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

The purpose of this degree is to provide graduate students in advanced training in surgical education, with a specific focus on how surgeons are trained for their roles as expert practitioners.

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 course in research methodology, chosen from the following:

EDEL 665 - Qualitative Research Methods in Education
EDPY 501 - Introduction to Methods of Educational Research
EDPY 505 - Quantitative Methods I
EDPY 604 - Mixed Methods Approaches to Educational Research
EDPY 605 - Quantitative Methods II

Two ★3 graduate level courses relevant to the field of study, chosen from the following:

EDPS 521 - Adult Learning and Development
EDPY 524 - The Psychology of Technology-based Learning
EDPY 597 - Special Seminars Assessment and Evaluation in the Health Sciences
EDPY 597 - Special Seminars Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum
EDPY 597 - Special Seminars Philosophy of Teaching
EDPY 597 - Special Seminars Curriculum studies in the Health Sciences
EDPY 615 - Program Evaluation

Additional courses that are deemed relevant to the research project may be approved on an individual basis.

Thesis:

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

Length of Program:

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