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Episode Synopsis
Today our speciality is paediatric surgery and joining us we have Dr Ram Nataraja. Last week he joined us as we talked about hernia repairs, today we will be talking more about paediatric surgery and simulation based education.
Ram is a dual-qualified (UK & Australia) Academic General Paediatric Surgeon working at Monash Children’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University and Director of Surgical Simulation and Co-Chair of MCH Simulation Service where he runs paediatric simulation-based educational activities.
He has an educational and clinical research background with more than 90 peer reviewed publications including RCTs, 80 international conference presentations, 2 textbooks published by Wiley-Blackwell and 9 book chapters. He is also passionate about educational reform in Low- and Middle-Income countries having been the Monash Children’s Hospital International country lead for Myanmar, successful conducting a simulation-based medical education programme for the last 5 years with his local in country colleagues. This work also has led as temporary advisor to the World Health Organisation, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Ram is a dual-qualified (UK & Australia) Academic General Paediatric Surgeon working at Monash Children’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University and Director of Surgical Simulation and Co-Chair of MCH Simulation Service where he runs paediatric simulation-based educational activities.
He has an educational and clinical research background with more than 90 peer reviewed publications including RCTs, 80 international conference presentations, 2 textbooks published by Wiley-Blackwell and 9 book chapters. He is also passionate about educational reform in Low- and Middle-Income countries having been the Monash Children’s Hospital International country lead for Myanmar, successful conducting a simulation-based medical education programme for the last 5 years with his local in country colleagues. This work also has led as temporary advisor to the World Health Organisation, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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