Certificate in Advanced Skin Cancer Surgery

The format of the Certificate in Advanced Skin Cancer Surgery is designed to meet the needs of generalist GPs as well as those with more procedural experience. This course is a practical based workshops with theory content.

Successful completion of the Certificate in Primary Care Skin Cancer Surgery or other equivalent course is encouraged for enrolment in the Certificate in Advanced Skin Cancer Surgery. However this course is open to any doctor who has experience in intermediate skin surgery. This experience would require you to be doing approximately 12 surgical procedures per week for the previous 6 months. To determine whether this course is suitable for you please contact our office 1300 85 66 95

Certificate Course Format

The Certificate course is designed to meet the needs of busy medical practitioners by providing a practical workshop to allow GPs to practice various suturing and procedural techniques in a supportive environment.

The workshop includes:

• On-line predisposing activities including theory and practical (completed in your own time anytime prior to the workshop component)
• A 3 day weekend practical workshop
• Reference materials including full colour copy of all PowerPoint slides presented
• On-line theory multiple choice question assessment and case studies (completed in your own time within 6 months of attending the workshop)

On-line Pre-Disposing Activity

To prepare the participant the University of Queensland has a short series of 40 multiple choice questions completed on-line at any time prior to the workshop segment. The questions are not marked as part of the assessment and provide instant answers. A record of participation is kept for the various colleges as it forms part of the CPD / CME component.

Workshop Delivery

This course is presented by surgeons joined by experienced GPs to assist in optimising the learning outcomes. The content covers sections on theory plus hands-on practical sessions. This course is designed to assist GPs to develop confidence in various procedures and understand their limitations without further practical experience.

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE

Dates and Locations

Presenters

This practical based workshop will be led by Australian and NZ surgeons and joined by experienced GPs to assist in the delivery of outstanding learning outcomes

• Dr Sharad P Paul (NZ) MBBS FRNZCGP M Phil
  Senior Lecturer Surgery (hon) University of Auckland
  Senior Lecturer (Skin Cancer) UQ School of Medicine

+ A team of selected experienced General Practitioners to assist in delivery of the learning outcomes.

Assessment requirements

The on-line multiple choice questions are to be completed at the practitioner's convenience within six months of the completion of the workshop. They are designed in such a way that the practitioner is able to log in and out as many times as they wish. They are open book and are not subject to a time limit. A Statutory Declaration must be completed and signed at the conclusion to verify the practitioner completed the questions without outside assistance

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and RELATIONSHIP TO MASTER OF MEDICINE

Continuing Professional Development

RACGP = 40 Category 1 CPD Points 
ACRRM points pending

COURSE FEES

The Skin Cancer Surgery Program is a two unit workshop from the Master of Medicine (Primary Care Skin Cancer Unit) and as such the tax deductible workshop cost is $3,490 inc GST.

Participants will be provided with pre-disposing activities, reference materials including a full colour copy of all PowerPoint slides, instruments, suture material, on-line assessment and catering.

Payments Options

Advanced Payment
Pay 60 days before the course and receive a 10% discount. $3,141 (Save $349)
Pay less than 60 days before the course and 5% discount. $3,315.50 (Save $174.50)
Deferred Payment: over 6 months
$581.67 per month debited from your credit card for a period of 6 months.

When you have completed the registration page the system will ask you which payment method you would like to choose and at this time you can make your selection.

Please Note

• The workshop is a 100% tax deduction
• Various workshop fee payment options are available including deferred payment. This allows you to secure your position and then pay the workshop fees over a 6 month period.
• All prices include GST

Enrol in the Event