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Medical Students' Surgical Workshops

Three workshops are conducted each year. By inviting final year medical students into the skills laboratory, the aim is to promote surgery as a career and to demistify the RACS for Victorian students.

COVID-19 disruptions to College events

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak  indeed created a challenge for us all in 2020 and unfortunately, we were unable to provide our Victorian final year medical student’s with these very popular workshops. We are planning to hold three medical student’s Surgical Skills Workshops this year in 2021, however these workshops will be dependent on the state of Victoria’s restrictions at the time of the events.

Overview

Held in the RACS skills lab, participants (32 at each event) rotate in small groups through four workstations, to experience hands-on practical skills relevant to the surgical speciality being featured. 

In 2019, there were over 300 students registered, with FLS, Plastic, Urology, Vascular and Orthopaedic surgery featuring across the three workshops.

2021 workshops

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These workshops are extremely popular and are only open to final year medical students.

 Three workshops will be held in 2021:

  • 26 June

  • 31 July

  • 4 September

2021 registrations are now closed.

All Victorian final year medical students will receive an email through their university inviting them to register for the workshops again late in February 2022.

Important registration information (PDF 36.59KB)