Program Requirements
The M.Sc. in Experimental Surgery offers a graduate-level training program in experimental surgery, leading to a Master's degree. This program allows for a hands-on learning experience for students to develop skills necessary to work within multidisciplinary teams in the creation of novel, needs driven, and marketable prototypes used in development of novel surgical and medical devices. As such participants work in multidisciplinary teams. The program offers both specialized and broad-based training through the use of the most recent techniques in molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology, pathology, bio-informatics, and genomics.
Thesis Courses (30 credits)
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EXSU 690 M.Sc. Research 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EXSU 691 M.Sc. Research 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EXSU 692 M.Sc. Research 3 (4 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EXSU 693 M.Sc. Thesis (18 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Required Courses (6 credits)
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EXSU 602 Knowledge Management 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Critical elements required for the creation and delivery of digital slide presentations.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Lapointe, Jacques (Winter)
3 hours/week
Compulsory for students in the Department of Surgery and available to others by permission of the coordinators
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EXSU 601, 601D1/D2, 601N1/N2 prior to Fall 2019.
And:
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 575 Statistics for Practitioners (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Winter)
Prerequisite EDPE 602
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EPIB 507 Biostats for Health Sciences (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Levis, Brooke (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
Due to the intensive nature of this course during the summer session, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day. The standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines apply for sections of this course offered during the Fall or Winter semesters.
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EXSU 606 Statistics for Surgical Research (3 credits)
Overview
Experimental Surgery : Review of statistics for surgical research.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Sampalis, John Sotirios (Fall)
2 hours/week
Compulsory for students in the Department of Surgery and available to others by permission of the coordinators
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
9 credits, taken from 500, 600, or 700 level courses in consultation with the Research Advisory Committee.
Depending on their individual background, students may be asked by their Research Advisory Committee to take additional courses.