In a recent paper published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, an international team of prominent surgeons examined the barriers to conducting research faced by contemporary trainees and practising surgeons. “Over the past decade … concerns have been raised about a global decline in the number of surgeons performing basic science research alongside clinical activity – so-called …
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Professor Tom Hugh I welcome you to the 5th Newsletter of the Royal North Shore Hospital SERT Institute. We have made significant progress in our endeavours to promote academic surgery on the campus. I encourage you to become a part of our vision and am interested to hear your thoughts on how …
Dr Jason Sicklick, general surgeon and surgical oncologist from University of California San Diego will be visiting Royal North Shore Hospital on the 18th of February and speaking at Surgical Grand Rounds (5-6pm in the Kolling Auditorium). Jason specialises in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC) and in …
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Professors Hugh and Samra covering the RMO evening shift during the annual RMO handover party. The “Hello Goodbye Party” is a tradition at the RNS. At the end of each year, senior medical staff volunteer to provide cover on the wards to facilitate as many of the junior medical staff to attend the party. This year …
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Westpac’s 2019 Innovation challenge for 2019 is now open. The theme for this year is open data. The themes relevant to health are aged care and government. For more information see their web page. Opening of the 2019 challenge at the Sydney innovation hub.
“Although the dictum “see one, do one, teach one” may have characterized the way physicians learned clinical skills in the past, it is now clear that, for training to be effective, learners at all levels must have the opportunity to compare their performance against a standard and to continue to practice until competence is achieved.” …
