Surgical Science and Practice

MSc in Surgical Science and Practice (part-time)

Course Code | 002265

The MSc in Surgical Science and Practice is a part-time course consisting of six assessed taught modules and a research project with an associated dissertation. The course has been designed to be completed in two to three years by full-time surgical trainees, and its uniquely modular part-time nature allows students to fit their study around work.

The MSc in Surgical Science and Practice provides a life-long foundation in some of the most important additional skills which the future leaders of the surgical profession will need to acquire. The knowledge gained during the course will stand students in good stead throughout their careers.

This flexible programme is shared jointly by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and the Department for Continuing Education’s Continuing Professional Development Centre. The programme features teaching from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, based in the world-renowned Department of Primary Health Care.

Taught by global experts, the six modules are:

• Becoming a medical educator
  
• Human factors, teamwork and communication
  
• Introduction to surgical management and leadership
  
• Quality improvement science and systems analysis
  
• Surgical technology and robots
• The practice of evidence-based healthcare in surgery
  

Each module includes access to online resources as well as one of week intensive face-to-face teaching in Oxford.

The module on surgical technology and robots features an exceptional opportunity for hands-on experience with leading-edge surgical technology, including the Da Vinci robot

The extensive resources of the University libraries are available to students, including the Continuing Education Library at Rewley House, the Radcliffe Science Library and the Cairns Library.

The programme also uses a virtual learning environment (VLE).

Mr Peter McCulloch

• Clinical Reader in Surgery, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
• Director, Quality, Safety, Reliability and Teamwork Unit
• Member of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, University of Oxford

Professor Freddie Hamdy

Nuffield Professor of Surgery, Head of Department and Professor of Urology, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

Dr Amanda Burls

• Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care
• Senior Fellow of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford

Professor Richard Canter

Head of School of Surgery, Severn Deanery, NHS Education South West

Dr Ken Catchpole

Associate Director of Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles

Mr Tony Jefferis

Deputy Postgraduate Dean, Oxford Deanery, NHS South of England

Dr Tom Leslie

Clinical Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

Dr Steve New

• Fellow and Tutor in Management Studies, Hertford College
• Lecturer in Quality Improvement, Said Business School

Most part-time students on these programmes are already in full-time employment in related fields on commencement of the programmes. The MSc aims to prepare surgical trainees for their future working lives and to equip them for the following career pathways:

• Managing surgical units and leading surgical teams
• Becoming a medical educator
• Undertaking surgical and clinical research
• Embarking upon an academic career pathway
  

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