The Cut
Step into the operating theatre of conversation with The Cut, the official podcast of the Curtin Surgical Students Association (CSSA)! Each episode, we scrub in with surgeons from a range of specialties to uncover what life is really like behind the scalpel.
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#11– Pathway into Surgery (opens the original)
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PGY2 Doctor & Aspiring Surgeon From Curtin med school to life as a junior doctor — in this episode, Dr Jack Jennings gives us a refreshingly real look at the years before surgical training actually begins 👀 🔪 What should you be doing after med school if you want to pursue surgery?🤔 How do you figure out whether surgery is actually the career for you ?🌾 What does working rurally look like as a junior doctor?🍻 And how do you balance ambition, medicine, hobbies and having an actual social life? Jac
#10 - Ophthalmology and Eye Surgery (opens the original)
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From microscopic surgery to restoring sight — in this episode, Ophthalmologist Dr Geoffery Chan gives us an inside look into the world of ophthalmology and eye surgery 👁️🔬 👀 What does a day in the life of an ophthalmologist actually look like? 🔬 What makes ophthalmic surgery so different from other surgical specialties? 🩺 What does the pathway into ophthalmology look like — and how competitive is it? 📚 How can medical students get involved in research early? Dr Chan completed a fellowship in com
#9 - Breast and General Surgery (opens the original)
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From the evolution of breast cancer surgery to life after hanging up the scrubs— retired Breast and General Surgeon Dr Diana Hastrich joins us on The Cut to reflect on a career dedicated to breast cancer care 🎀🔪 🎀 What is breast surgery actually about? 🩺 How do surgeons approach the diagnosis and management of breast cancer? 🇦🇺 How has breast surgery in Australia changed over the years? 🌅 And what does life look like after retiring from surgery? From the development of breast cancer surgery to t
#8 - ENT Surgery (opens the original)
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🎙️ Endoscopes, ear canals… and all those cranial nerve foramina?! 👂👃 In this episode of The Cut, we step into the world of ENT surgery with Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen, an ENT surgeon working across Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and WACHS Kimberley. From busy metro hospitals to specialist work in rural and remote WA, we get into what life as an ENT surgeon actually looks like — and what it takes to get there. 👂 What does a week in the life of an ENT surgeon actually involve?
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