Welcome to General Surgeons Australia
GSA 4th Annual Scientific Meeting
'Building the Future of Cancer Care'
21-23 September 2012 - Wrest Point, Hobart
Registration is now open. Please visit http://asm.generalsurgeons.com.au/ to register, or click here.
Interested in sponsoring this event? Please click here for further information.
For further information please contact:
Sally Erickson, Events Manager & Communications Officer
P +61 3 9249 1142
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2012 Pacific Island Travel Grant
Applications for the 2012 Pacific Island Travel Grant are now open. For further information, please click here.
SBS is Looking for General Surgeons to Participate in Documentary in West Africa!
Filming in November and December of this year, positions for this documentary will be finalised in June. If you are interested, click here for further information.
Call for Abstracts - SA Trainees!
Registration and call for abstracts is now open for the SA Board in General Surgery Registrar’s Paper Day which will be held on Saturday 23 June at the Adelaide Pavilion. SA General Surgery Registrars will have the opportunity to win the Covidien Award which includes complimentary registration to the 2012 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting in Hobart.
Please click here for further information or click here to download the registration form.
For further information please contact:
Karen Liu, SET1 & Hospital Inspection Coordinator SA & WA
P +61 8 8239 0822
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MOSES - Management of Surgical Emergencies Course
2012 Course Dates:
- Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 September, Hobart. Click here to download the registration form.
- Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 November, Brisbane. Click here to download the registration form.
Eligibility: SET3-5 General Surgery Trainees, International Medical Graduates.
The Management of Surgical Emergencies (MOSES) course aims to assist trainees in the SET Program in General Surgery and IMGs to:
- Make better decisions, negotiate dilemmas and manage distractors in emergency surgery
- Reduce error
- Achieve better outcomes
- Work more effectively within a team
- Improve situational awareness
- Provide strategies for getting out of trouble
Course Snapshot:
- Trainees: $770 inc. GST. IMGs/Fellows: $1,100 inc. GST
- Aimed at SET3 - SET5 and IMGs
- Places are limited
For further information please contact:
Sally Erickson, Events Manager & Communications Officer
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Call for Expressions of Interest!
NSW & ACT Hernia Study Group - Hernia & Groin Pain Imaging - Can We Get it Right?
Register your interest if you would like to join a working group addressing discrepancies and short-comings in imaging work-up and reporting in hernia and groin pain imaging with leading interested radiologists.
To register your interest please email
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Become a Member of GSA!
What's in it for you?
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Discounted registration fees associated with the Annual Scientific Meeting
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Option to list your details with the 'Find a Surgeon' service
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Access to the 'Members' Area' of the GSA website (soon to be redeveloped)
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Access to 'Member Benefits' associated with your profession
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Receive regular newsletters, including updates on issues affecting the general surgical community
2012 will bring about exciting changes for Members of GSA as we further develop membership benefits and incentives. Of particular interest is GSA's commitment to raising the public profile of General Surgery, with specific reference to the provision of Emergency Surgery. This topic is gaining momentum and GSA will ensure that we play a prominent role in policy and decision making. To this end GSA has developed the 12 Point Plan for Emergency Surgery. Click here to download a copy of the plan.
If you are interested in becoming a member of GSA, click here to download a copy of the application form.
For further information please contact:
Sally Erickson, Events Manager & Communications Officer
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Special Members Only Offer!
ASUM, the peak body for Medical Ultrasound in Australia and New Zealand, is offering GSA Members a 3-month free membership trial. Please log in to the Members' area to access this benefit, which is listed in the Members Benefits & Newsletter folder. Offer ends 31 May 2012.
FOR YOUR DIARY
ATLUS
16 June 2012
Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney
For further information visit www.endocrinesurgery.com.au or click here to download a copy of the course flier. To register, please click here.
4th Post Graduate Course in Endocrine Surgery
29 June - 1 July 2012
Sofitel Central, Brisbane
Please click here for further information.
2012 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting
21-23 September 2012
Wrest Point, Hobart
2012 GSA Trainees' Day - Breast & Endocrine Surgery
21 September 2012
Wrest Point, Hobart
2013 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting
27-29 September 2013
The Westin, Sydney
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction & Hernia Repair
Surgical Conference Finder
To search for other Surgical Conferences, please click here.
12 Point Plan for Emergency General Surgery
GSA has developed a 12 Point Planfor the delivery of Emergency General Surgery services in Australia. The plan has now been sent to over 1,300 General Surgeons, surgical supervisors, hospitals, State and Federal Health Ministers, and Departments of Health.
For further details, please click here.
To read the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons document on the Separation of Elective and Emergency Surgery, please click here.
Book Reviews
Elsevier Australia have kindly provided several books for review. These reviews will be posted under the Members heading for your reading interest. Please click here to view this new feature on the GSA website.
Positions Vacant
Fellowship Opportunities
Please click here for further details on Fellowship opportunities that may be of interest to SET Trainees in General Surgery.
General Surgeons
Please click here for further details on positions vacant for General Surgeons.
General Surgery is a specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment of abdominal organs (such as the intestines, oesophagus, stomach, colon, liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts), skin and soft tissue, and endocrine organs. General Surgery also includes breast surgery, transplantation, emergency and trauma surgery, head and neck surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical oncology.
The General Surgeons Australia (GSA) Board of Management is comprised of representatives from specialty interest groups of General Surgery, including Breast, Colorectal, Endocrine, Hepatobiliary, Upper Gastrointestinal, Head and Neck, Military, Oncology, Trauma, and Rural Surgery, as well as Specialist General Surgeons. Click the links above to find out more about us.
