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Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators (FSSE)
The Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators is an introductory course to expand knowledge and skills in surgical teaching and education.
Academy Educator Studio Sessions
The Academy of Surgical Educators hosts a number of Educator Studio Sessions around Australia and New Zealand each year. Each session is a one hour informative event, curated to help to provide a deeper understanding of the issues, themes and topics that matter.
Academy Forum
The Academy of Surgical Educators hosts the Academy Forum, an evening to acknowledge and celebrate the surgical educators and the leaders among us.
Safer Surgical Teamwork (SST)
SST previously known as Safer Australian Surgical Teamwork (SAST) is a combined workshop for surgeons, anaesthetists and scrub practitioners. The workshop focuses on non-technical skills which can enhance performance and teamwork in the operating theatre thus improving patient safety.
Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS)
The NOTSS workshop focuses on the non- technical skills which underpin safer operative surgery. It explores a behaviour rating system developed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh which can help you develop the knowledge and skills to improve your performance in the operating theatre in relation to situational awareness, communication, decision making and leadership/teamwork.
Promoting Advanced Surgical Education (PrASE)
PrASe empowers surgical educators to deliver excellence in training and education by exploring learner-centred surgical education, trust and feedback, trainees at risk, assessment and supervision, and leadership in surgical education.
PrASE is a two-day, interactive course that helps surgical educators build on knowledge and skills learned in the Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators (FSSE) course.
Graduate Program in Surgical Education
Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters level programs in surgical education are now offered in partnership with the Department of Surgery and Medical Education Unit, the University of Melbourne and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Further information on Graduate Programs in Surgical Education is available on the University of Melbourne website.
Victorian Showcase
A collaboration between EXCITE University of Melbourne Master of Clinical Education, HealthPEER Monash University Master of Health Professional Education and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)/University of Melbourne Master in Surgical Education.