Clinical Surgery
Unit of study table
| This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 30 March 2026. View details of the changes below. |
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Doctor of Clinical Surgery | ||
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| Students complete 144 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) 108 credit points of core units of study, including: | ||
| (i) 66 credit points of clinical coursework (surgery) units of study | ||
| (ii) 6 credit points capstone units of study | ||
| (ii) 36 credit point research dissertation units of study in the order prescribed below | ||
| (b) 36 credit points of elective units of study. | ||
| In general students take: | ||
| (i) one research and two clinical surgery units per semester | ||
| (ii) one elective unit per semester | ||
| (iii) the capstone unit in their final semester. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units of study | ||
Research | ||
| (a) The Research units of study each cover a particular aspect of the Thesis and must be taken in the prescribed order: | ||
| (i) Surgical Research 1 - Abstract | ||
| (ii) Surgical Research 2 - Narrative Review/Aims | ||
| (iii) Surgical Research 3 - Methods (Data Collation) | ||
| (iv) Surgical Research 4 - Results | ||
| (v) Surgical Research 5 - Discussion/Future Directions | ||
| (vi) Surgical Research 6 - Bibliography | ||
| SURG6001 Surgical Research 1 | 6 | |
| SURG6002 Surgical Research 2 | 6 | |
| SURG6003 Surgical Research 3 | 6 | |
| SURG6004 Surgical Research 4 | 6 | |
| SURG6005 Surgical Research 5 | 6 | |
| SURG6006 Surgical Research 6 | 6 | |
Clinical coursework (surgery) | ||
| (a) Students who possess a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), or equivalent, may be granted an exemption of 66 credit points of clinical coursework units of study | ||
| (b) Students must be eligible to undertake surgical training in New South Wales, and be appointed to a SET 3 or higher position by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. | ||
| SURG6011 Clinical Surgery 1 | 6 | |
| SURG6012 Clinical Surgery 2 | 6 | |
| SURG6013 Clinical Surgery 3 | 6 | |
| SURG6014 Clinical Surgery 4 | 6 | |
| SURG6015 Clinical Surgery 5 | 6 | |
| SURG6016 Clinical Surgery 6 | 6 | |
| SURG6017 Clinical Surgery 7 | 6 | |
| SURG6018 Clinical Surgery 8 | 6 | |
| SURG6019 Clinical Surgery 9 | 6 | |
| SURG6020 Clinical Surgery 10 | 6 | |
| SURG6021 Clinical Surgery 11 | 6 | |
Capstone | ||
| SURG6022 Clinical Surgery Capstone | 6 | P SURG6001 and SURG6002 and SURG6003 and SURG6004 and SURG6005 and SURG6006 |
Non-clinical subjects (elective) | ||
| FMHU5007 Safety and Quality in Healthcare | 6 | A Clinical experience as a registered health professional and/or employment for in a health service management role or health policy role. |
| EDPR5001 University Teaching and Learning | 6 | |
| EDPE6011 Learning and Individual Differences | 6 | |
| EDPZ5010 Individual Profession Learning Portfolio | 6 | |
| EDPZ6010 Prof Learning Leadership Portfolio | 6 | |
| FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistics | 6 | N PUBH5018 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing | 6 | N GLOH5135 |
| MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment | 6 | |
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses | 6 | N BSTA5011 |
| BMRI5019 Psychiatry in Clinical Practice | 6 | N BMRI5003 or BMRI5050 |
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology | 6 | |
| CEPI5315 Systematic Reviews | 6 | N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314 or CLTR5000 C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010 or CLTR5001 |
| CRIT5016 Major Trauma Management | 6 | |
| CRIT5019 Advanced Trauma Management | 6 | P CRIT5016 |
| GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health | 6 | N MIPH5131 or MIPH5132 |
| GLOH5115 Advocacy for Women's and Children's Health | 6 | N MIPH5115 |
| GMED5001 Genomics in Clinical Practice | 6 | |
| GMED5002 Genomics, Omics and Medical Applications | 6 | A This unit assumes knowledge equivalent to GMED5001. It is strongly recommended that students who lack a good working knowledge of genomics complete GMED5001 before enrolling in this unit or take it concurrently with GMED5001 |
| GMED5003 Advanced Genomics in Clinical Practice | 6 | A This unit of study assumes knowledge equivalent to GMED5001. It is strongly recommended that students who lack a good working knowledge of genomics complete GMED5001 before enrolling in this unit |
| GMED5004 Cancer Genomics | 6 | |
| HAEM5001 Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Acute Care | 6 | A Basic knowledge of haemostasis is an advantage |
| HPOL5006 Business of Health | 6 | N SMBA6122 |
| MBHT5001 Diabetes Management | 6 | A This unit of study is recommended for medical graduates, as well as nursing or allied health graduates with a minimum of 12 months clinical experience |
| PAIN5021 Acute Pain | 6 | A This unit is case based and is only suitable for experienced clinicians |
| PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling | 6 | P PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) |
| PUBH5218 Advanced Statistical Modelling | 6 | P PUBH5217 N CEPI5310 |
| SURG5003 Scientific Communication for Surgeons | 6 | |
| SURG5011 Imaging Surgical Patients | 6 | N IMAG5042 |
| SURG5012 Surgical Metabolism | 6 | |
| SURG5016 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 6 | |
| SURG5017 Microsurgery | 6 | |
| SURG5021 Surgical Immunology | 6 | |
| SURG5025 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery | 6 | |
| SURG5031 Surgical Skills | 6 | A Final year medical student knowledge of physiology, pathology and anatomy is assumed |
| SURG5032 Physiology for Surgeons | 6 | |
| SURG5034 Surgical Anatomy Based on GSSE | 6 | |
| SURG5035 Surgical Research and Evaluation | 6 | |
| SURG5036 Surg Research: Translation and Innovation | 6 | |
| SURG5041 Surgical Oncology: Principles and Practice | 6 | A Pathology knowledge equivalent to GSSE |
| SURG5042 Urological Oncology | 6 | |
| SURG5043 Surgical Endoscopy | 6 | A Candidates are advised to have completed a surgical internship or similar with some prior exposure to endoscopy |
| SURG5045 Orthopaedic Surgery | 6 | |
| SURG5100 Surgical Professionalism and Leadership | 6 | P 24 credit points of Master of Surgery units of study or 24 credit points of Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) units |
Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 18/3/2026 | Prerequisites (P) for SURG5100 published as: P 24 credit points of Master of Surgery units of study | Prerequisites (P) for SURG5100 removed.
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| 30/03/2026 | No Prerequisites (P) for SURG5100 | Prerequisites (P) for SURG5100 added: "P 24 credit points of Master of Surgery units of study or 24 credit points of Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) units" |