This program will provide a professional qualification for those wanting to enhance their research and scientific skills and who are considering a career in surgery.

In particular, the aim of the program is to give candidates a solid grounding in the academic side of surgery with emphasis on developing the skills of writing and presenting at meetings, research, attracting funding and promoting scholarly activity.

The learning objectives of the program are:

• Demonstrate and apply the key aspects of surgical thinking and decision making
• Discuss and apply the ethics of surgery in both clinical and research settings
• Explain the relationship and association of molecular biology, surgical immunology and infectious diseases as related to surgery
• Plan, design and implement a research project
• Demonstrate an understanding of research methodology and techniques, and the ability to determine the correct methods and techniques required
• Employ skills in the use of computing and statistics applied to surgery and surgical research
• Retrieve information from scientific literature and formulate an overview of a topic that is assessed by its merits in a logical balanced discussion
• Produce a research paper suitable for publication in a peer reviewed journal
• Present research work to a group of peers and colleagues and answer questions relating to this research

This one year program is taught at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide and comprises:

• Lectures and tutorials
• Practical clinical teaching sessions
• The completion of a research project and production of a research paper suitable for publication in a peer reviewed journal

delivered around fulltime clinical commitments.

Attendance at weekly tutorials, monthly journal club and departmental research meetings, a research project and associated writtern papers, presentations and examinations.

The program provides a professional qualification for surgical trainees who wish to enhance their research and scientific skills and consider a career in surgery.

Successful completion of the program will assist doctors into surgical training programs and will provide an excellent foundation for surgical learning that meets the needs of the modern surgeon's further training and career development.

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