Michael Patkin's
archives website

Content:
Curriculum Vitae

Publication history, graphics

Reflections & comments in 2007

Welcome (Index page)

Surgery
Heuristics of dissection
Clinical surgery
Instruments and     equipment
Operating theatre design
Surgical nursing

Surgery & ergonomics
General articles
Microsurgery
Laparoscopic surgery

Ergonomics
Ergonomics general
RSI

Information design Organising & storing    information
Presenting & sharing    information
Clinical information

Other writings
Editorials and book    reviews

Miscellany
Cartoons

Personal
Family
C.V.

My brief c.v. is:

Born Melbourne 1933

Schooling:
Miss Bradshaw's Primary School, Fitroy St, St Kilda 1939-1942
Melbourne Grammar School 1943-1948
Melbourne High School 1949-1950

Graduate:
University of Melbourne 1951-57, MBBS
Clinical School: Prince Henry's Hospital

Post-Graduate:
FRCS (1962), FRCSEd (1962), FRACS (1967)

Work:
Prince Henry's Hospital 1958-59 (intern)
Royal Portsmouth Hospital 1960-62
North Middlesex Hospital 1962-64 (registrar)
West Middlesex Hospital 1964-65
Dungog NSW 1965-70 (general practice in partnership with Dr David Freeman)
Royal Newcastle Hospital 1970-72 (Fellow in Surgery)
Whyalla Hospital, South Australia 1972-99 (Surgeon)

Retired from clinical practice 2000 to North Adelaide. Present appointments:
Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of Adelaide at Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Flinders University
Board of Governors, Communication Research Institute of Australia

Other past positions:
President, Ergonomics Society of Australia 1985-86
Lecturer of the Year, Australian Computer Society 1986

Research:
Clinical surgery, ergonomics in surgery, microsurgery and lap surgery
Information Design

Academic Travel
Germany and USA 1976
Singapore 1977-78-79
PR China 1986-88-91
Australia, USA, Germany, Israel, on many occasions

Publications
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