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Master of Surgery

The Master of Surgery is a postgraduate coursework program that requires students to successfully complete 48 credit points. The program consists of several components, including research method selective units, capstone core units, surgery selective units, and elective units.

Unit of Study Table

The unit of study table outlines the various units that students can take as part of the Master of Surgery program. Each unit of study is worth 6 credit points and represents approximately 10 hours of study per week in a 13-week semester.

Capstone Core Unit

• SURG5100 Surgical Professionalism and Leadership: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has a prerequisite of 24 credit points of Master of Surgery units of study.

Research Method Selective Units

• CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistics: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5035 Surgical Research and Evaluation: This unit is worth 6 credit points.

Surgery Selective Units

• SURG5027 Head and Neck by Dissection: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for students who are preparing or have completed the GSSE or for a SET program.
• SURG5028 Thorax, Back, Spinal Cord by Dissection: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for students who are preparing or have completed the GSSE or for a SET program.
• SURG5029 Upper and Lower Extremities by Dissection: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for students who are preparing or have completed the GSSE or for a SET program.
• SURG5030 Abdomen, Pelvis, Perineum by Dissection: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for students who are preparing or have completed the GSSE or for a SET program.
• HAEM5001 Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Acute Care: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes basic knowledge of haemostasis.
• PATH5000 Surgical Pathology: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5003 Scientific Communication for Surgeons: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5011 Imaging Surgical Patients: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5012 Surgical Metabolism: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5016 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5017 Microsurgery: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5021 Surgical Immunology: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5025 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5031 Surgical Skills: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes final year medical student knowledge of physiology, pathology, and anatomy.
• SURG5032 Physiology for Surgeons: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5034 Surgical Anatomy Based on GSSE: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5036 Surg Research: Translation and Innovation: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5041 Surgical Oncology: Principles and Practice: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes pathology knowledge equivalent to GSSE.
• SURG5042 Urological Oncology: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5043 Surgical Endoscopy: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for candidates who have completed a surgical internship or similar with some prior exposure to endoscopy.
• SURG5045 Orthopaedic Surgery: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• SURG5050 Surgery Dissertation Part A: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes content covered in SURG5035 and SURG5003 is beneficial.
• SURG5051 Surgery Dissertation Part B: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes content covered in SURG5035 and SURG5003 is beneficial.

Elective Units

• CEPI5315 Systematic Reviews: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has corequisites of CEPI5100 or PUBH5010 or CLTR5001.
• CRIT5016 Major Trauma Management: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• GMED5001 Genomics in Clinical Practice: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• HPOL5006 Business of Health: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• MBHT5001 Diabetes Management: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for medical graduates, as well as nursing or allied health graduates with a minimum of 12 months clinical experience.
• PUBH5224 Applied Epidemiology: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has prerequisites of PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011 and PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 or BSTA5002.
• BMRI5019 Psychiatry in Clinical Practice: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• CRIT5019 Advanced Trauma Management: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has a prerequisite of CRIT5016.
• FMHU5007 Safety and Quality in Healthcare: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes clinical experience as a registered health professional and/or employment in a health service management role or health policy role.
• FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistics: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• GLOH5115 Advocacy for Women's and Children's Health: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• GMED5002 Genomics, Omics and Medical Applications: This unit is worth 6 credit points and assumes knowledge equivalent to GMED5001.
• GMED5004 Cancer Genomics: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment: This unit is worth 6 credit points.
• PAIN5021 Acute Pain: This unit is worth 6 credit points and is recommended for experienced clinicians.
• PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has a prerequisite of PUBH5018 or FMHU5002.
• PUBH5218 Advanced Statistical Modelling: This unit is worth 6 credit points and has a prerequisite of PUBH5217.
• PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health: This unit is worth 6 credit points.