Teaching

The Discipline of Surgery is involved in teaching throughout the Sydney Medical Program. A major component occurs during the clinical attachments in Years 3 and 4, but surgeons also contribute significantly to teaching in Years 1 and 2 through tutorials in communication and physical examination skills. There is also the opportunity to contribute to PBL tutorials in Years 1 and 2, although the set time-frame for these tutorials can be difficult for busy clinicians who generally have to deal with a large patient case load including emergencies.

Teaching extends into the postgraduate Master of Surgery (coursework) program which is now increasingly undertaken by established and prospective surgical trainees. All Discipline of Surgery members are involved in the specialty Surgical Education and Training (SET) programs of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) which occurs in our teaching hospitals, and those surgical trainees in turn contribute significantly to the teaching of our USydMP students.

Anatomy Dissection Elective 2009

This course was set up during the second half of 2008, in response to the recommendations of the Curriculum Review Report of 2007. It was to be a Pilot Study of the reintroduction of Anatomy dissection into the medical curriculum during the elective term. It was to run in the Stage 3 Elective Term from January 5 to February 20, 2009.

A full report of the course is available to download here.

Anatomy Dissection Elective 2009/2010

The elective course will run from December 14, 2009 - February 10, 2010. Further information on the prospective course is available for download here:

• Call for demonstrators
• Dissection Schedule: Groups 1-4
• Dissection Schedule: Groups 5-8
• Demonstrator application form