Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences

Our flexible Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences course will help you to develop knowledge and skills in surgical specialty areas as well as non-technical areas such as professionalism, leadership and research.

Our course can also help you prepare for the GSSE.Why study with us?

As a surgery student, you will learn from highly regarded clinicians and academics at the Sydney Medical School.This course will help you acquire important and sought after knowledge and skills, including basic subspecialty knowledge, critical thinking and critical appraisal, all of which is valuable for an academic or teaching hospital career.

How will you learn?

The majority of our units are taught online and some have a short workshop component (1 or 2 day).

The exceptions are surgical anatomy and microsurgery which are taught face-to-face.You will also have the option to complete a dissertation in your chosen subspecialty area and will receive a certificate of completion on submission.Who should study this course?

Our Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences provides an early pathway for senior medical students (years 3 or 4) or medical graduates to undertake study that will assist them in their preparation for the Generic Surgical Science Examination (GSSE) conducted by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).Advanced medical students enrolled in graduate medical programs who have completed their preclinical science studies, would be able to enrol in 1 unit of study (6 credit point per unit of study) per semester and complete the graduate certificate at the same time as completing their medical program.

They would also have the option of applying their 24 credit points towards the Master of Surgery in place of the Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences.

Further informationThis course is not available to student visa holders or to international students to study offshore.

International students in Australia on other visas with study rights may apply.

Please note:

this course is not a qualification to practise surgery.

Admission criteria

Admission to Graduate Certificate requires:

• a medical degree from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification
• enrolment in, and successful completion of all pre-clinical studies, in a graduate-entry medical degree program offered by an Australian university.

Admission may also be subject to satisfactory interview with Program Director.

What you'll study