Course Modules

Six course modules will be offered in this course released on a weekly basis.

There are no assessments for this short course.

Module1 - Introduction to Perioperative Medicine by Professor David Walker

• The perioperative medicine physician.
• Health economics: economic burden of healthcare provision, resource allocation, measuring health economic outcomes.

Module 2 - Clinical Risk Assessment by Professor David Walker

• Biomarkers and organ specific.
• Physical fitness, activity and surgical outcomes.
• CPX, functional capacity.

Module 3 - Perioperative Medication Management by Dr Joel Symons

• Preoperative medication management.
• Postoperative medication management.

Module 4 - Common Early Postoperative Challenges by Dr Jonathan Nicholson

• The burden of post-operative complications.
• The common complications that occur in the early post-operative course and evidence based strategies to best detect and manage these.
• Post-operative models of care to manage the high risk patients.
• Future direction in reducing post-operative complications.

Module 5 - Designing Clinical Pathways by Professor David Walker

• Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways.

Module 6 - Ethics and Advanced Care Directives by Dr Deborah Leung

• Including the very young and the very old.
• POPS
• Ethics of informed consent.

Please Note: Course modules will subject to change. Last Updated: December 2022