S3D: Student Surgical Skills Development

S³D is a student-run, surgery interest group sponsored by the Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Toronto, and the Medical Student Society (MedSoc).

Objectives:

to provide information for students interested in pursuing surgical careers

to learn about the various surgical skills resources and research opportunities available at the University of Toronto

to discuss the current best practice surgical techniques, 

and,

to explore the various surgical subspecialties

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Updates (April 08):  ***Suturing Kits are in! Contact Theresa to get your kit and CD

 

Upcoming Event Schedule::

            Surgical CaRMS Match: featuring surgical residents and recent grads (Date + Location TBD)

  From our talk about Neurosurgery with Dr. Mark Bernstein, April 14, 2008

 (L to R): Ian Mayne, Rebecca Zener, Dr. Bernstein, Caroline Scott

Seminar Series:

I) Exploring the Specialties

General Surgery , Urology, Cardiac Surgery, Plastic Surgery,  Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Thoracic Surgery,

II) Special Topics in 2007-2008

Trauma: Experiences from Sunnybrook Trauma Centre
Military Medicine: Experiences of an Orthopod in Afghanistan
Robotics, UHN, and the future of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Choosing a Surgical Residency, experiences of surgical residents

  Contacts:

Faculty supervisor:                          Dr. Zane Cohen, Chair, Div. of General Surgery, UofT

President/ 0T9 Rep:                           Theresa Pazionis       

Vice-president/ 1T0 Rep:                    Vinay Fernandes       

Internal Affairs/ 1T0 Rep:                    Ian Mayne                

1T1 Reps/ 08-09 Exec:                       Caroline Scott, Rebecca Zener

    Department of Surgery, UofT | Faculty of Medicine | Surgical Skills Centre

Revised March 25, 2008

by Vinay Fernandes