Registrar and fellow education

Anaesthetics, perioperative medicine and pain medicine registrars and fellows will be involved in providing a comprehensive peri-operative service. We place a strong emphasis on: 

• Perioperative medicine with preoperative risk stratification using cardiopulmonary exercise testing 
• Active prehabilitation strategies  
• Enhanced recovery after surgery programs

Intra-operative anaesthesia places strong emphasis on reducing the neural inflammatory stress response, with emphasis on neuraxial techniques, anti-inflammatory strategies and goal directed therapies to enhance postoperative recovery. We provide high acuity postoperative care and acute postoperative pain management ward rounds and experience in managing acute persistent pain with post hospital discharge clinics. 

Formal education for anaesthetics, perioperative medicine and pain medicine registrars and fellows include: 

• Dedicated, rostered weekly teaching time including lectures, practical workshops and tutorials, with a monthly teaching afternoon that places emphasis on pain medicine 
• Monthly morbidity and mortality meeting 
• Monthly journal club (with statistician support) 
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing teaching sessions 
• Weekly teaching acute pain rounds 
• Access to our annual national conferences, which place emphasis on perioperative medicine, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, enhanced recovery, anaesthesia for robotic surgery, and pain medicine 

We also require registrars and fellows to complete the supporting training and educational requirements of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA). Those who undertake pain fellowships must also complete the requirements of the Faculty of Pain Medicine. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in anaesthetics and pain management, contact: 

A/Prof. Bernhard Riedel  
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Our anatomical pathology registrar training comprises day-by-day involvement, predominantly in histopathology and cytology reporting. We place a heavy emphasis on cancer pathology, as well as formal training sessions at:

• Peter Mac  
• St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne 
• Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA) Victorian Anatomical Pathology Training Program 

Registrars are exposed to:  

• Cut up and reporting of a wide array of cancer resection specimens and biopsies 
• Immunohistochemical and molecular testing of cancers 
• Frozen sections 
• Non-gynaecological  
• FNA cytology

The nature of our referrals provides you with exposure to cases of increased complexity and difficulty. 

You can make an appointment to registrar positions through the RCPA. RCPA usually advertises Victorian registrar positions in June or July at www.rcpa.edu.au and then make appointments in September or October. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in anatomical pathology, contact: 

Dr Christopher Angel 
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Formal opportunities for registrars in general medicine take place in the acute assessment area audit meetings and ward rounds. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in general medicine contact: 

Dr Daniel Steinfort 
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Formal education opportunities in haematology include attending and participating in the following weekly activities: 

• Teaching ward rounds each Monday and Thursday at 9 am 
• Multidisciplinary team meetings each Wednesday at 12:30 pm 
• Pathology meetings each Wednesday at 4:15 pm 
• Journal club each Thursday at 8 am 
• Radiology meetings each Thursday at 1 pm 
• Registrar journal club alternate Fridays at 8 am 
• Molecular MDT alternate Mondays at 11 am

Contact us for the most up-to-date times. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in haematology, contact: 

Dr Dennis Carney 
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Associate Professor Simon Harrison 
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Formal education opportunities in infectious diseases include attending and participating in the following activities: 

• Weekly infectious disease unit meetings 
• Weekly journal club 
• Fortnightly Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group (MIDG) meeting, including biannual presentations

There are also opportunities to:

• Teach HMOs and medical students about infectious diseases  
• Present relevant infectious disease issues at oncology and haematology journal clubs 

We expect students to complete at least one project and publication. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in medical oncology, contact: 

Professor Monica Slavin 
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Formal education opportunities in medical oncology include attending and participating in the following weekly activities: 

• Research meetings 
• Journal club 
• Medical oncology department meetings 
• Medical oncology radiology meetings 
• Inpatient care multidisciplinary team meetings 
• Statewide registrar training program

We involve registrars and fellows in education activities within the clinical services and throughout the VCCC (Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre). 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in medical oncology, contact: 

Prof Linda Mileshkin 
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Dr George Au-Yeung 
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Educational opportunities in palliative care for trainees include: 

• Clinical teaching in regular consultant led ward rounds and daily outpatient clinics 
• Attachment to oncology tumour stream and ONTrac at Peter Mac specialist service for adolescent and young adult patients with cancer 
• Twice monthly academic meetings 
• Monthly research meetings 
• Weekly diagnostic imaging review meetings 
• Weekly multidisciplinary team meetings 
• Participation in department research and quality assurance programs 
• Participation in twice monthly statewide Victorian Palliative Medicine Training Program education meetings 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in palliative care, contact: 

Associate Professor Brian Le 
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Radiation oncology registrars and fellows will be involved in ward and ambulatory care across our 12 cancer streams. 

Formal education opportunities also include a series of lectures and tutorials each Monday afternoon. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in radiation oncology, contact: 

Dr Neda Haghighi 
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Dr Daisy Mak 
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Formal education opportunities in radiology include attending and participating in the following activities: 

• Monthly education sessions run by radiologists 
• Weekly one-hour teaching sessions with a consultant 
• Significant on-the-job training

For enquiries about formal education opportunities in radiation oncology, contact: 

Dr Kwang Chin 
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There are a range of activities organised by the surgical oncology department. The following staff must join in the activities of the division: 

• RACS SET trainees from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital 
• Advanced trainees in Upper GI and Colorectal Surgery and Urology 
• Un-accredited general surgical trainees 
• Fellows in breast and melanoma surgery, colorectal surgery, upper GI surgery, urology, gynaecology, and head and neck surgery 

We expect all trainees to attend the Wednesday morning divisional meeting, the tumour stream multidisciplinary team and academic meetings. We encourage them to take advantage of the opportunities to participate in any of the many academic presentations throughout the hospital during their rotation. All trainees undertake a small research project if possible, during their rotation. 

For enquiries regarding formal education opportunities in surgical oncology, contact: 

Professor Michael Henderson 
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