Applicants must be PGY4 or higher, and preference will be given to those who have commenced SET or other vocational training pathways that require surgical competence.

Acquisition of the GSSE or other evidence of anatomical knowledge (eg. diploma) is a requirement for registration.

Applicants who have completed additional post graduate courses or training will be looked upon favourably.

The course will provide an update in Otology, Neurotology and Lateral skull base surgery through a lecture series provided by Queensland’s leading Otologists and Skull base surgeons. It aims also to improve the surgical skill of participants through a series of dissection exercises.

Upon completion of the course, participants will understand clinical decision making and will have improved temporal bone dissection skills so as to avoid unnecessary complications. The course provides accreditation of ASONHS set training requirements on completion of the established temporal bone exercises for the training registrar. The course will provide two complete cadaveric temporal bones for dissection covering a range of exercises including:

• Tympanoplasty
• Ossicular reconstruction
• Meatoplasty
• Intact canal wall mastoidectomy
• Canal wall down mastoidectomy
• Cochlear Implantation
• Facial nerve decompression
• Middle cranial fossa and lateral approaches to the temporal bone

Emphasis will be placed on providing the surgeon with a conceptual understanding of the three-dimensional temporal bone anatomy. The course ensures intensive hands-on dissection under faculty supervision for six hours each day with supportive teaching.

$2000 per person

Fill out the form below and email your CV to surgical.training@jcu.edu.au