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What is the SET Program Curriculum?
Statement of Comptence
The overall objective of the SET Program in Neurosurgery is to produce competent independent specialist neurosurgeons with the experience, knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to provide the communities, health systems and professions they serve with the highest standard of safe, ethical and comprehensive care and leadership.
Neurosurgery Statement of Competence
Syllabus Modules
To achieve this overall objective, competencies of a gradating trainee have been developed in the College competency areas of medical expertise, technical expertise, judgement, communication, collaboration, management and leadership, health advocacy, scholar and teacher and professionalism.
The competencies have been integrated into specific learning outcomes at differing levels which are aligned with the syllabus modules and curriculum components. The learning outcomes are delivered by a number of learning methods and opportunities as outlined in the curriculum including structured educational programs, skills courses, self directed learning and workplace hands on service learning and exploration.
The syllabus modules topics are shown below and can be downloaded by trainees and members.
Clinical Neurology
Infection
Neuroanaesthesia
Neuroanatomy
Neuro-oncology
Neuro-opthalmology
Neuro-otology
Neuropathology
Neuropharmacology and Neurochemistry
Neurophysiology
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine Operative Neurosurgery
Paediatric Neurosurgery and Developmental Neurology
Pain
Perioperative Care
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Psychiatry and Neuropsychology
Spinal Surgery
Statistics
Trauma
Vascular Disease