Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre - Clinical Skills Division

After 3 years, the lab is set for the return of the Sydney Endoscopic Ear Surgery course.

DePuy Synthes Future Leaders: Hand &Wrist Surgical Skills Cadaveric Course with Pre-fractured Specimens.

We welcome Arthrex back for their Medical Education Program. Surgeons will be attending over the next four days for arthroscopic and open surgery sessions.

It's great to be back in the lab again after a long lockdown. Welcome back to Johnson & Johnson (Joint Reconstruction & Sports Medicine Division) who are here at SCSSC hosting a rotator cuff repair educational workshop.

Welcome back to faculty, sponsors, and participants of The Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society (AGES) Royal Aust & NZ College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RANZCOG Trainee Workshop for 2021. It's great to be hosting these events again at SCSSC.

The new simulation rooms are having a good workout with our Year 2 medical students. Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped us out with the teaching sessions so far.

It's great to see the students here doing some additional venepuncture practise with our SRMO tutors who have kindly volunteered their time. We hope to continue these sessions throughout the year. The feedback from both sides has been very positive.

It's a big day for us here at SCSSC as we soft debut our new Simulation Centre for medical student teaching. This project has been a long time in the planning and we would like to thank everyone involved for making it a reality. There are still a few technical additions to come, but we are delighted with the outcome so far.

A busy weekend of filming with Johnson & Johnson and Depuy Synthes who were here for their Risk Mitigation in Complex Spinal Surgery meeting.

Welcome to all faculty, attendees, and sponsors at today's Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Cervical Node Ultrasound training course for Endocrinologists and Endocrine Surgeons from Royal North Shore Hospital. (Sponsored by ANZES, Philips, Ipsen, and EISAI)

The first ASSET course of 2021 has kicked off today at SCSSC. Welcome back to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). It's great to be back running at full covid-safe capacity. We look forward to hosting the six other Sydney courses later in the year.

Welcome back to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons who are filming their new ASSET curriculum video at SCSSC today.

Thank you to the Royal Aust & NZ College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RANZCOG for hosting their Foundations of Surgery course at SCSSC over the weekend (deferred from earlier in the year). We look forward to hosting you again next year.

We are delighted to welcome back our first lab events post-Covid. Thanks to Johnson & Johnson/De Puy for choosing SCSSC to host their knee arthroplasty and shoulder arthroscopy surgical skills events. We look forward to welcoming some of our past clients back to the lab again as Covid restrictions are slowly relaxed. Keep up the good work NSW!

With face-to-face teaching currently on hold at the Clinical School, we are very grateful to Dr Anthony Glover who has offered to help us film a Basic Suturing educational video (whilst complying with 1.5m social distancing rules) for our medical students so they can continue their online learning. Thank you Anthony!

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Clinical Skills Centre is currently closed for all teaching, workshops, and events until further notice. Stay safe, positive,and well during these challenging times. Should you need to contact the Clinical Skills Centre, please visit our website http://www.cskills.scssc.edu.au

We welcome the return of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand for their Induction Course and Skills Workshop for SET Trainees.

Thanks to the faculty and sponsors (Device Technologies/Arthrex) for another successful arthroscopic skills course. Judging of the acromioplasty competition is always the highlight of the day.....this year's entries were met with the usual laughter from our judges.

Thank you also to Stryker and Insight Orthopaedics for their product support.

2019 Arthroscopic Skills Course Attendees. We hope you enjoyed today's course.

Congratulations to Vincent An and Matthew Schwass for winning the acromioplasty competition at today's Arthroscopic Skills Course.

It's that time of year when we welcome Device Technologies and Arthrex back for their annual symposium. This year the event is entitled BIG FEET - Foot and Ankle Symposium. With live streaming of surgical procedures from the skills lab to a packed auditorium, panel discussions, and trade displays, it's going to be a busy two days!

We welcome back OTC South Pacific for their two-day Advanced Fracture Management Course: Fractures of the Upper Limb (Sponsored by Stryker).

This weekend the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand are hosting their Induction Course and Skills Workshop for SET Urology Trainees at SCSSC. Welcome to all delegates, faculty, and sponsors involved.

Applied Medical Resources are at SCSSC hosting their Transa**l Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) course today.

'TAMIS gives the colorectal surgeon the ability to expand their skills to include the use of local excision from the distal re**um to the mid and proximal re**um. TAMIS enables the resection of lesions in the re**um using advanced access devices and laparoscopic instrumentation.'

This weekend we welcome back OTC South Pacific and all the faculty and delegates attending the OTC Advanced Fracture Management Cadaveric Course - Fractures of the Foot and Ankle.

Over the next three days we welcome the Department of Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery from Royal North Shore Hospital. In collaboration with the Australian Hand Surgery Society, they are hosting their Brachial Plexus Dissection Course, and Hand and Forearm Flaps Course in the Clinical Skills Centre. This course runs every 2 years and attracts participants from across Australia.

A delicious buffet lunch provided by our friends at Bella Catering and Events

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists are here this weekend for their Foundations of Surgery Workshop. Over the course of the two days they will explore diathermy and electrosurgery, laparoscopic skills, a**l sphincter repair, and hysteroscopic exercises in the SCSSC lab.

We welcome the Upper GI Surgeons attending the Sydney Hernia Symposium today at SCSSC. Comprising of a number of presentations and cadavers skills workshops, the Symposium explored optimal hiatal hernia surgical management techniques (laparoscopy) and the use of mesh technology in abdominal wall reconstruction. Thank you to representatives from W. L Gore, J&J, and Olympus for their involvement.

KneEvolution is back!
Device Technologies, Arthrex and Futures Medical have returned to SCSSC with their KneEvolution event covering all areas of Knee reconstruction & sports medicine surgery including live surgery broadcasts from the skills lab. Welcome to over 130 Faculty & Attendees from Australia, US, France, New Zealand, Singapore & Malaysia.

The Multidisciplinary Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) meeting is taking place today at SCSSC. Surgeons from various disciplines are here trying their hand at 3D laparoscopic and robotic techniques. Welcome to the future!

The da Vinci Xi robot has landed in preparation for the Multi-disciplinary Advanced Laparoscopic Meeting next Wednesday.

The 4th Sydney Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course is taking place at SCSSC this weekend. There will be a full programme of dissection, lectures, and live surgery from Verona (Italy) focusing on the new technique of endoscopic access to the ear. Invited International Faculty include Professor Daniele Marchioni (Italy - Live surgery), Assoc Prof Alejandro Rivas (Tenessee, USA), and Assoc Prof Brandon Isaacson (Texas, USA).

What's on at SCSSC: The Continuing Education in Dentistry team from The University of Sydney are here from August 17-22 hosting their Posterior Periapical Surgery course for dental specialists. Comprising of lectures and cadaveric clinical microsurgical lab sessions, the course is led by Prof Thomas von Arx from the Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Prof von Arx has performed over 2000 apical surgery procedures during his career, and possesses an unparalleled level of clinical experience in this area. He is one of the most sought after presenters in the field of endodontic surgery.

Professor von Arx will be supported by Dr Bree Belford and Dr William Ha. Dr Belford will discuss the role of IV sedation in endodontic surgery and Dr Ha will present his extensive research into MTA and other root end filling materials.

The Arthroscopic Skills Workshop is on at the SCSSC today. The course is now in its 10th year and continues to be fully booked. Thanks to Dr Brett Fritsch for coordinating the day and to the knee, ankle, and shoulder specialists who have volunteered their time today.
(Dr Ben Gooden, Dr Myles Coolican, Dr Peter Lam, Dr Andrew WInes, Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Dr Allan Young and Dr Jeffrey Petchell)

We would like to welcome the Board of Vascular Surgery for the Vascular Skills Training Course 2017. The course will be held over the next three days involving lectures, skills workshops, exam preparation,Trainee interviews, and product demonstrations.