阿尔伯塔大学

The Department offers research facilities in the Surgical-Medical Research Institute (SMRI), the Alberta Diabetes Institute, the Heritage Medical Research Centre [HMRC Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation (LKS)], Medical Sciences Building (MSB), Katz Building, and the Cross Cancer Institute for graduate students who wish to register for the degree of MSc in surgery.

The Department has several core facilities including surgical suites, an electron microscopy unit, clinical biochemistry and histology laboratory, and computer graphics and photography with technical staff in these laboratories that are able to assist graduate students who wish to carry out research projects. These facilities are well equipped to meet all the requirements of both the basic and clinical investigators from the Department of Surgery.

Facilities are available for the following projects which are presently being carried out: islet transplantation, the immunology of diabetes, perinatal physiology, burns/wound healing, xenotransplantation, stem cells, tolerance induction and immunoregulation, virology, neurological oncology, orthopaedics, surgical education, urological oncology, ischemia-reperfusion and organ preservation/transplantation, surgical simulation and surgical education.

Program Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of ★11 in coursework and a thesis.

Coursework:

SURG 530 - Directed Reading in Biology and Medicine
SURG 600 - Research Seminar
One ★3 graduate level statistics course; one of the following courses offered by the School of Public Health is recommended

• SPH 531 - Statistical Methods in Health Research
• SPH 519 - Biostatistics I

One ★3 graduate-level graded course

• Students in Clinician Investigator Program (CIP) must take MED 650 - Fundamentals for Clinical Investigators
• Students are encouraged to take graduate-level courses in other departments that complement their specific research area
• Courses are approved in consultation with the supervisory committee and the departmental graduate coordinator

Thesis:

Registration in 900-level THES. Preparation and defense of a thesis based on research performed by the candidate

Length of Program:

The time required to complete the MSc will vary according to the candidate's previous training and the nature of the research undertaken; however, 24 months of study is normally required.

The maximum time to complete the thesis-based MSc program as set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is four years.