EXSU 610. Surgical Outcomes Research Foundations.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Surgery (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Comprehensive overview of strategies to measure and improve outcomes after surgery. Traditional and modern approaches to measure surgical outcomes, including clinician-reported, patient-reported and performance-based outcome measures. Contemporary strategies to improve postoperative recovery; topics include minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic), enhanced recovery pathways and prehabilitation.
- 3 hours/week.
- Students will be required to attend mandatory visits to surgical outcomes research labs at McGill.
- Language of instruction: English
- Restrictions: Open to students enrolled in the M.Sc. in ExperimentalSurgery; Surgical Outcomes Research program. Other students require permission of the instructors.