Events

QLD Core Course Program #11

Topics

• Thoracic trauma - penetrating and blunt - assessment, resuscitation and operative mix
• Initial trauma management - pre-hospital and resuscitation bay

This event will be delivered via Zoom.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Craddock
Queensland Regional Executive Officer
P +61 427 148 304
E [email protected]

2023 AANZHPBA Annual Scientific Meeting

‘Value-based Care in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery’

Date

5-7 October 2023

Location

InterContinental Sydney Double Bay
Sydney, Australia

Register

Please click here for more information and to register

Contact

E:[email protected]

2023 Simulation Workshop 2

On behalf of General Surgeons Australia and the Victorian/Tasmanian Training Committee, it is with pleasure that we invite you to participate in the 2023 Simulation Workshops.

There will be three simulation workshops on offer for trainees and SIMGs to attend which is being coordinated by Dr Fiona Reid and Dr Chiu Kang. Each workshop is convened by experts in the field.

As these workshops are being offered free of charge, we anticipate that they will be extremely popular. Places will be offered on a first-come first served basis.

Note: Due to the workshops being offered free of charge, any Trainee or SIMG who registers but does not attend will be prohibited from attending any future simulation workshops.

Workshop #2

Topic

Laparoscopic CBD Exploration Workshop

Date & Time

Saturday 7 October 2023

Morning group - 08:00 – 12:15, followed by lunch
Lecture – All welcome – 12:15-13:15
Afternoon group – 13:15– 17:00, (replica of morning session)

Objective

Introduce the trainee to the principles of laparoscopic CBD exploration, including indications and equipment required. Allow trainees the time to practice the motor skills required to perform this procedure safely.

Convenor

Dr Fiona Reid and Dr Chiu Kang

Number of participants

16 in each group.

Venue

Skills and Education Centre
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002

Registration

Please click register now.

Contact

Fiona Bull
Manager - Education & Training
T +61 3 9249 1262
E [email protected]

Maximum of 16 participants per group; please select either morning OR afternoon session below (NOT BOTH).

Management of Surgical Emergencies Course - Gold Coast

• Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 October 
• Venue TBC
• $770 Inc. GST

Eligibility

• SET 3-5 General Surgery Trainees
• Specialist International Medical Graduates

The MOSES course aims to assist SET 3+ Trainees, IMGs, and Consultants to:

• Make better decisions, negotiate dilemmas, and manage distractors in emergency surgery
• Reduce error
• Achieve better outcomes
• Work more effectively within a team
• Improve situational awareness
• Provide strategies for getting out of trouble
• Assist with Fellowship Exam preparation

Run over two full days, MOSES involves a variety of teaching methods including core lectures, skills stations, and group discussions. The course focuses on assessment and decision making skills for emergency situations, within the peri-operative period covering, but not limited to, the following:

1. Upper Gastro Intestinal Bleed/ Gastro Intestinal Bleed
2. Gastrectomy
3. Bowel Obstruction
4. Abdominal Emergency
5. Post Thyroidectomy Bleed
6. Laparotomy
7. Complications after rectal surgery
8. Intestinal Obstruction
9. Soft Tissue Infection

With a high ration of faculty to a low ratio of participants, MOSES will offer you an excellent opportunity to develop strategy and problem solving skills for commonly encountered surgical emergencies in a small team environment, with senior General Surgical Consultants. MOSES is aimed at International Medical Graduates and senior SET Trainees, particularly Trainees and IMGs who are contemplating their Fellowship exam, and post Fellowship General Surgical Fellows/Consultants.

Registration

All places for this course have been fully allocated.

Trainees' Day - Hernia Surgery

• In person only
• JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa 
• Thursday 12 October

Organising Committee

1. A/Prof Kellee Slater FRACS - Brisbane
2. Dr David Parker FRACS - Gold Coast
3. Mr David Wardill FRACS - Geelong

Further details will be announced at asm.generalsurgeons.com.au in early 2023.

Completion of the Trainees' Day program will count towards satisfactory completion of one (1) national educational activity or eligible General Surgery SET/GSET trainees.

2023 GSA ASM - Hernia Surgery

• JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa 
• Friday 13 - Sunday 15 October, 2023 (Trainees' Day Thursday 12 October)

Organising Committee

1. A/Prof Kellee Slater FRACS - Brisbane
2. Dr David Parker FRACS - Gold Coast
3. Mr David Wardill FRACS - Geelong

Further details will be announced at asm.generalsurgeons.com.au in early 2023.

For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, please email [email protected]

QLD Core Course Program #12

Topics

• Organ Donation - DCD/BDD - criteria, testing, ethical considerations
• Acute and chronic rejection following renal transplant

This event will be delivered via Zoom.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Craddock
Queensland Regional Executive Officer
P +61 427 148 304
E [email protected]

SA Long Course Program

This is a state based educational program, suitable only for SA-NT Trainees/SIMGs.

Time & Location

6.30pm
RACS, Kent Town SA.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Craddock
P +61 427 148 304
E [email protected]

SA Long Course Program

This is a state based educational program, suitable only for SA-NT Trainees/SIMGs.

Time & Location

6.30pm
RACS, Kent Town SA.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Craddock
P +61 427 148 304
E [email protected]

PSA 2023 ASC

• Margaret River Town 
• Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 October, 2023

Organising Committee

1. Dr Jacinta Cover FRACS
2. Dr Tom Bowles FRACS

Further details will be announced at psa.generalsurgeons.com.au in early 2023.

For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, please email [email protected]

MOST Core: Simulation-based Laparoscopy (Online Course)

Monash Online Surgical Training (MOST) Core is a 6-week course targeted at pre-SET trainees who would like to increase their proficiency in core surgical knowledge and skills.

Please click here for further information.

Date

Commencing on 30 October 2023

Register

Please click here to register.

For further information contact:

Monash Children's Simulation
[email protected]

QLD Core Course Program #13

Topics

• Pancreatic cystic lisions - benign and heoplastic
• Cirrhosis in the general surgical patient - optimal care in the elective and emergency surgery patient

This event will be delivered via Zoom.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Craddock
Queensland Regional Executive Officer
P +61 427 148 304
E [email protected]