2015 Surgical Science Intensive Course
Program
Date
Monday 19 Jan
Time
8.30am
9.00am
10.00am
10.30am
12.00noon
1.00pm
Tuesday 20 Jan
Session
Presenter
Anatomy RACS exam requirements
and format
Continuing assessment and clickers
Screening exam result
Fiona Stewart
Welcome and entry exam
2.00pm
3.30pm
4.00pm
6.00pm
Morning tea
Anatomy spot test
Lunch
Introductory Physiology (1 hour)
- Blood products, coagulation factors
in trauma, IV fluids, shock,
resuscitation and fluid balance,
definition of terms molarity, molality
SI units, etc
Cardiovascular physiology
Afternoon tea
Cardiovascular physiology
Review and finish
8.00am
9.00am
Introduction to Neuroanatomy (1 hour)
Neuroanatomy (lab) (3 hours)
12.00noon Lunch
1.00pm
Renal physiology (2 hours)
3.00pm
3.30pm
5.30pm
1
Afternoon tea
Endocrine physiology (2 hours)
Pharmacology
Review and finish
Surgical Sciences Intensive Course Program
Monday 19 January – Saturday 31 January 2015
Notes available
David Storey
Robert Rae
Scott D’Armours
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Peter Kam
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Peter Kam
John Morley
Carl Parsons
Fiona Stewart
Robert Rae
David Storey
Catherine Storey
John Morley
Cherylea Brown
Matthew Barton
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Annemarie Hennessy
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Mark McLean
Gerald Muench
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Date
Wednesday
21 Jan
Thursday
22 Jan
Time
Session
12.00noon
1.00pm
3.00pm
3.30pm
6.00pm
Lunch
Neurophysiology and excitable cells
Afternoon tea
Neurophysiology (continued)
Review and finish
8.00am
9.00am
Brachial plexus
Anatomy upper limb (lab)(3 hours)
8.00am
9.00am
Introduction to head and neck
Anatomy of the head and neck (lab) (3
hours)
12.00noon Lunch
1.00pm
General pathology – cell injury and death
2.00pm
Physiology (respiratory physiology and
acid base balance)
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
4.00pm
Respiratory physiology (continued)
6.00pm
Review and finish
Friday 23 Jan
2
Presenter
Fiona Stewart
John Crozier
Fiona Stewart
Robert Rae
John Morley
David Storey
Cherylea Browne
Matthew Barton
Carl Parsons
Pat Alley
Peter Kam
Peter Kam
Catherine Storey
Greg Leslie
Fiona Stewart
David Storey
Robert Rae
James Powell
Cherylea Browne
Matthew Barton
Catherine Storey
Pat Alley
David Davies
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Blair Munford
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Blair Munford
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Anatomy all day - short 15 minute presentations on listed subject by
demonstrators
Abdomen and Pelvis:
Abdominal wall
Fiona Stewart
Oesophagus and stomach
David Storey
Liver segments
Robert Rae
Pancreas
Peter Zelas
Biliary tree
Peter Cosman
Colon and appendix
Pierre Chapuis
Blood vessels, aorta and its branches, IVC Lou Lemech
Pelvic organs
Scott MacKenzie
Kidneys and ureters
Pat Alley
Embryology
Cherelea Browne
Surgical Sciences Intensive Course Program
Monday 19 January – Saturday 31 January 2015
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Special circulations
12.30 –
1.30
Sat 24 Jan
Sun 25 Jan
Mon 26 Jan
Lunchtime – Barbecue – all lecturers invited
Australia Day Holiday
and
long weekend
Tuesday 27 Jan
8.00am
8.30am
9.00am
Blood vessels lower limb (0.5 hour)
The knee joint (0.5 hour)
Anatomy of the lower limb (lab) (3 hours)
12.00noon Lunch
1.00pm
GIT physiology (2 hours)
Wednesday
28 Jan
3
John Crozier
James Powell
John Crozier
Robert Rae
David Storey
Fiona Stewart
David Robinson
Cherylea Browne
Matthew Barton
Anthony Leslie
Neville Yeomans
3.00pm
3.30pm
6.30pm
Afternoon tea
Genetics (3 hours)
Review and finish
Joanne Lind
8.00am
Radiology
Noel Young
10.00am
Pathology
- General pathology 1 (non-ischaemic
type of cell injury)
- General pathology 2 (common
cancers)
Lunch
12.00
noon
1.00pm
Thursday 29
Jan
Matthew Barton
Anthony Leslie
Joo Shin
Pathology - Immunology 1 and 2
Connie Katelaris
3.00pm
3.30pm
Afternoon tea
Microbiology 1, 2 and 3
Iain Gosbell
6.30pm
Review and finish
8.00am
The chest wall – Bony Thorax
John Morley
9.00am
Anatomy of the chest (lab)(3 hours)
Bruce French
Robert Rae
David Storey
Fiona Stewart
Cherylea Browne
Matthew Barton
Surgical Sciences Intensive Course Program
Monday 19 January – Saturday 31 January 2015
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Friday 30 Jan
12.00noon
1.00pm
3.00pm
3.30pm
4.30pm
The lungs video bronchial tree
Lunch
Anatomy of the heart (lab) (2 hours)
Afternoon tea
General pathology - infection and healing
Pathology spot test
Review and finish
8.00am
Haematology
David Rosenfeld
10.00am
10.15am
Morning tea
Practical pharmacology
Blair Munford
12.00noon Lunch
1.00pm
General pathology 5
- Pathology of adaptive growth
disorders and neoplasia
2:00pm
General pathology – haemodynamic
disorders
3.00pm
Afternoon tea
3.30pm
Anatomy spot test
Review and finish
Saturday 31
Jan
4
Anthony Leslie
R West
9.00am
1.00pm
Exit exam (3 hours)
Lunch, feedback forms and certificates
Surgical Sciences Intensive Course Program
Monday 19 January – Saturday 31 January 2015
David Davies
David Davies
Soon Lee
David Davies
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