Journal Club

The SUSS Journal Club is an opportunity to discuss and present papers you find interesting. All articles relating to surgery are welcome.  Journal club provides an environment to hone skills that are utilised later in your professional life.

Meetings are usually held at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery from 6 – 7 pm. All are encouraged to attend and are welcome.

 

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SUSS May Journal Club – ENT

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...

SUSS April Journal Club – Paediatrics

SUSS invites you to our April Journal club, where this month we’re focusing on frontiers in paediatric neurosurgery. Preet Makker will present a case report discussing the multidisciplinary approach to separating craniopagus conjoined twins (joined at the cranium)....

SUSS March Journal Club: Neurosurgery

SUSS invites you to the first Journal Club of 2019, where this month we’re focusing on neurosurgery! Kimberley Dean will give us an overview of a common complication of neurosurgery - Central Diabetes Insipidus, including the role of neuroimaging, and the implications...

SUSS May Journal Club: Trauma

After a short break, we return with the May SUSS Journal club theme of Trauma.  Trauma is a common presentation to ED, often requiring surgical intervention. When managing a trauma case one not only needs to consider the immediate management of a patient but also the...

SUSS March Journal Club: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

The theme of this months SUSS Journal Club is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Oral & Maxillofacial surgery is a highly specialised field in which surgeons are trained in both medicine and dentistry to treat problems that require expertise in both fields....

SUSS February Journal Club: Neurosurgery

The theme of the February SUSS Journal Club is Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology. Glioblastomas are the most common primary malignant brain tumour in the adult population and the prognosis is currently very poor - with median survival from diagnosis often reported at under...

SUSS Journal Club: Summer Break

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for Journal Club in 2017. We have had a lot of interesting topics from a range of year groups. SUSS Journal club will be returning in 2018. Please sign up to our mailing list to be notified of our return and of subsequent...

SUSS October Journal Club: Cardiac Surgery

The theme of the October SUSS Journal Club is cardiac surgery. Our first presenter is Aran Kanagaratnam (stage 1 SMP student), who will present a clinical trial comparing transcatheter (TVAR) and surgical aortic-valve replacements. TAVR is a new therapy for patients...

SUSS September Journal Club: Peritonectomy and HIPEC

Thanks to everyone who joined us last month! The theme for the September SUSS Journal Club is Peritonectomy and HIPEC (Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy). Peritonectomy is a cytoreductive surgery to remove cancer from the peritoneal cavity. In the combined...