SUSS and UNSW Women in Medicine: Women in Surgery Skills Workshop

“A good surgeon has an eagle’s eyes, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.”

SUSS and UNSW Women in Medicine are hosting the Women in Surgery Skills Workshop on October 12th.

Women are under-represented at all levels of the surgical profession, making it crucial to break down stereotypes, build confidence, learn practical skills, and have female surgical role models. Come to the inaugural Women in Surgery Skills Workshop to network with a team of AMAZING female surgeons and make friends with medical students from the UNSW and the University of Sydney. Surgery could be the career choice for you!

This workshop has limited places available — 15 female medical students each from USyd and UNSW will be randomly selected from all applicants. Register at the link below before 11:59pm September 28th.

Registration is essential: https://goo.gl/forms/SZ6mRwT6JOPh8n9J3  (CLOSED)

NOTE: this event is only open to female medical students at the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.

2017 Golden Scalpel Games Results

Congratulations to the University of Sydney team for finishing in the top 4 at the Student Golden Scalpel Games over the weekend! We are very proud of the team for their dedication these past few months and for delivering a stellar performance despite being under high pressure on game day. The stations included laparoscopic anatomy, wound management, knot tying, wound debridement, instrument naming and plastering.  
Team members – Kevin Ce Kang, Konrad Schulz, Lise Kempler, Nathaniel Deboever, Shelley Hubley, Ashley Frois (reserve) 
Mentors – Abraham Rizkalla & Kiane Zhou
Team leader – Steven Paredes
HETI liaison – Deanna Lee
 

A big thank you to the staff at RPA Institute of Academic Surgery as well as our surgeon mentors, Dr Carolyn Jameson and Dr Jonathan Hong, for generously donating their time to train our team. We would also like to thank HETI and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for organising the event.

Keep a look out for next year’s recruitment! 

 

SUSS: 2014 Winners of the NSW Students’ Surgical Skills Competition

SUSS: 2014 Winners of the NSW Students’ Surgical Skills Competition

The inaugural NSW Students’ Surgical Skills Competition (SSSC) was held at Liverpool Hospital over the weekend of August 2-3, 2014. The University of Sydney team competed against teams from other NSW medical schools: UNSW, UWS, UOW, UND and Newcastle.

The SSSC is a six station surgical skills competition based on the Golden Scalpel Games run by NSW HETI. Stations are designed and judged by consultant surgeons and include early management of severe trauma, surgical anatomy & radiology, wound closure, laparoscopic skills, instrument identification and hand-sewn bowel anastomosis. All stations placed great emphasis on teamwork and professionalism.

Sydney University Surgical Society were victorious this year, taking out the SSSC award. Congratulations to the successful team:

Andrew Ying
Chao Wang
Hannah Lorking
Kilian Brown
Michael Seco
Mona Liu
Thomas Nienaber
Matthew Leung (team coordinator)

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