The degree will help prepare you as a medical trainee in doing your basic surgical or anaesthetic training to develop your academic and scientific skills. It would also serve as a stepping stone to academia or also to higher surgical training, bridging the gap between the basic science and clinical fields of Medicine and Surgery.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PAT5400 | Fundamentals of Laboratory Science | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHL5503 | Research Methods | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| SUR5200 | Critical Care Management in a Surgical Setting | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
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| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PAT5401 | Translating Research to Clinical Practice | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| SUR5100 | Applied Surgical Anatomy and Physiology | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| SUR5201 | Evidence-Based Perioperative Care | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
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| Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| SUR5300* | Dissertation | 60 ECTS | |||||||||
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* Study-unit SUR5300 starts in Semester 1 of academic year 2025-26 and continues up to the end of Semester 2 of academic year 2026-27.
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 and by the Bye-Laws for the Degree of Master of Surgery - M.Ch. - under the auspices of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
