Research Projects
There is a well defined difference between a novice and an expert in surgical training and simulation-based educational programmes and research....
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
The operating room theatre environment can be a potential confronting and difficult environment for novices including medical students and nursing...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Project combined with Prof Debra Nestel (Simulation Professor at Monash University).
The initial project will center on the translation of a...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Stress and the ways that medical professional deal with it has received a renewed interest in recent times
With novel wearable technology the stress...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Global Surgery has changed in focus since the publication of the Lancet Commission. There is an increased focus on the upskilling and increased...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
There has been a wealth of novel technology including those devices that have been developed by. Monash University
The aim of this project will be...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
There is a requirement for paediatric surgical specific models and simulators to be used in a laparoscopic bench trainer for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Determination of intermediate surgical skill in surgeons, a simulation-based educational validation study
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Development and validation of an operating room orientation educational programme for Novices
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Development and validation of augmented reality headsets for remote operating assisting in a low resource setting.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Development and evaluation of a national paediatric surgery simulation-based education programme for consent
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Validation of a 3D printed and moulded high fidelity and realism simulator for paediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Evaluation of a stress reduction programme for active surgeons using wearable technology.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Use of wearable technology to improve the ergonomics in the paediatric surgical operating theatre, Phase 2.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith