Teaching and learning

Department staff provide substantial teaching input into undergraduate medical and biomedical science programmes and contribute to a growing graduate studies programme.

Staff of the department help organise and teach postgraduate medical education courses conducted by:

• The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• The Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
• The Royal Australasian College of Ophthalmologists and
• The Surgical Skills Training Centre, School of Medicine, the University of Auckland.

There has been a significant increase in postgraduate medical education with the development of short, applied anatomy courses for specialists  in general surgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anesthesiology and emergency medicine. These developments have been made possible by the department's excellent human tissue resources and by the commitment and enthusiasm of the human anatomy teaching staff.

Postgraduate teaching is a particular strength of the department and first year radiology registrars make a major contribution to undergraduate medical teaching as part of their training. There are 30 registrars on the five year course for the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists. In alternate years the radiology staff run a national one week intensive course for Radiology registrars approaching their final examinations. Members of the department are actively involved in education matters related to the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists and have key responsibilities within the fields of Gastro-intestinal, Urological, Musculo-skeletal and Breast Radiology.

Details about the courses administered by the department are listed below. The course coordinator can also be contacted for further information.