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MSc (Thesis) Surgical Education

The Surgical Education concentration in The Department of Surgery’s Surgical and Interventional Sciences offers graduate level training leading to a Master's degree. Through course work, the candidate will be exposed to educational theory, assessment, and key environments that surgical training takes place in. Indeed, surgical education includes training in operating rooms, simulation centres, and technology-rich learning environments, such as Virtual Reality.

Surgical Education Master’s students will conduct a major research project (thesis) that identifies and investigates a relevant research problem to surgical education. Surgical education researchers are interesting in advancing and assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, and breadth of training opportunities of technical and non-technical skills along with optimizing the environments training occurs in. A project supervisor and an appropriate thesis project must be selected at the time of application. Students and supervisors collectively identify thesis projects.

Please see our McGill eCalendar page for the full program description, including required and complimentary courses.

Admission Requirements

Generally a B.Sc.in Biological, Biomedical & Life Science, Physical, Computer Science, a M.D. degree, a B.Eng. is required. Exceptionally on a case by case basis, an applicant holding a B.Com., or B.C.L, LL.B. BA or BSc in Humanities & social sciences will be considered. An applicant must have a minimum CGPA of 3.2/4.0. Applications will be accepted from candidates sponsored by a research supervisor willing to provide laboratory space and direction for their research work

See also How to apply & Application Deadlines

Note of these additional requirements for this concentration:

  • Letter of Intent: A letter of intent from the student describing their reasons for pursuing the concentration of their choice, what their qualifications are and why they should be chosen to be accepted.
  • Interview session: Students applying to the concentrations in Education or Innovation may be requested to attend an interview session either in person, by phone or via Skype.

Education is a fundamental responsibility of all members of the McGill Department of Surgery. We are committed to attracting the best and the brightest students and providing evidence-based training to undergraduate and graduate physicians and surgeons. This concentration has been designed for and is popular with both healthcare professionals as well as students entering from undergraduate programs.

Supervisors

Please contact any of the following professors to discuss potential thesis research projects. Non-thesis students can also contact the below professors to discuss non-thesis research projects.

Program Director

Jason M. Harley
Director, Surgical Education MSc thesis & non-thesis

Please contact Sharon Turner first for any questions regarding the program: gradstudies.surgery [at] mcgill.ca

 

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