Courses and qualifications in Perioperative Medicine
Participants review the course material Online and there is no face-face interaction with lecturers or course coordinators. Two courses available in March and August
Any medical practitioner who is interested in Perioperative Medicine can register for this course.
Trainees and Consultants are eligible for this option
Why Participate in the Course?
Many Clinicians caring for surgical patients are challenged by the growing complexity of these patients, particularly their perioperative management.
Pre-admission clinics are responding, and perioperative medicine is becoming an emerging field.
This course will address deficiencies in this area.
This course will be conducted by Monash University (Central Clinical School - Alfred Hospital), in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital's Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine.
- Surgical Patients are getting older and sicker.
- Many Clinicians caring for surgical patients are challenged by the growing complexity of these patients, particularly their perioperative management.
- Pre-admission clinics are responding, and perioperative medicine is becoming an emerging field.
- This course will address deficiencies in this area.
- This course will be conducted by Monash University (Central Clinical School - Alfred Hospital), in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital's Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine.
Requirements
Anyone who is interested in Perioperative Medicine with minimum MBBS can register for this course.
However we recommend participation is best suited for the following specialities
- Anaesthetists
- Intensivists
- Physicians
- Surgeons
- Pain Specialists
- Emergency Physicians
- General Practitioners
Course Objectives
- Consolidate and extend the scientific knowledge, skill-base and professional attributes required to underpin the delivery of excellent, evidencee based clinical practice in the field of perioperative medicine.
- Develop a cohort of graduates who are well equipped to lead the implementation of high quality and safe practice in perioperative medicine into the future.
- Provide a solid intellectual basis for the development of perioperative medicine as an academic discipline and professional speciality.
- Support and promote the development of skilled practitioners capable of delivering best-practice perioperative medicine in all clinical contexts including remote and rural clinical practice.
- Contribute to the evidence-base of knowledge in perioperative medicine by the distillation, implementation or conduct of clinically relevant research.
- Develop a thorough understanding of the cost benefits of excellent perioperative care.
- Equip practitioners to analyse, and manage professional components of clinical practice in perioperative care including ethical and moral dilemmas.
Fees
AUD $1400 (inc GST)
Contact us
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General enquiries
med-periopmedicine@monash.edu
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Dr. Jonathan Nicholson
Course Co-Convenor
+61 (03) 9076 3176
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Aushra Saldukas
Business Manager
+61 (03) 9903 0958
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Catherine Pound
Course Manager
+61 (03) 9903 0321
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Dilan Kodituwakku
IT Manager
+61 (03) 9903 0521