New academic appointment in Surgery - Adjunct Clinical Professor Eugene Ek

Professor Julian Smith is delighted to announce the appointment of Adjunct Clinical Professor Eugene Ek to the Department of Surgery.  Prof Ek is an academic Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in hand, elbow and shoulder surgery, with a particular interest in complex reconstructive surgery of the upper extremity and arthroscopic surgery.  He has been a member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Dandenong Hospital, Monash Health since 2013 and is actively involved in teaching medical students, orthopaedic registrars and hand surgery fellows from all around the world. His main research interests are in hand and wrist biomechanics, treatment of scaphoid fractures, elbow arthroscopy and management of rotator cuff pathology. As part of the Department of Surgery/SCS, he hopes to continue to contribute to the research output of the academic department and also train and mentor future academic surgeons.

Planned evacuation drills - MMC areas

On Tuesday 31 May, the following areas will undergo a planned evacuation drill. Staff are expected to participate in these, or notify in advance if their work does not allow them to leave their workplace during the drill.

• 9:30 AM
• Bld 261, 262 & TRF warden briefing - under the MHRP Bridge  
• 10:45 AM
• MIMR Building (Hudson / 261) - all floors (Fire panel: Rod E)
• 11:15 AM
• MHRP Building & Bridge (262) (Fire panel: Rod E
• 2:30 PM
• TRF Building, Levels 4-7 (Fire panel: Rod E or silent drill) 
• 3:00 PM
• E block, Levels 3 - 5 (Fire panel: silent drill)

In all areas, the wardens will do a sweep to evacuate staff and students from the area, in a mock emergency. The "silent drills" will not have any announcements or tones over the PA system to communicate with staff about the drill. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email scs.ohs@monash.edu

SCS WiSDoM event - Design Thinking Clinic Workshop

Finding a solution to a complex problem such as we encounter in medicine and research is difficult but we have good tools which business use to do it better. Design thinking is an iterative process where the discovery step involving empathy, observation and understanding of the users and stakeholders is 50% - so different to what we do currently in research and medicine.  This allows us to better understand and define the problem, focus on the user (patient) then design a solution and pilot it.

See 6 May 2022 Design thinking clinic workshop presentation HERE

SCS WiSDoM Committee would like to run the next longer workshop with researchers at all levels (including managers) and make it more practical around what we need to solve. If you have a complex problem in medicine, research or management please email vanalysa.ly@monash.edu the idea. We have already have one proposal - How can we collaborate better across the school, faculty and university but keen to have 3 topics for the workshop.

Please email vanalysa.ly@monash.edu if you are interested to participate and/or provide a topic for the workshop.

Find out more about the SCS WiSDoM Committee