P3: Surgical
Refer to eMed for Placements and Tutorial Times.
Prince of Wales Hospital has a great tradition of surgical teaching. Students undertake attachments to surgical teams in both Phase 2 and Phase 3. During these attachments you will be seen as part of the surgical team and will have the opportunity to attend ward rounds, outpatients clinics and theatres. You will be expected to clerk patients, and read up around the surgical conditions your patients are affected by.
The course is delivered over 4 teaching periods, each of 8 weeks. At the beginning of each term, you will be assigned to a surgical unit. Students will have one four week rotation with a general or vascular surgical unit and one rotation with a sub-specialty unit. Please contact the registrar attached to each unit at the start of each rotation to arrange a meeting. You are expected to become a junior member of the surgical team. The aim of the unit attachments is to provide an opportunity to be involved in patient management, particularly pre-operative and post-operative care. The clinical responsibilities and activities are a vital part of the program. This includes clerking of patients and assessment by case presentations during ward rounds and informal discussions. You are welcome and encouraged to attend operations at any time. There is a core surgical program which students are expected to attend and they include general surgical, anaesthetic, perioperative and orthopaedic tutorials, as well as bedside teaching. The final mark for the Surgery course is based on the supervisor’s overall grade of the generic learning plan, oral case presentation, and observed clinical assessments. For final year students, weekly surgical viva tutorials are offered in Teaching Period 2 & 3.
Phase 3 Year 5 Surgery Timetable Teaching Period 1
Attendance is mandatory
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Day |
Time |
Activity |
Venue |
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Monday |
11:00 |
General Surgery Tutorial Prof Crowe/Dr Wong/Dr Parasyn commencing 7 March |
Conference Room, Division of Surgery (Weekly topics, see below) |
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12:30 |
ENT Tutorial, Dr Sim Choroomi, (8/3,14/3 {1.00pm}, 21/3 {1.00pm}) |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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14:30 |
Pain Management tutorial, Dr Khor (21/3, 11/4, 18/4) |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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15:30 |
Anaesthetics tutorial, Dr Sandeman (7/3, 14/3, 27/4 {Wed}, 4/5 {Wed}) (notes available from Jenny Ryall) |
Front desk Operating Theatres, ask for directions as per Dr Sandeman's instructions |
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Tuesday |
07:30 |
Xray meeting |
Radiology Conference Room |
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10:00 |
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Wednesday |
TBC |
Bedside Tutorial, (half the group) Dr Rhys Filgate TBC |
Dickinson 2 South |
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10:00 |
Vascular Tutorial, (9/3, 23/3) Dr Shannon Thomas |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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All day |
Breast Clinic/Breast Screen, (2 students) add name to list on noticeboard |
near Windscreen Cafe |
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11:00 |
Bedside tutorials (half the group) Dr Mark Muhlmann TBC Other half of group to organise tutorial with Colorectal Fellow |
Dickinson 2 South |
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12:00 |
Biomedical Sciences tutorials |
Anatomical Conference Room - SEALS |
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14:00 |
Breast Clinic, Dr Matthews, (2 students) |
near Windscreen Cafe |
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15:00 |
Colorectal tutorials, Dr Francis Lam, (6/3, 23/3, 30/3) |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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Thursday |
10:30 |
Orthopaedic Registrar tutorial, TBC |
Clinical Teaching Unit, TBC |
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12:30 |
Orthopaedic Tutorial, Dr Stanford commences 10/3 continues throughout the term |
Surgical & Orthopaedic Lab Lecture Theatre |
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15:00 |
Suture tutorial - TBC Followed by X-Ray tutorial |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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Friday |
07:30 |
Professorial Ward Round (only students allocated to General Surgery rotation to attend) |
6 South, Prince of Wales Private Hospital |
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08:30 |
Peri Op tutorial, Dr S J Yap, (22/4, 29/4, 6/5) |
PeriOp meeting Room |
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10:00 |
Case Presentations |
Clinical Teaching Unit |
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12:00 |
Biomedical Sciences tutorials |
Anatomical Conference Room – SEALS |
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Week |
Topic |
Lecturer |
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1 |
Gallstones |
Dr S Wong |
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2 |
Bowel obstruction and diverticular disease |
Dr S Wong |
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3 |
Soft tissue mass |
Prof P Crowe |
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4 |
Neck lump |
Dr S Wong |
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5 |
Vascular |
Dr S Wong |
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6 |
Benign breast disease and breast Cancer |
Dr A Parasyn |
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7 |
Liver and Splenic Disease |
Dr D Links |
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8 |
Review |
Dr S Wong |