Events

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]

CTEC 2023 - Core Skills: Intermediate Laparoscopic Skills Workshop

This highly practical one day workshop covers the most efficient techniques for laparoscopic intra and extracorporeal knot tying and suturing.  It will increase technical skills in two handed operative techniques on realistic animal tissue models and hone the ability to tie intra and extracorporeal knots.

Practical sessions feature a dedicated work station for each participant, with assistance provided by a medical student camera operator. 

Suitable for: Surgical Trainees and Consultants, Service Registrars and Junior Doctors who have completed CTEC’s JDocs: Foundations of Minimal Access Surgery workshop.

Workshop Content

The workshop will focus on the following tasks:

• Passing a ligature
• Extracorporeal knot tying
• Intracorporeal suturing – placing sutures
• Intracorporeal knot tying
• Formation and use of endoloop

Practical Animal Tissue Based Surgical Skill Stations

Participants will undertake the following procedures:

• Laparoscopic suturing of enterotomies
• Laparoscopic appendicectomy
• Laparoscopic assisted gastrostomy

This workshop utilises a range of animal tissue and synthetic models for the practical skill stations.  The workshop will also feature case scenarios and discussions, whilst also allowing sufficient time to practise skills. 

CPD Approvals:

Approved in the RACS CPD Program.  RACS Fellows, Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) and Surgeons participating in the RACS CPD Program can claim 1 point per hour (to a maximum of 8 points) in Educational Activities.

Time and Location:

08.15am to 05.00pm
CTEC, The University of Western Australia, Perth

Further information and registrations:

www.ctec.uwa.edu.au

CTEC Contact:

John Linehan
CTEC Senior Course Coordinator
P +61 8 6488 8049
E [email protected]
ctec.uwa.edu.au

RACS TAS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

Please click here for the RACS ASM flyer.

Please click here for a flyer detailing the events being held during RACS ASM week.

Please click here to register.

Date

9 September 2023

Location

Peppers Silo, Launceston

For further information please contact:

P: +61 3 6223 8848
E: [email protected]

QLD Core Course Program #10

Topics

• Submandibular and parotid gland tumours - anatomy, pathology and operative approach
• Neck trauma for the General Surgeon

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]

Australasian Society for Breast Disease’s (ASBD) 13th Scientific Conference

Please click here for further details and to register.

Please click here for the program.

Please click here to view the details of the free Trainee day.

Date

14-16 September 2023

Location

Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia

Conference Organiser

P: 1300 061 814
E: [email protected]

2023 Peter Mac Surgical Oncology Lecture Series

The Peter Mac Surgical Oncology lectures and recordings are for all Surgical trainees and are pitched at a level expected for the Part II Fellowship exam in General Surgery.

• Weekly virtual seminars run from 20 September 2023 – 24 April 2024.
• All sessions are Wednesday afternoons from 4.30 – 5.30 PM AEST, via Teams, and
• Seminar recordings of all lectures will be made available for review on the Learning Hub @ Peter Mac.

Register for access to the session recordings.

Go to: https://learninghub.petermac.org.au/ and search for ‘2023 Surgical Oncology Lecture Series’.

Please click here to view the flyer.

Further information

For further assistance in accessing this lecture series, please email the Peter Mac Office of Cancer Education at [email protected]

WA Registrar Training in Surgery Program (WARTS)

Topic

Vascular

Time & Location

1.30pm-5.30pm
RACS, Ground Floor, 216 Stirling Highway, Claremont, WA

Please note: This session can be attended face-to-face or via our gsaonline Zoom platform.

For further information please contact:

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