Monash and University College London
Perioperative Medicine Short course

Why do the course

Perioperative medicine is an emerging field of medicine that has developed in response to the increasing age and complexity of patients and in the number of surgical procedures being performed. The course has been developed as a collaboration between Perioperative Medicine experts at both Monash University and University College London and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of topics considered important in the field.

Course Dates

• July Course: 10 July – 18 August 2023
• September Course: 18 September – 27 October 2023

Information

• Six week course and six course modules (one released each week).
• Allows for flexibility in work patterns – once a module is released weekly, lectures and reading material can be viewed at own pace and at any time.
• Online only, no on-campus attendance required.
• Each course module consists with a reading package, journal articles, short videos, podcasts and knowledge check sections or combinations.
• No assessments (nor minimum pass mark).
• All participants have extra one month to access the course modules.
• You can download the Certificate of Completion at the end of the course if you have accessed and completed all the course modules and the final course survey.

Time Commitment:

4 - 6 hours per week (on average)

Eligibility

• Anaesthetists
• Intensivists
• Physicians
• Surgeons
• Pain Specialists
• Emergency Physicians
• General Practitioners
• Nurses
• And any professionals interested in perioperative care

Course Modules

Six course modules will be offered in this course released on a weekly basis.

There are no assessments for this short course.

Module1 - Introduction to Perioperative Medicine by Professor David Walker

• The perioperative medicine physician.
• Health economics: economic burden of healthcare provision, resource allocation, measuring health economic outcomes.

Module 2 - Clinical Risk Assessment by Professor David Walker

• Biomarkers and organ specific.
• Physical fitness, activity and surgical outcomes.
• CPX, functional capacity.

Module 3 - Perioperative Medication Management by Dr Joel Symons

• Preoperative medication management.
• Postoperative medication management.

Module 4 - Common Early Postoperative Challenges by Dr Jonathan Nicholson

• The burden of post-operative complications.
• The common complications that occur in the early post-operative course and evidence based strategies to best detect and manage these.
• Post-operative models of care to manage the high risk patients.
• Future direction in reducing post-operative complications.

Module 5 - Designing Clinical Pathways by Professor David Walker

• Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways.

Module 6 - Ethics and Advanced Care Directives by Dr Deborah Leung

• Including the very young and the very old.
• POPS
• Ethics of informed consent.

Please Note: Course modules will subject to change. Last Updated: December 2022