Surgical Education Research

Professor Julian Smith delivered the key note RP Jepson Lecture at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Surgical Research Society of Australasia in Adelaide last week.

Head of Department of Surgery at SCS and Head of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Monash Health, Professor Smith spoke on Surgical Education Research - a Personal Perspective outlining some of the contemporary issues and his own recent experience in the field of research in surgical education.

"It was a privilege to discuss new opportunities for surgical education research, particularly through the Graduate Programs in Surgical Education (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters in Surgical Education) run in conjunction with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons," said Professor Smith.

"The Programs offer a wide range of opportunities for research in surgical education for pre-vocational doctors, for surgical trainees and for consultant surgeons."