Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery)
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Breast Surgery |
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Master of Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) |
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| Students must successfully complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 12 credit points of capstone core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 24 credit points of surgery selective units of study; and | |||
| (c) 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) |
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| Students must successfully complete 36 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of surgery selective units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) |
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| Students must successfully complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of surgery selective units of study. | |||
Capstone core units |
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| SURG5056 Advanced Surgery Project Part A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SURG5057 Advanced Surgery Project Part B |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Surgery selective units |
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| SURG5037 Basic Sciences and Benign Breast Disease |
6 | A This unit is designed as the first part of a curriculum for contemporary breast surgery for Post Fellowship Ttrainees and assumes practical skills training is obtained on the BreastSurgANZ PFT Program (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed general or plastic surgical training and have a strong interest in breast surgery. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| SURG5038 Malignant Breast Disease and MDTs |
6 | A This unit is designed as the first part of a curriculum for contemporary breast surgery for Post Fellowship Ttrainees and assumes practical skills training is obtained on the BreastSurgANZ PFT Program (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed general or plastic surgical training and have a strong interest in breast surgery. P SURG5037 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| SURG5039 Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Level 1 |
6 | A This unit is designed as the second part of a curriculum for contemporary breast surgery for Post Fellowship Trainees and assumes practical skills training is obtained on the BreastSurgANZ PFT Program (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed general or plastic surgical training and have a strong interest P SURG5037 and SURG5038 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| SURG5040 Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Level 2 |
6 | A This unit is designed as the forth and final part of a curriculum for contemporary breast surgery for Post Fellowship Trainees and assumes practical skills training is obtained on the BreastSurgANZ PFT Program (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed general or plastic surgical training and have a strong interest in breast surgery. P SURG5037 and SURG5038 and SURG5039 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| CEPI5300 Research Grants: Theory and Practice |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 N CEPI5505 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| CLTR5001 Trial Design and Methods |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| GMED5001 Genomics in Clinical Practice |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| HAEM5001 Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Acute Care |
6 | A Basic knowledge of haemostasis is an advantage. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5006 Business of Health |
6 | N SMBA6122 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Intensive July |
| HTIN5003 Health Technology Evaluation |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6307 Class Action Litigation in Australia |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 Mr Jason Betts |
Semester 2 |
| PCOL5101 Drugs and Devices: R and D to Registration |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL5102 Modern Therapeutics and Medical Devices |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PCOL5105 Commercialising MedTech and Pharma |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling |
6 | P PUBH5018 N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| WORK6130 Leadership in Organisations |
6 | N ECOF5807 or ECOF6090 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1a |