Sydney University Surgical Society are excited to host Surgical Management of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours.
In this session, Dr. Richard Boyle will be presenting interesting cases and covering the important aspects of the surgical approach to this group of diseases.
Dr Richard Boyle is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in musculoskeletal oncology, trauma and arthroplasty.
This session will be of benefit to both Stage 1 students learning MSK for the first time and Stage 3 students covering their MSK core curriculum, however all years and clinical schools are welcome.
Date: 3 June 2014
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Location: Norman Gregg Theatre, Edward Ford Building, University of Sydney
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Dear Members,
Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting of the Sydney University Surgical Society which will be held on Tuesday 27th May at 6:00pm in Bosch Lecture Theatre 2, Bosch Building, the University of Sydney. The agenda will include:
Constitutional Amendments
All motions must be sent to the Society Secretary by 22nd May (Julian Smyth, jsmy5124@uni.sydney.edu.au). In the interests of time, only motions with notice will be considered at the meeting.
The motions with notice are available here.
The current constitution is available here.
Elections
Nominations for positions will be taken from the floor only. 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
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
Committee positions
- Research and Communications Officer
- Skills Lab Coordinator
- Stage 1 Representative
- Stage 2 Representative
- 6 Clinical School Representatives: 1 for each of Concord, RPA, Nepean, Northern, SAN, and Westmead
Other items
Due to the constitutional voting and large number of elections not all council reports will be heard at the AGM.
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Yours sincerely,
Michael Seco
President
The Royal Australian College of Surgeons is holding its annual essay competition for final year medical students.
The topic for the essay this year is “Are rural surgical services in danger of becoming extinct?”. The best essay will win a Medical Student Award of RACS and be published in the NSW Chairman’s Newsletter and the College website.
See the linked flyer below for more information
RACS Essay Competition Flyer
Sydney University Surgical Society are excited to host Endocrine Surgery Grand Rounds.
Prof Leigh Delbridge from RNSH will be presenting cases in endocrine surgery. Prof Delbridge has served many years as Head of Surgery at the University of Sydney and is an internationally recognised expert in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
This will be a great opportunity, particularly for stage 2 students in their endocrine block, to learn about the surgical management of common endocrine pathologies.
Students from all stages and clinical schools are welcome.
Date: Thursday 22 May 2014
Time: 6:00–7:00pm
Location: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre, Edward Ford Building, University of Sydney
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Sydney University Surgical Society are excited to host Practical Management of Orthopaedic Trauma.
This is the first session of a two-part series on orthopaedic surgery covering the surgical management of MSK pathology and is particularly relevant to first year students in their MSK block. The second session “Surgical Management of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours” will be held in early June.
In this session, Dr. Sanjeev Gupta will be presenting orthopaedic trauma cases and outlining basic management principles. Dr. Gupta will focus on important approaches for interns and junior doctors.
All years are welcome.
Date & Time: 8th May 2014, 6 – 7 pm
Location: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Room TBA.
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