Education and Meeting Program Summary
Education & Meeting Program Summary 2021
Day | Time | Activity | Venue | Note |
Monday | 0700 | General Surgery Registrar Network Education Program SETs, Pre-SETs, JMOs and Students Welcome | Via Zoom across Network. | Weekly Compulsory attendance for SETs and highly recommended for Pre-SETs to attend |
Monday | 1800 | HNE Basic Surgical Skills Course Network Education | Surgical Skills Training Room, Clinical Skills Training Centre | Monday’s or Wednesdays Fortnightly. |
Tuesday | 0700 | Colorectal MDT Meeting | Royal Newcastle Centre Resource Room 2 | Tuesdays Fortnightly |
Tuesday | 0700 | Interventional Endoscopy Meeting | Royal Newcastle Centre Resource Room | 1st Tuesday of the month |
Tuesday | 0700 | Trauma Research Meeting | Royal Newcastle Centre Resource Room 1 | Weekly |
Tuesday | 0800 | Journal Club, Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplant | L Block, John Hunter Hospital | Weekly |
Tuesday | 1200 | Journal Club (Trauma) | Royal Newcastle Centre Board Room, Level 3 | Weekly |
Tuesday | 1900 | Journal Club (General Surgery) Network Education SETs, PGY3+ Pre-SETs welcome | External venue | x 4 per year (Mondays 7pm) Dinner Meeting |
Wednesday | 1700-1800 | Surgery Research Meeting SETs, Pre-SETs, JMOs Welcome | Via Zoom | Weekly rosemary.carroll@health.nsw.gov.au or stephen.smith@health.nsw.gov.au |
Wednesday | 1700 | Endocrine Surgery MDT 2021 dates: 3/2, 3/3, 31/3, 28/4, 26/5, 23/6, 21/7, 18/8, 15/9, 13/10, 10/11, 8/12 | Royal Newcastle Centre Room 3125, Level 3, Board Room | Wednesdays monthly |
Wednesday | 1730 | Thyroid Cancer MDT | Royal Newcastle Centre Room 3125Level 3, Board Room | Wednesdays monthly |
Wednesday | 1730 | Surgical Grand Rounds SETs, Pre-SETs, JMOs welcome | Royal Newcastle Centre Lecture Theatre Level 3 | x 4 per year |
Wednesday | 1800 | HNE Basic Surgical Skills Training Course Network Education SETs, Pre-SETs welcome | Surgical Skills Training Room, Clinical Skills Training Centre | Monday’s or Wednesday’s Fortnightly |
Wednesday | 1800 | Surgical Sciences GSSE Exam Preparation Network Education Pre-SETs and JMOs welcome | TBA | Fortnightly as required |
Thursday | 0700 | Surgical Audit / CME (General Surgery) | Royal Newcastle Centre, Conference Room 2 | Thursdays weekly HNELHD-SurgicalOutcomeImprovement@health.nsw.gov.au |
Thursday | 1900-2100 | JMO Surgical Education Network Education Pre-SETs, JMOs and students welcome | Zoom | mark.e.fenton@gmail.com or Belinda.tuynman@health.nsw.gov.au |
Friday | 0700 | Multidisciplinary Trauma Forum Pre-SETs, JMOs and students welcome | Royal Newcastle Centre Conference Room 1 | Fridays weekly |
Friday | 0700 0800 | Prostate Cancer GU Cancer | Royal Newcastle Centre Conference Room 2 | Fortnightly amy.favero@health.nsw.gov.au |
Friday | 0715-0900 | GI Cancer MDT (General Surgery) | Radiology Conference Room | Friday’s weekly |
Friday | 1300 | Junior Bone School Network Education Pre-SETs, JMOs welcome | Resource Room 2, Royal Newcastle Centre | Friday’s weekly belinda.tuynman@health.nsw.gov.au |
Saturday | Hunter Surgical Society General Surgery, Acute Surgery and Oncology | Hunter Medical Research Institute, Kookaburra Circuit New Lambton Heights | Annual Meeting President, Hunter Surgical Society | |
Saturday | 0900-1200 | Laparoscopic Skills Network Education SETs, Pre-SETs welcome | Surgical Skills Training Room, Clinical Skills Training Room | x 3 Saturdays per year |
Annual | Surgical Information / Orientation Evening Network Education SETs, Pre-SETs welcome | Contact Belinda Tuynman for further information | ||
Annual | Surgical Recruitment Evening Pre-SETs welcome | Contact Belinda Tuynman for further information | ||
Annual | Interview Skills General Surgery Orthopaedics Network Education Pre-SETs welcome | Contact Belinda Tuynman for further information | ||
Annual | HETI Golden Scalpel Games for Pre-SETs | Contact Belinda Tuynman for further information |
General Surgery Registrar/SRMO Network Education Program (JMOs welcome also)
Every Monday 7.00am
Virtual across all Network sites ie Armidale, Belmont, Maitland, Tamworth, Taree, Mater, Gosford, Port Macquarie, Wyong.
HNE Basic Surgical Skills Course
These are practical education sessions conducted in Surgical Skills Training Room in the Clinical Skills Training Centre usually on a fortnightly basis.
Topics include:
- Basic Instrumentation, suturing and knot tying
- Laparoscopic skills
- Tendon repair
- Bowel anastomosis
- Vascular anastomosis and vessel handling
- Complex wound closure and simple flaps
In addition there are extra Laparoscopic Education sessions conducted on a Saturday three times per year.
Orthopaedics Junior Baby Bone School:
One hour weekly. In person at host site and on zoom.
Surgical Sciences Education Sessions
As required. Looks to be replaced by HETI Course in 2021 in preparation for October Exam. One and a half to two hours fortnightly. Virtual across Network. Recordings available via secure website. Conducted as per demand.
Surgical Information /Orientation Evening:
Annual event providing an opportunity for informal discussions between interns, residents, surgical SRMOs/unaccredited trainees, SETS, fellows and consultant surgeons. Presentation by RACS SET Supervisor covering topics including pre-SET and getting onto SET; SET (General Surgery); post-fellowship training; research; and work-life balance.
Surgical Recruitment Evening
Annual evening to discuss recruitment for annual medical recruitment for local and external applicants.
Interview Skills
Annual event with Network Director of Surgical Training, Surgeons and SET Trainees
HETI Golden Scalpel Games
The HETI Golden Scalpel Games is an annual State wide surgical competition in which the six surgical training networks compete.
The morning is dedicated to student surgical games.
The afternoon is dedicated to the Surgical Skills Networks Golden Scalpel Games
Journal Club - General Surgery
Four evenings per year. 25-35 doctors attend. Surgeons, SET Trainees, Unaccredited Registrars and SRMOs. Held as a dinner meeting
Research Meetings
Weekly. SETs, Registrars/SRMOs and interested JMOs attend. Network Director for Surgical Training.
JMO Surgical Education
These sessions are conducted by surgical registrar and are aimed at enhancing JMO knowledge and comfort in dealing with General Surgical patients. They are run in 10 week blocks aligning with JMO rotations. Current General Surgery JMO’s, interested JMO’s, medical students and future General Surgery rotation JMO’s are all welcome to attend. This is also an avenue for any potential questions regarding surgical patient management to be discussed outside of the time constraints of every day practice
Two topics per week will be discussed, with each session going from 7pm-9pm
Proposed topics are:
Tertiary Survey Fluid management Surgical Ward Rounding Review of abdominal pain Pre-operative patient management Post- operative patient management JMO Approach to the Operating Theatre Diverticulitis Small Bowel Obstruction Night shift | Common JMO procedures (IVC, IDC, NGT) Biliary pathology UGI post-operative pathways Colorectal Surgery post-operative pathways PRB Discharge Process Imaging Pancreatitis Thyroid/Parathyroid Hernias |