Surgical and Interventional Sciences (Thesis): Surgical Education (M.Sc.) (45 credits)
Offered by: Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Degree: Master of Science
Program credit weight: 45
Program Description
The M.Sc. in Surgical and Interventional Sciences; Surgical Education focuses on educational theory, assessment, curricular design, and implementation, and key environments that surgical training takes place in (e.g., operating rooms, simulation centres, and technology-rich learning environments, such as virtual reality (VR)). The research thesis identifies and investigates a research problem founded in best practices of education research.
Thesis Courses (30 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EXSU 690 | M.Sc. Research 1. | 4 |
M.Sc. Research 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee. | ||
| EXSU 691 | M.Sc. Research 2. | 4 |
M.Sc. Research 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee. | ||
| EXSU 692 | M.Sc. Research 3. | 4 |
M.Sc. Research 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee. | ||
| EXSU 693 | M.Sc. Thesis. | 18 |
M.Sc. Thesis. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee. | ||
Required Courses (6 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPH 689 | Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. | 3 |
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027 Students will develop an understanding of teaching and learning as a process in which instruction is based on the learning to be accomplished. Students will design, develop, and evaluate a university course of their choice, and will develop facility and confidence in using teaching methods appropriate to their domains. | ||
| EXSU 603 | Surgical Education Foundations. | 3 |
Surgical Education Foundations. Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027 Critical overview of key educational and educational psychology theories and assessment principles to guide surgical education. Different surgical education environments analyzed and evaluated using theory, empirical evidence, and assessment practices. | ||
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
3 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPE 575 | Statistics for Practitioners. | 3 |
Statistics for Practitioners. Terms offered: Winter 2027 Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs. | ||
| EDPE 676 | Intermediate Statistics. | 3 |
Intermediate Statistics. Terms offered: Fall 2026 Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools. | ||
| EXSU 606 | Statistics for Surgical Research. | 3 |
Statistics for Surgical Research. Terms offered: Fall 2026 Review of statistics for surgical research. | ||
6 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPE 605 | Research Methods. | 3 |
Research Methods. Terms offered: Winter 2027 Research methods and designs, planning and evaluating research, relations between research and statistical designs, interdisciplinary and nonquantitative approaches, meta-analysis, and the use of computers beyond computation. Ethics, scholarly writing. | ||
| EDPE 637 | Issues in Health Professions Education. | 3 |
Issues in Health Professions Education. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An overview of health professions education issues, including: learning and assessment in the clinical setting, medical core competencies, design, delivery and evaluation of health professions education programs, organization management of health professions education programs and systems, organizational change and leadership, clinical reasoning and decision making, interdisciplinary education. | ||
Or from 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses in consultation with the Research Advisory Committee.
Depending on their individual backgrounds, students may be asked by their Research Advisory Committee to take other courses.