV 2012 SET1 Exam Preparation Course: Part 2

TUESDAY 27 NOV 2012 Austin Surgery Research Prize

SATURDAY 8 DEC 2012 Austin Trainee Dinner


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Austin Health Junior Surgical Trainees

SURGICAL HMO 3

Danny ABDULAHAD,

Jessica (Jia Min) CHAN

Greg CHANG

Tony CHEN

Chee Seng CHOW

Justin EASTON

SURGICAL HMO 2

Yvonne BAKER

Lauren BRIGGS

Susannah BROUGHTON

Jonathan FONG

Luke GIBSON

Yuen Chiu KANG

Gemma KIELY

Lesley LAM

Jonathon LO

Andrew MACKAY

Melanie MATTHEWS

George MILLER

Michael OBRIEN

Nisal PERERA

Grace SCHWARTZ

Lilly SHEN

Jimmy TSENG

David MAO

Ryan POWER

Hardeep SANDHU

Amar SOADI

Nibo WU

Chunxiao (Don) ZHANG

Jason GOH

Olivia HERDIMAN

Kacharan KOGHAR

Aaron KOH

Tze Lui KOH

Lisa LIM

General Surgery Trainee Representatives

Since their inception in 2009 the General Surgery Trainee Representatives have

played a major role in liaising between trainees and their teachers and ensuring the

smooth running o the Surgical Education program. Given the increasing number o

trainees based at Austin Hub two trainees will be assigned the role to be sharedbetween them. The trainee reps will also play an increasing role in determining the

content o the sessions, in particular they will be instrumental in the running o the

journal clubs.

In addition to their role in coordinating the education sessions they will also mentor

junior surgical trainees and act as a link between trainees and their respective super-

visors.

Dr Cris Cuthbertson Email: [email protected]

General Surgery Trainee Representative & Mentor or SET1 trainees

Dr Jocelyn Lippey Email: [email protected]

General Surgery Trainee Representative & Mentor or NSET trainees


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Austin Health General Surgery Trainees

SET 2 - 5 TRAINEES

Yahya AL-HABBAL SET2Kevin CHU (Urology) SET2

Holly HARMAN SET2

Narotum JOOTUN SET2

David LIU SET2

Noel RAMDWAR SET2

Catherine RUDINSKI (Paed) SET2

Synn Lyn CHIN SET3

Rhiannon KOIRALA SET3

Krinal MORI SET3

Raymond YAP SET3

Cris CUTHBERTSON SET 4

Jocelyn LIPPEY SET 4

David GOH SET 5

Kevin HUNG SET 5

Mary Ann JOHNSON SET 5

Benjamin KEONG SET 5

Ying-Ruey YONG SET 5

SET 1 TRAINEES

Luke BRADSHAW

Katharine GUGGENHEIMERChon Han LIEW

Geraldine OOI

Wei Ming OOI

Enoch WONG

Esther YU

SET TRAINEES - NON CLINICAL

Laurence LAU SET 3 (Research)

Zeng YAP SET 4 (Research)

Tanya DEAN SET2 (Personal Time)

Ruwangi UDAYASIRI SET1 (Personal Time)

SURGICAL FELLOWS

Colorectal Fellow : Alex WONG

Endocrine Fellow: Vivian YU

HPB Fellow: David YEO

HPB Fellow: Drago IORGULESCU

UGI Fellow: James ASKEW

NON-SET TRAINEES (UNACCREDITED)

Modher AL-SHAWI Peng Luen (Nicholas) LOW

Mohamed ASHOUR Sandhya MENDON

Simon BAZADUUT Alayne MOREIRA

Emily CHEN Amal ROYAN

Chun CHONG Gaurang SHAH

Murtaza DUNGARWALLA Ashwini SUPPERAMOHAN

Robindeep Singh GILL Muhammed Farruk TUFAIL

Su Kah GOH James WALCOTT

Rajan KAILAINATHAN


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Austin Health Specialist Surgery Trainees

UNIT FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

CARDIAC SURGERY

Accredited CardiacRegistrar Sean Glavin Sean Glavin

Unaccredited CardiacRegistrar

BalaSrinivasan

TBA TBA

General Surgery (NSET)Registrar

SubodhKamble

Peng Low James Walcott Ashwini

Supperamohan

ENT / HEAD & NECK

ENT Registrar Nicholas Agar (SET5) Nicholas Agar (SET5)

ENT Registrar Dan Gordon (SET4) Dan Gordon (SET4)

MAXILLO FACIAL UNIT

Maxillo Facial Registrar Rob Witherspoon Sam Verco

Maxillo Facial HMO Anthony Barberi Anthony Barberi

NEUROSURGERY

Epilepsy Fellow Paula Ferrara Paula Ferrara

Accredited Registrar Antonio Tsahtsarlis Antonio Tsahtsarlis

Unaccredited Registrar Chandran Perera Chandran Perera

OPHTHALMOLOGY UNIT

Accredited Registrar Elaine Chong Elaine Chong

PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

Accredited Registrar Natasha Laidler Natasha Laidler

PLASTIC SURGERY

Accredited Registrar Simon Chong (SET4) Robert Gilmore (SET2)

Accredited Registrar Mark Seiman (SET1) Jeanaette Ting (SET2)

Unaccredited Registrar Danielle Nizzerro Danielle Nizzerro


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Austin Health Specialist Surgery Trainees

UNIT FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Accredited Registrar Matthew Barnes Craig Brown

Accredited Registrar Craig Brown Emily Kong

Accredited Registrar David Slattery Adam Watson

Unaccredited Registrar Pamela Boekel Pamela Boekel

Unaccredited Registrar Rachel Blackshaw Rachel Blackshaw

Adult Reconstruction &Joint Replacement Fellow

Anish Amin

Fellow: Knee Surgery Nigel Hartnett TBA

Fellow: Spinal Surgery Girish Nair Girish Nair

THORACIC SURGERY

Accredited Registrar Patrick Pritzwald - Stegman Patrick Pritzwald - Stegman

General Surgery Registrar Kevin Hung (SET5) Yahya Al Habbal (SET2)

UROLOGY UNIT

Accredited UrologyRegistrar

Kevin Chu (SET3) Kevin Chu (SET3)

Accredited Urology

Registrar

Renu Eapen (SET5) Renu Eapen (SET5)

Urology Fellow - Clinical Gregory Jack Gregory Jack

Urology Fellow - Clinical Rustom Manecksha Rustom Manecksha

VASCULAR SURGERY

Accredited VascularRegistrar

Domenic Robinson (SET4) Domenic Robinson (SET4

General Surgery Registrar Simon Bazaadut (NSET) Ravish Jootun (SET2)

Vascular Fellow Barend Mees Barend Mees


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Austin Health NSET (Unaccredited) Surgical Trainees

NSET TRAINEE FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

Mohamed ASHOUR Relie Reg 2 TNH SURG 5A Night Reg 2 TSC

Modher Al-SHAWI TNH Unit 3

(SET2)

TNH Unit 3

(SET2)

Relie Reg 4 TNH Night 1

Simon BAZAADUT Vascular

(SET2)

Vascular

(SET2)

Relie Reg 2 Echuca

Emily CHEN Epworth R2 Epworth R2 Relie Reg 3 Breast

(SET2)

Chun CHONG Relie Reg 3 TNH Night 1 Epworth FM Epworth FM

Murtaza

DUNGARWALLA

Mersey Mersey TNH Night 1 Relie Reg 3

Su Kah GOH TNH SURG 5A Relie Reg 4 Hobart 2

(SET2)

Hobart 2

(SET2)

Robindeep Singh

GILL

Cardiac Surg HPBT2

(SET2)

TNH SURG 5B Relie Reg 1

Nagarajan

KAILAINATHAN

Bendigo

(SET1)

Bendigo

(SET1)

Night Reg 1 Mersey

(SET1)

Peng Luen (Nicholas)

LOW

Relie Reg 5 Cardiac Surg Echuca TNH SURG 5B

Sandhya MENDON TSC Night Reg 2 TNH SURG 5A Relie Reg 2

Alayne MOREIRA Relie Reg 1 Echuca Breast

(SET2)

TNH SURG 5A

Amal ROYAN Echuca Relie Reg 2 TSC Night Reg 2

Gaurang SHAH TNH SURG 5B TSC UGI Austin Relie Reg 4

Ashwini

SUPPERAMOHAN

Relie Reg 4 UGI Austin Relie Reg 5 Cardiac Surg

Farrukh TUFAIL TNH Night 1 Relie Reg 3 Epworth R2 Epworth R2

James WALCOTT HPBT2

(SET2)

TNH SURG 5B Cardiac Surg Relie Reg 5


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Austin Health NSET (Unaccredited) Surgical Rotations

UNIT / HOSPITAL FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

AUSTIN ROTATIONS

The Surgery Centre(TSC)

SandhyaMendon

Gaurang Shah Amal Royan MohamedAshour

Cardiac Surg Robindeep

Singh Gill

Peng Low James Walcott AshwiniSupperamohan

Night Reg 1 Esther Yu Chon HannLiew

RajanKailanathan

Luke Bradshaw

Night Reg 2 Ying RueyYong

SandhyaMendon

MohamedAshour

Amal Royan

METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE ROTATIONS

TNH SURG 5A Su Kah Goh MohamedAshour

SandhyaMendon

Alayne Moreira

TNH SURG 5B Gaurang Shah JamesWalcott

Robindeep

Singh Gill

Peng Low

TNH Night 1 Farrukh Tuail Chun Chong MurtazaDungarwalla

Modher Al-Shawi

Epworth R2 Emily Chen Emily Chen Farrukh Tuail Farrukh Tuail

VICTORIAN REGIONAL ROTATIONS

Echuca Amal Royan AlayneMoreira

Peng Low SimonBazaadut

RELIEVING REGISTRAR

Relie Reg 1 Alayne Moreira Wei Ming Ooi KatharineGuggenheimer

Robindeep

Singh Gill

Relie Reg 2 MohamedAshour

Amal Royan SimonBazaadut

SandhyaMendon

Relie Reg 3 Chun Chong Farrukh Tuail Emily Chen MurtazaDungarwalla

Relie Reg 4 AshwiniSupperamohan

Su Kah Goh Modher Al-Shawi

Gaurang Shah

Relie Reg 5 Peng Low Ying RueyYong

AshwiniSupperamohan

James Walcott

OVERLEAF:SET2 positions led by NSET trainees are marked in red; SET1 positions lled by NSET

trainees are marked in blue.


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Austin Health Surgical Trainees SET 2-5

TRAINEE SET

YEAR

ROTATION 1

Feb 12 - Jul 12

ROTATION 2

Aug 12 - Jan 13

Yahya AL-HABBAL SET2 Bendigo 2 Thoracic

Holly HARMAN SET2 Hamilton TNH Th/Vasc

Narotum JOOTUN SET2 Burnie Vascular

Chu Yin LIP (Urology) SET2 Shepparton Hobart 1

David LIU SET2 Hobart 2 Bendigo 2

Noel RAMDWAR SET2 Hobart 1 Burnie

Catherine RUDINSKI (Paed) SET2 TNH Th Vasc HPBT2

Synn Lyn CHIN SET3 Alice Springs Launceston

Rhiannon KOIRALA SET 3 Bendigo 1 Alice Springs

Krinal MORI SET 3 Colorectal Shepparton

Raymond YAP SET 3 Launceston TNH3

Cris CUTHBERTSON SET 4 HPBT 1 Colorectal

Jocelyn LIPPEY SET 4 TNH1 UGI

David GOH SET 5 Breast TNH1

Kevin HUNG SET 5 Thoracics (Austin) TNH2

Mary Ann JOHNSON SET 5 UGI HPBT1

Benjamin KEONG SET 5 TNH3 (CRS) Hamilton

Ying-Ruey YONG SET 5 Nights/Relieving Bendigo 1

Laurence LAU SET 3 Research Research

Zeng YAP SET 4 Research Research

* Non SET Trainees identied in red.


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Austin Health Surgical Rotations SET 2-5

UNIT ROTATION 1

Feb 12 - Jul 12

SET

YR

ROTATION 2

Aug 12 - Jan 13

SET

YR

AUSTIN HOSPITAL

HPB/T 1 Cris Cuthbertson 4 Mary Ann JOHNSON 5

HPB/T 2 James Walcott RobindeepSingh Gill

U Catherine Rudinski 2

BREAST David GOH 5 Alayne Moreira Emily Chen U

UGI / ENDOCRINE Mary Ann JOHNSON 5 Jocelyn LIPPEY 4

COLORECTAL Krinal MORI 3 Cris Cuthbertson 4

VASCULAR Simon Bazaadut U Narotum Jootun 2

THORACIC Kevin HUNG 5 Yahya Al-Habbal 2

THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL

TNH Unit 1 Jocelyn LIPPEY 4 David GOH 5

TNH Unit 2 Benjamin KEONG 5 Raymond YAP 3

TNH Unit 3 Modher Al-Shawi U St Vincents Trainee

TNH Unit 4 St Vincents Trainee Kevin Hung 5

TNH Thor / Vasc Catherine Rudinski 2 Holly Harman 2

VICTORIAN REGIONAL HOSPITALS

BENDIGO 1 Rhiannon KOIRALLA 3 Ying-Ruey YONG 5

BENDIGO 2 Yahya Al-Habbal 2 David Liu 2

HAMILTON Holly Harman 2 Benjamin KEONG 5

SHEPPARTON Chew Yin Lip 2 Krinal MORI 3

TASMANIAN HOSPITALS

BURNIE Narotum Jootun 2 Noel Ramdwar 2

HOBART 1 Noel Ramdwar 2 Chew Yin Lip 2

HOBART 2 David Liu 2 Su Kah Goh U

LAUNCESTON Raymond YAP 3 Synn Lyn CHIN 3

INTERSTATE HOSPITALS

ALICE SPRINGS Synn Lyn CHIN 3 Rhiannon KOIRALLA 3


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Austin Health SET1 Surgical Trainees

SET1 TRAINEE FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

Luke BRADSHAW Burnie Burnie Trauma (AH) Night Reg 1

KatharineGUGGENHEIMER

Launceston Launceston Relie Reg 1 Trauma (AH)

Chon Hann LIEW UGI Austin Night Reg 1 Epworth R1 Epworth R1

Geraldine OOI Epworth FM Trauma (AH) Burnie Burnie

Wei Ming OOI Trauma (AH) Relie Reg 1 Launceston Launceston

Enoch WONG Epworth R1 Epworth R1 Mersey UGI Austin

Esther YU Night Reg 1 Epworth FM Bendigo Bendigo

Austin Health SET1 Surgical Rotations

UNIT /

HOSPITAL

FEB-APR MAY-JUL AUG-OCT NOV-JAN

METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE ROTATIONS

Epworth 1 (R) Enoch Wong Enoch Wong Chon HannLiew

Chon HannLiew

Epworth (FM) Geraldine Ooi Esther Yu Chun Chong Chun Chong

Trauma (Alred) Wei Ming Ooi Geraldine Ooi LukeBradshaw

KatharineGuggenheimer

UGI/Endo (Austin) Chon HannLiew

AshwiniSupperamohan

Gaurang Shah Enoch Wong

VICTORIAN & TASMANIAN REGIONAL ROTATIONS

Bendigo RajanKailanathan

RajanKailanathan

Esther Yu Esther Yu

Burnie LukeBradshaw

Luke Bradshaw Geraldine Ooi Geraldine Ooi

Launceston KatharineGuggenheimer

KatharineGuggenheimer

Wei Ming Ooi Wei Ming Ooi

Mersey MurtazaDungarwalla

MurtazaDungarwalla

Enoch Wong RajanKailanathan

* Non SET Trainees identied in red.


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Shock and Awe

Time: 0700 0800 Day: Tuesday & Friday

Duration: February - March

Venue: Howard Eddey Library, Dept o Surgery, Level 8, LTB.

Content: The ormat o the tutorials will be at the discretion o the tutor.

Preparation: These sessions are specically aimed at the candidates presenting or

the FRACS examinations. Tutors will be targeting the exam candidates specically. Trainees

not presenting or the exams are also adviced to attend as observers as they will gain

tremendously in terms o examination technique and skills.

DATE DAY SURGEON

7 February Tuesday T Hyett

10 February Friday C Christophi

14 February Tuesday V Muralidharan

17 February Friday A Bui

21 February Tuesday H K Lim

24 February Friday S W Loh

28 February Tuesday A Aly

2 March Friday G Starkey

6 March Tuesday M Nikarjam

9 March Friday C Christophi

The GSA Victorian Fellowship Exam Course will be held between the 12 - 23 March 2012

rotating through various hospitals. It will be held at Austin as ollows:

20 March AM Lectures and Exam Preparation Lecture Theatre Lvl 8 LTB

20 March PM Clinical Demonstrations Outpatients Lvl 3 LTB


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Surgery Tutorials & Journal Clubs

Time: 0700 0800 Day: Tuesday


Tutorials: The ormat will be at the discretion o the tutor. Trainees should prepare

or the tutorials by doing pre reading rom text books and published

articles in order to obtain the maximum benet rom each tutorial.

Journal Clubs: The Surgical Trainee Representative will liaise with the tutor and assign

articles to the trainees to review. Each trainee should have a relevant

journal article ready or discussion.

DATE TOPIC SURGEON

3-Apr Benign Breast Disorders Sunil Jassa l

10-Apr Infammatory Bowel Disease Adele Burgess

17-Apr Approach to the Solitary Thyroid Nodule Bill Fleming

24-Apr Journal Club: Breast Surgery Lindsay Castles

1-May Surgery or Liver Trauma Graham Starkey

8-May RACS ASC Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

15-May Oesophageal Carcinoma Tom Sweeney

22-May Mastalgia and Nipple Discharge Su Wen Loh

29-May Journal Club: Colorectal Surgery Alex Wong

5-Jun Anorectal Incontinence / Rectal prolapse Richard Brouwer

12-Jun Parathyroid dieseases Jane Harding

19-Jun Benign Liver Tumours V Muralidharan

26-Jun Journal Club: HPB - Liver Surgery David Yeo


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TUESDAY

DATE TOPIC SURGEON

3-Jul Oesophageal motility disordes and GORD Ian Michell

10-Jul Mx o Early Breast Cancer Caroline Baker

17-Jul The Dicult Colectomy Andrew Bui

24-Jul Journal Club: UGI - Obesity surgery Hou Kiat Lim

31-Jul Investigating the Adrenal incidentaloma Bill Fleming

7-Aug Splenectomy / Splenorrhaphy Michael Fink

14-Aug Gastrectomy or Malignancy Ahmad Aly

21-Aug Journal Club: Endocrine Surgery Vivian YU

28-Aug Surgery or Benign Breast Disorders Anthony Hyett

4-Sep Bowel Anastomotic Techniques Ian Pilmer

11-Sep Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Jason Tan

18-Sep Journal Club: General Surgery Jason Tan

25-Sep Principles o Liver Resection Chirs Christophi

2-Oct Oesophagel Peroration & Fistulae Khiran Bhatia

9-Oct Complications o Breast Surgery Elaine Bevington

16-Oct Journal Club: Gastric Surgery James Askew

23-Oct Lower GI Fistulae Adele Burgess

30-Oct Adrenal Surgery Steve Farrell

6-Nov MELBOURNE CUP

13-Nov Ix o an Incidental Solitary Liver Lesion Mehrdad Nikarjam

20-Nov Journal Club: HPB - Pancreas Surgery Drago Iorgulescu

27-Nov Mesenteric ischaemia Hou Kiat Lim


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WEDNESDAY

Surgical Forum

Time: 0730 0830 (Light Breakast at 0715)

Day: Wednesday

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Dept o Surgery, Level 8, Lance Townsend Building

Content: The Surgical Forum will be conducted in two parts as described below:

INVITED LECTURES (February June)

This will be conducted in the rst hal o the year rom the 15th February to the 27th June.

Speakers have been invited by the department to deliver clinical updates on current topics.

A mix o internal and external speakers havs been chosen based on their expertise.

SURGICAL UNIT ANNUAL AUDITS (July November)

This will be conducted in the second hal o the year rom the 4th July to the 21st November.

Each unit within the Division o Surgery is allocated a single day or a presentation o their

Annual Surgical Audit.

The Austin Surgery Annual Surgical Audits provide an opportunity or all surgical units to

present their annual activity, trends, outcomes and benchmarking. The unit members are

encouraged to present the gures or the unit activity and the general and specic morbidity

and mortality rates or the previous 12 month period. The morbidity should preerably relate

to both the operation and the indication i possible (criteria auditing). All deaths should belisted. Detailed discussion o complications and deaths should be avoided as this would

have been perormed at the weekly surgical audits. However, instances where morbidity

or mortality had resulted in a change in practice should be highlighted and discussed i

necessary. I available, other data on key perormance indicators and comparative data rom

other comparable hospitals would be appreciated. The duration o the audit meeting should

be approximately 45 minutes.

All units are expected to supply an electronic version o the audit to the Department o

Surgery archives. (See Kim McAughtry)

It would be ideal i the heads o units would encourage other participating sta to attend

(apart rom the unit members) to their unit audits. This may include ward, theatre and

anaesthetic nursing sta, as well as sta rom other departments such as physiotherapy,

nutrition, etc. In addition, members o similar units rom other Melbourne hospitals may be

invited and encouraged to attend.

The Surgical Foum (Wednesday 7.30 - 8.30am) now orms part o the protected teachingtime or all surgical HMOs at Austin and thus mandatory attendance is expected.


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WEDNESDAY

Surgical Forum (February June) Invited Lectures

DATE TOPIC SPEAKER

15 February Assessment o the surgical patient D Story

22 February Optimum fuid replacement ollowing surgery R Bellomo

29 February Surgery or Spinal Trauma G Quan

7 March Maximising organ donation or transplantation M Fink

14 March Robotics in Surgery S Barnett

21 March The new MD University o Melbourne R OBrien

28 March Abdominal compartment Syndrome D Karalapillai

4 April Surgical Education - Contemporary Issues D Nestel

11 April The Articial Eye J Cosgrove

18 April Advances in Rx o Melanoma J Cebon

25 April ANZAC DAY

2 May Advances in the Rx o septic shock G Hart

9 May RACS ASC Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

16 May Minimally invasive Surgery in Orthopaedics A Hardidge

23 May Management o Aortic Aneurisms P Chu

30 May Endovascular Intervention in Neurosurgery M Brooks

6 June Surgical Management o Myocardial ischaemia P Hayward

13 June Management o the Prostatic cancer N Lawrentschuk

20 June Management o the adrenal incidentaloma S Farrell

27 June Reversing co-morbidities by obesity Surgery A Aly & J Proietto


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Dreams can still come true

The Australian dream o buying your own home is getting harder as house

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When it comes to mortgages, escalating prop-

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are orced to spend many years saving beore

they have a big enough deposit to buy their own

home.

To put this in perspective, say a home buyer

plans to purchase a residential property at the

median house price o $600,000. On top o adeposit, mortgage insurance and stamp duty

can add another $20,000 to $40,000 to a prop-

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To avoid mortgage insurance, many banks re-

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another 5 per cent to cover costs. For the me-

dian house price o $600,000 this equates to

$150,000, which is a lot o money.

Some banks add the mortgage insurance to

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is problematic because you end up paying more

in interest over the lie o the loan.

To overcome this roadblock to home ownership,

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Unlike other banks, Investec recognises thatdoctors have a lower risk prole than the aver-

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During times o market turmoil, some lenders

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against the value o the property, which means

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As a specialist bank, Investec has the ability to

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WEDNESDAY

Surgical Forum (July November) Annual Audits

DATE UNIT

4 July UGI / Endocrine Unit

11 July Radiology Unit

18 July Orthopaedic Unit

25 July Spinal Unit

1 August Urology Unit

8 August Neurosurgery Unit

15 August Ophthalmology Unit

22 August Colorectal Unit

29 August Vascular Unit

5 September Paediatric Surgery Unit

12 September Breast Unit

19 September Maxilloacial Unit

26 September Cardiac Unit

3 October Family Planning & Adolescent Gynaecology Unit

10 October Emergency Department

17 October Department o Anaesthesia

24 October Thoracic Unit

31 October Plastic Surgery Unit

7 November Intensive Care Unit

14 November ENT Head & Neck Unit

21 November HPB + Transplantation Unit


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T

HURSDAY

Division o Surgery Weekly Audit


Day: Thursday

Dates: Commences 9 February 2012; Ends 13 December 2012;


Content: The weekly audit meeting is attended by all units within the Division o

Surgery.

Audit Content: The audits should display the weekly activity o the relevant unit, including

operative, endoscopic and non operative cases. Morbidity and mortality should be listed

with all UR numbers and relevant cases discussed in detail highlighting specic issues and

any suggested corrective measures.

Audit Format: The surgical audit is presented electronically using the lectern computer

and projector.

Audit Submission: Electronic ormat o the audit should be sent to Kim McAughtry at the

Department o Surgery (T: 9496 5468; E: [email protected]) to be received latest by

1400hrs on the Wednesday preceding the Audit. These will be uploaded to the computer

in the Lecture Theatre ready or presentation. Late submissions will NOT be uploaded.

I you are unable to submit the audit in time, you may bring a copy on USB Memory Stick

and physically load it on to the computer on Thursday morning. I you plan to do this, kindly

arrive ahead o time (beore 7.15am) to load the audit and avoid disrupting the smooth fow

and conduct o the audit session.

Division o Surgery Meeting


Days: Thursday


The Division o Surgery meeting will be held once every threemonths in lieu o the audit

meeting. Surgical trainees are not required to attend but may do so i they wish.

Trainees are not required to attend.

Dates: 01 MAR 2012 07 JUN 2012

06 SEP 2012 06 DEC2012


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FRIDAY

Clinical Case Discussions

Time: 0700 0800 Day: Friday (Fortnightly)


Content: The clinical case discussions are a ortnightly open session with

Proessor Christophi and Andrew Bui which will be on a wide varitety

o surgical topics. It is also an open orum to bring up any issues

regarding training and education.

DATE TOPIC SURGEON

13 April Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

27 April Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

11 May RACS ASC Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

25 May Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

8 June Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

22 June Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

July Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

20 July Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

3 August Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

17 August Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

31 August Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

14 September Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

28 September Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

12 October Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

26 October Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui

9 November Clinical Case Discussions C Christophi

23 November Clinical Case Discussions Andrew Bui


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SATURDAY

Saturday Surgical Seminars

SATURDAY SURGICAL SEMINARS:

Time: 1400 1730

Day: Saturday (Monthly)


Each surgical seminar will consist o three parts as described below:

1330 - 1400 Lunch

1400 1430: Operative Surgery Quiz by the panel

1430 1500: Medical Updates or Surgeons

1500 1530: Trainee presentations x 2

1530 1545: Aternoon Tea1545 1630: Case presentations & quiz by Surgical Fellows

1630 1700: How I do it! by the chairperson

The aim is to provide to an interactive monthly session on a Saturday aternoon to enable

trainees rom metropolitan and regional as well as interstate rotations to participate.

Each Surgical Seminar will consist o the popular operative surgery quiz by the panel

members. This will be ollowed by a consultant physician delivering a ormal presentationon a very relevant non-surgical issue. Two trainee presentations o 15 mins each complete

the rst session. Ater s short break the surgical ellow relating to that subspecialty or one

o the SET5 trainees would present a number o case studies related to the topic discussed.

The session ends with a presentation (preerably video) by the chairperson.

The aim o each trainee presentation should be to present a concise summary o the topic

which should include an overview o current management principles, recent advances

and uture directions. Controversies in the subject should be discussed and audience

participation encouraged. Presenters are encouraged to question trainees in the audience

and vice versa. An essential part o the seminar should be a detailed study o the literature

encompassing at least the past ve years. Please do not attempt to present a text

book based account o the subject! Trainees are advised to contact the chairperson o

the session well in advance to discuss the direction and ocus o the seminar. You should

expect to begin preparation at least two to three months in advance.

All trainees except those posted interstate are expected to attend. Given the monthly

requency o the sessions, we expect trainees to be able to adjust their on call commitmentsin order to attend. Interstate trainees are strongly encouraged to attend where possible.

All non Austin surgical trainees are also most welcome.


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Saturday Surgical Seminars

DATE TOPIC SPEAKERS

28 Apr THYROID SURGERY

Chairman: Steve Farrell: Panel: J Harding, W Fleming, J Tan

Operative Surgery Quiz

Medical Updates: Advances in Mx o perioperativeCoagulopathy & DVT prophylaxis

Trainee Presentations:

Technical Advances in Thyroid Surgery

Contemporary approach to the multi nodular goitre

Case Presentations: Thyroid Disease

How I do it: Hemi Thyroidectomy

Panel

Carole Smith

J Lippey

H Harman

Vivian Yu

Steve Farrell

26 May HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAChairman: Robert Jones Panel: M Fink, G Starkey


Medical Updates: Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment oViral Hepatitis


Indications or surgery or HCC

Advances in Non operative interventions or HCC

Case Presentations: Liver Tumours

How I do it: Open Liver Resection in Cirrhosis

Panel

Paul Gow

C Cuthbertson

Y Al-Habbal

David YeoRobert Jones

23 June RECTAL CANCERChairman: Adele Burgess Panel: A Bui, I Pilmer, R Brouwer


Medical Updates: Understanding and optimizing respiratoryunction pre operatively


Assessment, staging and post op surveillance

Treatment options or Advanced Rectal CarcinomaCase Presentations: Colorectal Cancer

How I do it: Anterior Resection

Panel

Celia Lanteri

K Mori

B KeongAlex Wong

Adele Burgess

21 Jul PENETRATING THORACIC TRAUMAChairman: Simon Knight Panel: G Fell, S Barnett, J Chuen


Medical Updates: Current understanding o post operativefuid management


Managing Stab Injury to the Neck & ChestApproach to Thoracic Gunshot Wounds

Case Presentations: Thoracic Trauma

How I do it: Thoracotomy or Trauma

Panel

David Story

R Koiralla

D Goh

Y R Yong

Adele Burgess


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SET1 Exam Revision Course

Time: 0800 - 1800


Facilitators: M Fink, M Nikarjam

Registration: Ms Kim McAughtry (The University o Melbourne Department o

Surgery, Level 8, Lance Townsend Building, Email: [email protected], Phone: 9496

5468, Fax: 9458 1650)

This is aimed at SET1 exam preparation or the ollowing year. Kindly note that these are

meant to be REVISION sessions and would require signicant basic knowledge o the

subjects to ully benet rom them

REVISION SESSION 1 Date: 17, November 2012 Saturday

TIME TOPIC

08:00-08:45 Pathology Haematology

08:45-09:30 Anatomy - CNS (brain and spinal cord)

09:30-10:15 Anatomy Head and neck

10:15-10:45 Morning Tea

10:45-11:30 Anatomy Thorax

11:30-12:15 Anatomy Abdomen

12:15-13:00 Pathology Haemostasis, haemorrhage, & thrombosis

13:00-13:45 Lunch

13:45-14:30 Pathology Inections and antibiotics

14:30-15:15 Pathology Genetics and molecular biol.

15:15- 15:45 Aternoon Tea

15:45-16:30 Pathology Neoplasia

16:30-17:15 Pathology Tissue injury

17:15-18:00 Pathology Immunology


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SATURDAY

SET1 Exam Revision Course

Time: 0800 - 2000


Facilitators: M Fink, M Nikarjam

Registration: Ms Kim McAughtry (The University o Melbourne Department o

Surgery, Level 8, Lance Townsend Building, Email: [email protected], Phone: 9496

5468, Fax: 9458 1650)

At the end o the second session there will be a two hour clinical examination revision

session. This will consist o eigth stations, two each o history, communication, examination

and procedure.

REVISION SESSION 2 Date: 24, November 2012 1Saturday

TIME TOPIC

08:00-08:45 Anatomy Pelvis

08:45-09:30 Anatomy Upper limb

09:30-10:15 Anatomy Lower limb

10:15-10:45 Morning Tea10:45-11:30 Physiology Cardiovascular

11:30-12:15 Physiology Respiratory

12:15-13:00 Physiology Fluid, electrolytes, homeostasis and acid base

balance

13:00-13:45 Lunch

13:45-14:30 Physiology Liver and portal system

14:30-15:15 Physiology Gastrointestinal

15:15- 15:45 Aternoon Tea

15:45-16:30 Physiology Neurophysiology

16:30-17:15 Physiology Endocrine

17:15-18:00 Physiology Renal

18:00 - 20:00 Clinical Examination Revision


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SATURDAY

Surgical Workshops

AUSTIN SURGERY SKILLS WORKSHOPS & PRACTICE SESSIONS:

Venue: RACS, Spring Street, Melbourne. (Except Ophthalmology workshop

which will be held at the Repatriation Hospital Outpatients Clinic)

Facilitator: Michael Fink

Registration: Ms Pauline Dib (Medical Education Unit, Education Precinct, Level 4,

Austin Tower, Email: [email protected], Phone: 9496 4407, Fax: 9496 5523)

The surgical skills workshops are run or the Austin/Northern interns, HMOs and registrars.

The number o participants is restricted due to the limited number o stations at the

venue. Participants are accepted into the workshops on a rst come, rst served basis.

A participation certicate will be provided to participants at the end o each workshop.

In order to practice skills learned in the Surgical Skills Workshops, a supervised practicesession is undertaken two to three weeks ater each workshop.

DATE & TIME WORKSHOP

Saturday 14 APR

0900 - 1200

Basic Surgical Skills: Knots; Suturing; Excision o lesions;

Convenor: Michael Fink

Saturday 19 MAY

0900 - 1200

Bowel Anastomosis: End to end; End to side;


Saturday 1 SEP

0900 - 1200

Basic Laparoscopy: Equipment; Port insertion; Dexterity;


Saturday 15 SEP

0900 - 1200

Vascular Anastomosis: Arteriotomy & closure; Patch closure;

Tube grat anastomosis;


Saturday 6 OCT

0900 - 1200

Orthopaedic Workshop: Plaster application; C-spine

management; Joint aspiration; Fracture reduction; Joint relocation

Convenor: Andrew Hardidge

Saturday TBA

0900 - 1200

Ophthalmology Workshop: The red eye; Irritable eye; Sudden

blindness; Use o the slit lamp; Tonometry; Foreign bodies;

Convenor: Deborah Colville

Saturday 20 OCT

0900 - 1200

ENT Workshop: Epistaxis; Quinsy; Otitis Externa; Basic ENT

Procedures;

Convenor: Matthew Campbell


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SET Mock Interviews

Time: TBA

Date: TBA

Venue: Rooms 4.7 and 4.8, Education Precinct, Level 4, Austin Tower

Facilitator: Michael Fink

Registration: Ms Pauline Dib (Medical Education Unit, Education Precinct, Level 4,

Austin Tower, Email: [email protected], Phone: 9496 4407, Fax: 9496 5523)

Mock interviews are conducted to prepare Surgical Education and Training (SET) applicants

or their selection interviews. Please contact Pauline Dib or inormation on the dates and

venues.


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The Research Higher Degree program has

granted me the opportunity to take a step back

rom the demanding cut and thrust lie o a busy

surgical registrar, and at the same time enabled

me to urther my career. The experience has

taught me to think analytically and critically,

and I have learnt valuable lessons in study

designs, executions and result preparation or

publication. No doubt the knowledge gained

will aid me to be a better surgeon.

Kevin Hung

SET 5 Trainee / MS Student

Surgery and Scientic Research: Why do it?

Research Opportunities & The Academic Research Program

Research activity has progressively increased in importance to the surgical trainee over

the past years as emphasis has increased on a scientic approach to surgical problems.

Increasing demands are made on trainees to conduct, present and publish on surgical

research not only as a component o their accredited training but also to increase their

career opportunities and successul applications or uture ellowships. The Department o

Surgery continues to strongly support research undertaken by trainees either as ull time

research higher degrees or on a smaller scale during their clinical tenure.

Trainees at all levels rom HMOs to advanced SET trainees are encouraged to seek

opportunities early in the year to begin work on at least one research project. I you have

a particular interest in a subspecialty, then eel ree to approach members o that unit ora potential research project. I not, the Department o Surgery will be able to provide a

number o options or small, relevant clinical studies based on our ongoing prospective data

collection service. The aim would be to present the results at the Austin Research Prize

presentation and subsequently to have it published in a relevant peer reviewed journal.

Research or Surgical Trainees: Surgical trainees interested in an academic career will

have strong backing rom the department to enrol ull time in one o the Research Higher

Degrees. In addition we also support all surgical registrars, in both accredited and un-

accredited positions, to undertake serious research concurrent with their clinical work. These

are mostly small project based clinical studies involving data rom our clinical databases,

hospital medical records and where necessary, tissue rom the Victorian Tissue Bank.


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Expectations and Outcomes o Research: The departmentalphilosophy supports the timely completion o all research

undertaken by providing the necessary acilities, mentorship,

technical expertise and unding support. In general everyone

who undertakes research activities in the department will

be expected to present their results at local, national or

international meetings and be strongly encouraged to publish

in peer reviewed journals. All ull time research students are

expected to present at the annual Austin Medical Research

Week while clinical research undertaken by surgical trainees

and junior hospital doctors will be encouraged to be presented

at the annual Austin Surgery Research prize.

Research Higher Degree (RHD) Program: The Department o Surgery strongly encourages

the undertaking o RHD by research (PhD, MD M Surg and MSc). The main ocus o such

research is related to hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders, organ transplantation and

regulatory peptides. Students rom both the medical and biomedical elds are welcome.

There is also strong international interest rom regional centres in this program leading to

international post doctoral students undertaking this course.

Currently active research projects include the treatment o liver metastases by vascular

disrupting agents, macromolecular drugs and hyperbaric oxygen, the role o liver

regeneration in tumour growth, the role o microcirculatory disturbances and hyperbaric

oxygen in severe acute pancreatitis, xenotransplantation and the role o regulatory peptides

in the development o liver, colon, prostate and kidney tumours. In vivo and in vitro models

or each o these projects are well established in the Department. Clinical material and

tumour banks are extensively used. Details are available in our Pathways to Discovery

booklet which can be obtained rom the oce or downloaded rom our web site.

Research or Clinicians: The philosophy in the Department o Surgery encourages scientic

research at all levels in clinical, basic science and translational aspects. We also endeavour

to establish strong links with other departments to develop collaborative research including

the Peter McCallum Institute, and clinical departments such as Anaesthesia, Radiology,

Oncology and Intensive Care. Detailed surgical databases have been developed or both

general surgery and specialist HPB disorders. Data collected within these provide a solid

base or developing short term clinical studies. All such projects will aim to have the results

published in a peer reviewed clinical journal within a year o completion.

Research or Junior Hospital Doctors: Recognizing the need or small project based clinical

studies or junior hospital medical ocers (Interns, HMO 2 and 3) we oer a range o clinical

and mixed projects. These are available to anyone interested in developing a uture career

in surgery. They are structured to be completed within an year to enable a ull time junior

doctor to complete without enrolling or a ormal research degree.


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Austin Research Prize in Surgery & Anaesthesia

Time: 1700

Day: Tuesday 27, November 2012

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Department o Surgery, Level 8 LTB

Sponsorship: Johnson & Johnson Medical Pty Ltd.

Eligibility Criteria: Trainees belonging to a training scheme within the Division o Surgery in

ALL surgical specialties ( all SET and Non-SET registrars, Surgical HMOs (PGY2 & 3) as well

as Advanced Trainees in Anaesthesia, Radiology, Emergency, Intensive Care & Pathology at

Austin Health are invited to submit abstracts relating to original scientic research.

Exclusion Criteria: Previous winners o the Austin Surgery Research Prize and interns.

Presentation Format: Oral presentation judged by a panel o adjudicators.

Presentation Timings: Each candidate will be allocated a maximum o 15 minutes or their

presentation. Candidates should aim to limit their talk to eight minutes ater which there

will be seven minutes o question time. A warning bell will be rung at eight and ourteen

minutes in to their presentation and a nal bell at teen minutes to mark the end.

Submission o abstracts: Submission will be through an interactive PDF document whichwill be made available in October 2012 by email and on the departmental web site.

Research prize Time Line:

Circulation o Submission PDF: Monday 22 October 2012

Closing date or submissions: 1700hrs Monday 12 November 2012

Austin Research Prize Presentation 1700hrs, Tuesday 27 November 2012

Prizes:

The trainee with the best presentation as judged by the

adjudicators will be awarded a gold medallion with ribbon

by the Johnson & Johnson representative at the end o the

proceedings. Subsequently they will have to be returned so

that they may be mounted on a special rame as shown along

with an inscription. The winners name will also be added to the

Honour Board in the department o surgery. All presenters willbe awarded certicates o attendance.


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Masters in Surgical Education

The Graduate Programs in Surgical Education are a new suite o qualications oered by the

University o Melbourne through its Department o Surgery and Medical Education Unit in

partnership with the Royal Australasian College o Surgeons (RACS). This suite o programs

addresses the specialised needs o teaching and learning in a modern surgical environment.The programs content recognises the unique challenges that characterise the clinical

settings and advanced technologies that are increasingly important in surgical training.

Eective teaching skills are essential attributes or educators responsible or training the

next generation o surgeons in the complex sets o skills required or sae surgical practice.

The programs allow surgeons to gain ormal skills in teaching and educational scholarship.

Program delivery includes core and elective subjects delivered through a combination o

workshops, distance and online delivery modes. The program will expose students to a

range o educational methods, which in turn increase program fexibility, allowing these

studies to be balanced with clinical commitments. The content refects critical issues in

the broader education community together with specic challenges or surgical education

the role o regulatory bodies, balancing clinical service with training, ethical imperatives

or simulation-based education, saer working conditions including sae hours and more.

Students have the option o enrolling in the Graduate Certicate, Graduate Diploma or

Master o Surgical Education based on their own educational needs.

Program Structure:Program delivery includes core and elective subjects delivered througha combination o workshops, distance and online delivery modes. The program will expose

participants to a range o educational methods, which in turn increase program fexibility,

allowing these studies to be balanced with clinical commitments. Students have the option

o enrolling in the Graduate Certicate, Graduate Diploma or Master o Surgical Education

based on their own educational needs.

Entry Requirements & Applications

All applications or entry will be assessed by the Selection Committee who will evaluate the applicants

ability to successully pursue the program. The ollowing criteria speciy entry requirements:

1. A Bachelor o Medicine/Bachelor o Surgery or equivalent qualication plus,

2. At least two years o relevant clinical work experience. It is important that students have an

appreciation o clinical practice beore they commence studies or this course.

3. Meet the English language requirements o the University o Melbourne. International Medical

Graduates must also meet the English language standards required by the Medical Board o Australia

(an IELTS score o 7.0 in each o the our components - listening, reading, writing and speaking).

The Selection Committee may conduct interviews and tests and may call or reeree reports or

employer reerences to assist in the selection process. Inormation on how to apply can be ound at

www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au/surgical-ed


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GRAND HYATT MELBOURNE

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Austin General Surgery Trainees Dinner

Time: 1900

Day: Saturday 15 October 2012

Venue: Grand Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne, Victoria

Event Cordinators: Christine Cuthbertson, Kevin Hung, Jocelyn Lippey.

This is an event hosted by the Austin surgical trainees in appreciation o the education and

training given them by the surgeons at the Austin Hospital. The initial event was held in

2006 and ater a hiatus o two years recommenced in 2009. The Austin Trainees conducted

a very successul dinner event on Friday the 3rd o December 2010 which or the rst time

included surgeons rom many o the attached training hubs. Changes or the 2011 event

included the timing to be on a Saturday night which resulted on more than 70 attendees

including invited surgeons and trainees rom regional and interstate centres.

The event provides an inormal setting or trainees and surgeons to meet. In particular

trainees were able to meet in person some o their consultants or the ollowing year. This

event has progressively expanded both in scope and quality and will be a perpetual event

in the uture.


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University o Melbourne Department o Surgery Web Site

The clinical, educational and research activities o the Austin Department o Surgery is

supported and complemented by a comprehensive educational and inormative web site.

The site contains all the inormation required or trainees interested in a career in surgery,

ranging rom the Surgery education program, research opportunities, presentations and

statistical tools. Trainees are advised to drop by and browse the content to help them in the

many aspects o their uture career. Some o the more notable and useul sections o the

site are described below:

Education: This section leads to a number o links. Medical undergraduate education

lists the departmental commitments as well as links to the lectures in surgery series or

medical students. All powerpoint presentations are available as pd les or download.

The Specialist surgical training section details the Surgical Education Program, Austin

Research Prize and Research opportunities. The CME section leads to the annual HPBsymposia which contains all the presentations o the past years.

Research: The basic science section details the three major research groups in the

department. The research opportunities section details all the possibilities available or

students and graduates rom both the science and medical streams.

SSSA: The department inaugurated the Students Surgical Society o Austin in collaboration

with The University o Melbourne and the Austin Hospital to encourage students towardsa career in surgery.

Events: Links to major events including research related events as well as local, national and

international conerences.


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Departmental Publications

The Department o Surgery publishes a number o regular annual publications relating

to surgical education, research and training. These are aimed at providing all relevant

inormation to trainees and surgeons alike and encourage participation in the educational

and training activities. They may be readily downloaded rom the departmental web site ormay be requested as hard copies rom the departmental oce.

Pathways to Discovery:

This is the fagship publication or the research arm o the de-

partment. Printed as an 88 page A4 ull colour booklet it con-

tains details o all undergraduate and post graduate research

degrees oered by the department along with inormation on

research groups and research projects available to science

students and surgical trainees to undertake.

Although a large number o research projects are described

in the book that is only the tip o the iceberg when it comes

to research opportunities.

Austin Surgery Education Program:

This is printed as an A5 sized 44 page ull colour booklet or

ease o storage. It contains all relevant details about the sur-

gical education program, surgical rosters and details o de-

partmental activities.

Austin Research Prize Book:

This booklet is the ocial publication or the Annual Aus-tin Research Prize in Surgery & Anaesthesia. It is published

with all the abstracts being submitted in that year along with

the abstracts o the winners rom previous years.

Printed as an A4 ull colour booklet, it is made available on

the day o the Austin Research Prize Presentation.


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Important Dates and Events

SET 1 Dates

07 DEC 11 Closing Date or FEB 2012 Surgical Science and Clinical Exam

15 - 16 FEB 12 SET Surgical Science (Generic) Examination

17 FEB 12 SET Surgical Science (General Surgery) Examination

18 FEB 12 SET Clinical Examination

11 APR 12 Closing Date or JUN/JUL 2012 Surgical Science and Clinical Exam

06 07 JUN 12 SET Surgical Science (Generic) Examination

08 JUN 12 SET Surgical Science (General Surgery) Examination

16 JUN 12 SET Clinical Examination

SET 2-5 Dates

31 JAN 12 Closing Date or May 2012 Fellowship Examination

17 APR 12 Fellowship Examination written paper (Multiple centres)

18 - 20 MAY 12 Fellowship Examination Clinical & Vivas (Auckland)25 - 28 MAY 12 Fellowship Examination Clinical & Vivas (Brisbane)

07 JUN 12 Closing Date or September 2012 Fellowship Examination

14 AUG 12 Fellowship Examination written paper (Multiple centres)

14-17 SEP 12 Fellowship Examination Clinical & Vivas (Sydney)

Exam Courses

16 - 20 APR 12 Surgical Science Examination Generic Course (RACS, Melbourne)

12 - 23 MAR 12 Fellowship Part II Examination Preparation Course (Melbourne)

30 APR - 01 JUN Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course

Conerences

7 - 10 MAY 12 RACS Annual Scientic Congress, Kuala Lampur. Malaysia

21-22 JUL 12 GSA Trainees Weekend, Daylesord, VIC.

21 - 23 SEP 12 GSA Annual Scientic Meeting, Hobart, TAS

TBA 12 Victorian Annual General, Scientic & Fellowship Meeting, VIC

Austin Hospital Events

14 APR 12 Skills Workshop: Basic Surgical Skills

19 MAY 12 Skills Workshop: Bowel Anastomosis01 SEP 12 Skills Workshop: Laparoscopic Skills

15 SEP 12 Skills Workshop: Vascular Anastomosis

06 OCT 12 Skills Workshop: Orthopedics

TBA 12 Skills Workshop: Ophthalmology

20 OCT 12 Skills Workshop: ENT

TBA 12 SET Mock Interviews

06 OCT 12 SET1 EXAM Revision Course: Session 1

27 OCT 12 SET1 EXAM Revision Course: Session 2

12 NOV 12 Closing date or submissions or Austin Surgery Research Prize

27 NOV 12 Austin Surgery Research Prize Day15 OCT 12 Austin Surgery Trainees Dinner, Grand Hyatt, Melbourne

* All dates are subject to alterations by the parent organization


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CONTACT INFORMATION

The University o Melbourne,

Department o Surgery, Austin Health,

Studley Rd., Heidelberg, Vic 3084.

T: +61 3 9496 3670

F: +61 3 9458 1650

E: [email protected]

W: [email protected]

Departmental Enquiries

Kim McAughtry

T: +61 3 9496 5468

F: +61 3 9458 1650

Surgical Education Program 2012

Documents

Transcript of Surgical Education Program 2012