So you want to be a surgeon?

"So You Want To Be A Surgeon?" - the world’s Top MOOCs
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More details from HKU: https://tl.hku.hk/2022/11/hku-mooc-is-edx-prize-top-finalist-for-5-consecutive-years/

It is only 36hrs from the Masterclass in Foregut Surgery 2021! and there are approaching 700 registrants!
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If you found “So You Want to Be A Surgeon” interesting, here is your chance to learn more about surgery! The Masterclass in Foregut Surgery 2021 is an exciting 2-day program that will take place in the morning (GMT+8) of August 7th & 14th. Internationally renowned speakers and our local experts from HKU will host virtual lectures covering “everything you need to know” about Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Esophageal Motility Disorder and their latest advances in diagnosis and management!

Simply register for free by clicking on the link: https://hkuegi.com/2021registration or scanning the QR code in the poster. We look forward to seeing you all once again!

Here, Dr. Patrick HY Chung is doing a surgery for small bowel atresia, which is a birth defect that results in the blockage of the small intestines in a child. Can you imagine doing surgery on such a small child?

Grab the chance to learn more about paediatric surgery before moving on to the last week of the course!

Dr. Wayne Lam doing a urethroplasty, which is reconstructing a narrowed urine passage channel using a piece of tissue from the inside the mouth!

Learn more about Urology with Dr. Wayne Lam before moving on to our final week, and follow him on Twitter

Seasons greetings from Surgery MOOC! 🎅🏻🎄 Here, Dr. Joseph Chung is doing Transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery. Can you imagine removing tumours through a small tunnel like the nostril?

Are you ready to learn more about surgery in the coming year? We have more exciting materials prepared for 2021! Remember to tune in 👩🏻‍⚕️🧑🏻‍⚕️

Seasons greetings from Surgery MOOC! 🎅🏻🎄 Here, Dr. Valerie Ho is doing suture which is very important for plastic surgeon. for joining small vessel, one can use 8/0 or 9/0 suture = 0.03mm in diameter.

We wish everyone a joyous, healthy and peaceful season!

Dr KW Ma and Dr Kotewall are performing right trisectionectomies, which remove 75% of the liver. The liver is the only visceral organ capable of regeneration, and this amazing ability was described as far back as the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus!

Tune into this week’s module to learn more about hepatobiliary, pancreatic and liver transplant surgery!

Did you know? Sir James Cantlie co-founded the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, which is now today’s University of Hong Kong. One of his first pupils was Sun Yat-sen!

How else is he related to this week’s module? He was also the first to describe Cantlie’s line, an imaginary line dividing the left and right lobes of the liver. Surgeons use it to perform hepatectomies – the removal of part of the liver.

Dr Ben Hau, who was our surgical intern and now our basic trainee, is performing one of his earliest surgeries under the supervision of Dr Y.C. Chan.

He believes “surgery is arguably the most exciting, thrilling and rewarding specialty”.

Our course introduces you to surgeons at all stages of their careers. Join us at the link in bio! 👆🏻

Module 2 starts today‼️Dr CC Foo is preparing the patient before the docking of the surgical robot for a total mesorectal excision (removal of the re**um with lymphatic tissue around it).

Want to learn more about colorectal surgery? Join us now via the link in the bio 👆🏻