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When you send your advisor a three page email carefully describing an idea and a detailed proposal for experiments including backup plans and funding sources and get a reply email that says "good!" x.com/ItsWeary/statu…

Great to see our paper finally in print. Thank you to all coauthors on this informative work ⁦Jon Shenfine⁩ ⁦David Watson⁩

Graduate programs in surgical education: celebrating the first decade onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an… Can’t wait for the supplement to be published #SurgicalEd @DrIncoll Vijayaragavan Muralidharan Rhea Liang UniMelb MDHS Guy Rees VERITAS @drpwh62 @gabereedy RACSurgeons

META DEBRIEF Collective thinking is a powerful enabler in debriefing to achieve transformation. Make sure to integrate all in the debrief Much can be gained by leveraging multiple insights, experiences & support #WisdomOfTheCrowd #CollectiveIntelligence #ThinkingDifferently

Great to see this published in Ann Surg by our group, meta analysis of 24000+ pt: postop chemoprophylaxis reduces bleeding w/o affecting VTE risk in abdo surgery ⁦Sean Stevens⁩ ⁦VERITAS⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ ⁦Austin Health⁩ journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

See what our graduates are studying-Extended Abstracts from the RACS/University of Melbourne Master of #SurgicalEducation Program onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an… It's not too late to enrol for Semester 1, 2023 It's all online study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/g… RACSurgeons @DrIncoll

Showcasing the #surgicaleducation graduates onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… 27 examples of theses/capstones Warren Hargreaves @Tobin_MedEd Sean Stevens Damir Ram Nataraja Ros Pochin @DrIncoll Archana Rao Raymond Yap UniMelb MDHS RACSurgeons VERITAS study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/g…

REMINDER is a trainee-led survey for worldwide medical and surgical residents, trainees and fellows. It only takes 6 min. Respondents will be listed in the REMINDER collaborative group. Survey and more info @ forms.gle/sQx6Qo8ECLnKBo… Deadline is 15 March 2023. Please share !!

Great to see this online from PROTECTinG. For abdo surg, chemoprophylaxis anytime <24 hr postop doesn’t affect bleed and VTE risks. Supports standard practice ⁦VERITAS⁩ ⁦Sean Stevens⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ ⁦⁦⁦David Watson⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Great to see this published. Sum of 9 papers by PROTECTinG. So proud of u all, thankyou for ur belief in us. Changed my practice! Time to standardise chemoprophylaxis in our hospitals.⁦VERITAS⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ ⁦David Watson⁩ ⁦Sean Stevens⁩

Great to see this online. In 4000+ hiatus hernia repairs, we show that postop chemoprophylaxis reduces intraop and postop complications c/w early administration. Well done all involved ⁦VERITAS⁩ ⁦David Watson⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ academic.oup.com/bjsopen/articl…

Great work Chris and Hamza! in Ann Surg, we meta-analysed 20000+ cases showing that c/w early admin, postop chemoprophylaxis reduces bleed risk w/o affecting VTE risk in major abdo surg ⁦Sean Stevens⁩ ⁦VERITAS⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

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Develop your #surgical #teaching. Enrolments are open for semester 2 2023 commencement #Master of #SurgicalEducation part-time - flexible - online GradCert GradDip Masters levels University of Melbourne study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/g… @DrIncoll Sean Stevens Ram Nataraja Rhea Liang Guy Rees

Mid year intake for Master of #Surgical #Education - online only - #UniMelb See where the grad programs can take you Vijayaragavan Muralidharan Sean Stevens VERITAS @DrIncoll onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/g…

Pleasure to share our latest work: preexisting mesh ⬆️ morbidity of revision antireflux surgery. More reasons to avoid mesh in the first place! ⁦David Watson⁩ ⁦Sean Stevens⁩ ⁦Su Kah Goh⁩ ⁦Vijayaragavan Muralidharan⁩ ⁦SURGERY Journal⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What I learnt from some excellent institutions on my Churchill Fellowship International advances in simulation‐based training in surgery: lessons for Australasia - Stevens - ANZ Journal of Surgery onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an… @ChurchillTrust RCSI CAMES_Research RACSurgeons

💊Opioids at discharge after surgery: 🚫No difference in satisfaction BUT ⏫Risk of representations for side effects 🤢 1st paper from the #OPERAS study has been published BJS! This global study adds to growing evidence for opioid-free analgesia on discharge Read more👇

Please to share our work quantifying periop risk for hiatus hernia surgery to inform decision-making, patient counselling & resource allocation in a large Aus dataset. David Watson Su Kah Goh Sean Stevens Vijayaragavan Muralidharan journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…