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Basic Surgical Skills II (SURG90029)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
For Enquiries about this subject please contact kimem@unimelb.edu.au
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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The aim of this subject is to extend and contextualize the skills learned in Basic Surgical Skills I. Additional skills include those essential to working in an operating environment from gowning and gloving, positioning, skin preparation and draping, establishing and maintaining a sterile field, handling instruments, incisions, suturing and safety checklist.
In parallel, students will have an opportunity to develop communication and teamwork skills relevant in the operating theatre. Whole theatre simulations will be conducted in which students take on various roles with a view to better understanding their own and the roles of others in the provision of surgical care. Patient safety is again a dominant theme of the subject.
Intended learning outcomes
Students completing this subject should be able to:
Demonstrate competence in a simulated clinical setting for a range of skills such as:
Describe principles of patient safety relevant in the operating theatre
- Gowning and gloving
- Positioning and draping
- Handling instruments
- Establishing and maintaining a sterile field
- Removing a lesion and closing the resulting wound
- Inserting a drain tube
- Draining an abscess
Generic skills
- Initiative, autonomy, organization
- Problem-solving
- Oral communication
- Finding, evaluating and using relevant information
- Written communication
- Working with others and in teams
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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SURG90028 | Basic Surgical Skills I | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written reflection; Students are asked to write a reflection based on their experiences of real or simulated experiences relevant to the practice of specific surgical skills
| Week 2 | 20% |
Oral presentation (video); Students are required to prepare a video demonstrating knowledge and safe practice of relevant surgical skill
| Week 5 | 20% |
Essay (case study); Students have a choice of two essays: Either a case study demonstrating the student's knowledge and practice of relevant surgical skills; or an essay of patient safety relevant to surgical practice.
| Week 12 | 60% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinators Christopher Christophi and Debra Nestel Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students are required to attend in person for two study days, 19 & 20 August 2019. Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
For Enquiries about this subject please contact kimem@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Required readings will be available electronically via the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester
Flin, R., P. O'Connor and M. Crichton (2008). Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to Non-Technical Skills. Hampshire, Ashgate Publishing Limited.Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). (2012). "National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards." from http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/NSQHS-Standards-Sept-2012.pdf
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Surgical Science Course Master of Surgical Science
Last updated: 3 November 2022