Graduate Certificate in Surgical Education (GC-SURGED)

Intended learning outcomes

Subjects will provide participants with a thorough grounding in theory and practice of medical and surgical education.
After the program, participants should be able to:

• Discuss key educational theories
• Use educational theory to enhance teaching and learning activities
• Describe relevant policy, settings, format and processes of surgical education
• Evaluate contemporary approaches to surgical education
• Describe simulation-based education relevant to surgical training
• Constructively critique educational practices
• Appraise educational technology including e-learning
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in a range of educational settings (as learner, peer, teacher, examiner)
• Design innovative educational programs in response to real world challenges
• Describe approaches to researching surgical education
• Appreciate the role of research in developing the field
• Exercise appropriate professional judgment in the area of surgical education

Generic skills

Please refer to the website

Graduate attributes

The Melbourne Experience enables our graduates to become:

• Academically excellent:
• • have a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship
  • have in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
  • reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication
  • be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
  • be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
• Knowledgeable across disciplines:
• • examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
  • expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
  • have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
  • have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
• Leaders in communities:
• • initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
  • have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
  • mentor future generations of learners
  • engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
• Attuned to cultural diversity:
• • value different cultures
  • be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
  • have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
  • respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
• Active global citizens:
• • accept social and civic responsibilities
  • be advocates for improving the sustainability of the environment

have a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equity and ethics