Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting of the Sydney University Surgical Society which will be held on Thursday 4th July at 6:00pm in KPEC Auditorium. The agenda will include:
1) President’s Report
2) Constitutional Amendments
All motions must be sent to the Society Secretary by 27th June (Jason Luong, jluo4594@uni.sydney.edu.au). In the interests of time, only motions with notice will be considered at the meeting.
The current constitution is available on the SUSS website at: https://surgsoc.org.au/about-suss/
3) Elections
Nominations for positions will be taken from the floor or via proxy (see below). Candidates must be nominated by a third party, have their nomination seconded by another third party, and accept their nomination. Positions include and will be voted on in the following order:
Executive positions
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
Committee positions
5. Research Officer
6. Events Officer
7. Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer
8. Skills Lab Coordinator
9. Community Officer
10. Stage 1 and 2 Representatives
11. Clinical School Representatives: 1 for each of Concord, RPA, Nepean, Northern, SAN, Westmead, Dubbo, Orange, Lismore, Broken Hill
We will be taking nominations from students who are unable to attend the event in person. However, if you can attend, please do so!
Process for nomination if you can’t attend:
Email the President, Deanna Lee (dlee5373@uni.sydney.edu.au) with your name, SMP Stage, the position you are running for, and *either* a written speech *or* a video file that can be read out or played at the AGM. If you are sending a speech to be read out, please also include a passport-style photo of yourself, which will be displayed at the AGM so people know who they are voting for. Speeches should be no longer than 150 words for committee positions or 250 words for executive positions.
Date: 4 July 2019
Location: KPEC Auditorium
Time: 6 – 7:30 pm
SUSS is excited to announce that we will be running our second Stage 1 Suturing Workshops for the year on the 23 and 30 June.
We will have some SRMOs at each session to introduce you more basic suturing skills (e.g. simple interrupted), with the opportunity to advance once you’ve mastered those!
It is a $2 donation to attend to cover the cost of sutures.
There will be a total of six 1-hour sessions run across two days with each session capable of accommodating up to 10 students. Due to the limited spots available and the tendency for these workshops to be oversubscribed, we ask that students only sign up for workshops on dates they are CERTAIN they are available. It isn’t fair to those who miss out on a place when we have empty spots during the workshops due to no-shows. If you do have to pull out from your allocated session, timely notification is appreciated and will allow us to reach out to students who are next in line.
Please register here.
Not so far in the future, surgeons might be able to practice performing every step of a surgical procedure without stepping foot in an operating theatre. Palliative care doctors might prescribe a virtual beach vacation to calm aches and pains, in lieu of adding more pills and patches. Psychiatrists might treat social phobia by immersing patients in a virtual dinner party.
It’s starting to happen right now because of virtual reality (VR) – the mind-bending technology that offers immersive, multisensory environments that nudge our brains into thinking we are somewhere else.
This event will bring together pioneers in the use of VR and AR in medicine. Surgeons, physicians and scientists will share their individual experiences in the VR and AR fields, and enlighten us on the future of virtual reality in medicine and surgery. During the interactive breakout session, audience members will have a chance to demo VR experiences and network with pioneers in the field. Please find the evening’s program and speaker lineup on the ‘Discussion’ tab.
Due to limited spots, registration on Eventbrite is required (http://eventbrite.com.au/e/63164875844). We look forward to seeing you there!
Event will be held in the VR OpenLab (School of Psychology on USYD campus in Camperdown).
Date: 24 Jun 2019
Location: VR OpenLab, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW
Time: 5:30 – 8:30pm
SUMS and SUSS are proud to be hosting the ultimate medical turf war, pitching six of Sydney’s brightest minds against one another with the hopes of answering medicine’s eternal question: which specialty is better, surgery or medicine?
The topic up for debate is “to cut is to cure”, with the surgeons arguing the affirmative and physicians arguing the negative. The winning team will be decided by audience vote, so we’re anticipating (and encouraging) plenty of light-hearted banter between the two teams.
DEBATERS – SURGEONS:
– Professor Mohamed Khadra, Staff Specialist (Urology) at Westmead and Nepean Hospitals, Clinical Director of Surgery and Anaesthetics and Head of Urological Surgery at Nepean Hospital, and Best-selling author and playwright
– Dr Angelina Di Re, Surgical Research Fellow (Colorectal) at Westmead Hospital
– Dr Richard Hanney, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Western Clinical School and Staff Specialist (General Surgery) at Westmead and Mount Druitt Hospitals
DEBATERS – PHYSICIANS:
– Associate Professor Hasantha Gunasekera, Academic Leader and Paediatrician at Westmead Children’s Hospital
– Professor Stephen Twigg, Head of Dept of Endocrinology and Medical Head of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Laboratories at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Kellion Professor of Endocrinology and Stan Clark Chair in Diabetes at University of Sydney
– Professor Stephen Clarke, Medical Oncologist at Royal North Shore Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney
Entry is a gold coin donation, being collected at the door to be donated to the Refugee Clinic at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead on behalf of the winning team
Date: 3 Jul 2019
Location: KPEC Auditorium, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm
SUSS invites you to our May Journal club, where this month we’re focusing on ENT surgery. We are also pleased to introduce a new surgical anatomy teaching segment to help Stage 3 students prepare for their surgery barrier exams. Vijidha Shree will be conducting an interactive ENT anatomy tutorial and take us through surgical management of thyroid disease. Hafila Makhani will also be discussing a review of hypoglossal nerve stimulation in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Join us at the RPA Institute for Academic Surgery on Wednesday 15 May at 6pm. Presenters and Papers:
Hafila Makhani
Wray, C. M., & Thaler, E. R. (2016). Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea: A review of the literature. World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2(4), 230–233. doi:10.1016/j.wjorl.2016.11.005
Data: Wednesday 15 May
Time: 6PM
Location: RPA IAS
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