Welcome back to Surgery 101 Studios
It's that time of the year again - the holidays are almost here, and we're celebrating another successful year at Surgery 101.
We decided to make a short video to say thanks to all of our fans around the world, and also to show you some of the large team of people who are involved in caring for a patient undergoing surgery.
It's called the 12 days of surgery, and we hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to Rebirth Medical School, where we're rebuilding the future one medical student at a time! In this episode, we highlight our new Zombie-Based Learning (ZBL) curriculum, and show students how to carry out subcuticular suturing on one of the undead!
Welcome back to Muppet Surgery!
In this episode, Dr Scalpel and Thumbs explore the mysteries of the Safe Surgery Checklist with the rest of the team in the Muppet Operating Room! This episode focuses on parts 2 and 3 of the checklist, the time out and the debrief.
Welcome back to Muppet Surgery!
In this episode, Dr Scalpel and Thumbs explore the mysteries of the Safe Surgery Checklist with the rest of the team in the Muppet Operating Room! This episode focuses on part 1 of the checklist, the pre-op briefing.
In this episode, Alexi Millman discusses priapism. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to identify priapism as a surgical emergency, discriminate between ischemic and non-ischemic types, and describe the etiology, presentation and management of the condition.
These are the PDF notes for the episode on priapism.
These are the PDF notes for the episode on Peyronie’s disease.
In this episode, Alexi Millman discusses Peyronie’s disease. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to describe the etiology, presentation and management of the condition.
These are the PDF notes for the episode on penile fracture.
In this episode, Alexi Millman discusses penile fracture. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to identify penile fracture as a surgical emergency, and describe the etiology, presentation and management of the condition.
Happy Halloween from Surgery 101! Mwahahaha!
Welcome to Rebirth Medical School, where we're rebuilding the future one medical student at a time!
In this episode, we highlight our new Zombie-Based Learning (ZBL) curriculum, and show students how to carry out interrupted suturing on one of the undead!
In this episode, Alexi Millman discusses paraphimosis. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to identify paraphimosis as a surgical emergency, and describe the etiology, presentation and management of the condition.
These are the PDF notes for the episode on paraphimosis.
These are the PDF notes for the episode on phimosis.
In this episode, Alexi Millman discusses phimosis. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to describe the etiology, presentation and management of the condition.
Apply now for our 2015 summer studentships!
Please submit all three of the following:
1. Your resume
2. A critique of an existing episode on the Surgery 101 YouTube channel, telling us what you liked and what you would improve. This can be written or (better) in the form of a posted video response on YouTube).
3. A script outline & basic storyboard for a new LEGO Surgery video episode you would like to make. Maybe you want to make a superhero video, or something based on The Hunger Games, or some other idea we haven’t thought of yet! If you want, you can make a rough cut to show us how great you are! See examples from LEGO Surgery – Appendectomy at the following link: surgery101.org
Contact: shannon.erichsen@ualberta.ca
Join our team January 2015
15 weeks working full-time from May-August 2015
35 hours a week + 1 week vacation (dates to be agreed)
Salary: $4,500 + $ 500 travel bursary
Interviews to be held: late November 2014
Project background
The Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta is a national leader in the field of surgical education. We have created ‘Surgery 101’ a weekly podcast for medical students which has been downloaded over 1,500,000 times in 175 countries to date (http://surgery101.org). The purpose of the Surgery 101 Studios project is to enrich the Surgery 101 website with multimedia learning materials including online digital video. Influences on our video work to date include LEGO, the Muppets, Star Trek and The Walking Dead.
Our team is looking for students with a high degree of creativity, and the ability to work in a small, highly collaborative team. Students must be able to commit to a project, and work to develop their ideas through to completion. Applicants must be comfortable using digital technologies; experience in photography and video production would be an advantage. Skills in story-telling, drama, audio and voiceover, drawing and animation would also be beneficial.
Students will join our team as junior members in January 2015, and will meet monthly for training between January and May 2015. Full-time video production will commence in May 2015 and continue through August 2015.
Students will be based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and will be provided with access to professional-level cameras, audio equipment and computer hardware. Consultation and training is also available with our partners in Digital Media in NAIT. Training will be provided in instructional design and video production techniques, and students will be assisted to shoot, edit and produce online videos for distribution on the Surgery 101 website. Software utilized will include Dragonframe, Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects.
In addition to the $4,500 salary provided, a $500 bursary will be included to enable presentation of this work at a national or international medical education meeting.
Here are the PDF notes for Cataract Surgery episode 2
In this two-part episode, medical student Danica Kindrachuk discusses ophthalmology and its signature operation of cataract surgery.
After listening to the part 2 of this episode, learners will be able to:
Here are the PDF notes for Cataract Surgery episode 1
In this two-part episode, medical student Danica Kindrachuk discusses ophthalmology and its signature operation of cataract surgery.
After listening to the first part of this episode, learners will be able to:
In this short episode, Dr Jonathan White reviews progress on the Surgery 101 project.
This week, Surgery 101 was featured in the University of Alberta's Celebrate! Teaching Learning Research event. Our Muppets made it onto the big stage!
Surgery 101 Studios presents
Star Trek Surgery: Episode 2: “Alien Fungus Blues”
“These are the voyages of the USS Metzenbaum”
This Starfleet training video teaches viewers how to perform a physical examination of the neck. Excellent and fun tool for medical students. Enjoy!
Welcome back to the LEGO OR, where Dr Bookwalter is on call for trauma today. Learn about how a trauma laparotomy is performed, using LEGO!
Please note: This video contains footage of real surgery which you may find disturbing.
YouTube link
“These are the voyages of the USS Metzenbaum”
This Starfleet training video teaches viewers how to perform a physical examination of the breast.
An excellent and fun tool for medical students. Enjoy!