Teaching

Teaching

The Department of Surgery is a major contributor to surgical teaching and training at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Course Finder Links

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/0040/

Bachelor of Biomedical Science

http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/2230/

Honours Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science

http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/0041/

Undergraduate

The Department of Surgery at Monash Medical Centre is heavily involved in teaching into the undergraduate medical course at Monash University.

Year 1 – Anatomy/Surgical Selective.  Syndicated groups of students study an operation in detail from an anatomical perspective during Semester 2.  All regions of the body and all surgical specialties are covered in this very popular selective.

Year 3 - Integrated Medicine and Surgery teaching at all Southern Clinical School sites. Active surgical involvement occurs in problem-based learning (patient and paper based), clinical skills teaching and theme based teaching.  There is particular emphasis on outpatient, bedside and operating theatre teaching.

Year 5 - Most surgical specialties are involved in the provision of core surgical, specialty or elective placements for students in Year 5.  There is also an Anatomy/Surgery option which allows the study of  a region or specialty in greater detail.  Members of the Department have been involved in revision of the Year 5 modules with a surgical theme.

Bachelor of Medical Science

Projects are available in all Specialties.  Outstanding research training opportunities are available in the Department of Surgery.

Postgraduate

The Department of Surgery is the focus for postgraduate surgical training with surgical teaching, skills training and regular audit meetings.
Members of the Department participate in surgical and clinical anatomy teaching for postgraduates

Postgraduate course: Advanced Studies in Clinical and Surgical Anatomy or look at the Anatomy web site

The Marshall Prize in Surgical Training
Established in 2002, the Marshall Prize in Surgical Training is to encourage surgical trainees within Southern Health to pursue basic or clinical investigative projects. The prize recognizes the contribution of the Marshall brothers Robert, Vernon and Donald to surgical training at Prince Henry's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. A symposium based on submitted abstracts is conducted in mid-December each year.

Skills Surgical Simulation Laboratory

A basic and advanced skills and surgical simulation laboratory has been recently established in the Department to cater for both undergraduates and postgraduate surgical trainees. To date particular emphasis has been placed upon basic surgical principles, laparoscopic surgery and orthopaedic surgery. It is planned to broaden the scope of the facility to surgical simulation in the near future.

Frankston Hospital Registrar Research Prize and Tyco Award

The Frankston Hospital Registrar Prize and Tyco Award will be awarded for the best research project submitted. A symposium is conducted in late November each year.

Professorial Surgical Rounds

These hour long meetings are held on a weekly basis (Wednesday's at 5.30pm) with presentations from all surgical units within Southern Health as well as from a broad range of guest speakers.  The first half of the year focuses on HMO/Basic Surgical Trainee education. Each unit presents on common conditions, procedures and post-operative complications encountered in that speciality. An introduction to possible research projects available within that unit is also provided.  The second half of the year is devoted to surgical audit and the presentation of topics of interest by each Southern Health surgical unit.