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Advance your surgical skills with our comprehensive CPD workshops led by industry experts. Stay current with the latest techniques and best practices.

ALL Surgical Assistants Across Australia

Suturing and Hemostatic Agents
Master Class
GOLD COAST - 24th July 2026

This intensive, hands-on master class is designed for surgical assistants and perioperative clinicians who want to refine their suturing skills and deepen their understanding of hemostatic agents used in modern surgical practice.

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  • Overview

SurgiAssist workshops are designed by surgical assistants, for surgical assistants

Empowering Nurse Practitioners, Medical assistants and nurses to upskill in theatre, refine their technique, and confidently work alongside surgeons across multiple specialties.

Each session blends theory, demonstration, and guided hands-on practice, following current ACORN Standards, AHPRA scope of practice, and surgical best practice guidelines.

Workshops are open to:

Core Skills Workshop: Surgical Assisting Fundamentals

  • Surgical setup & sterile technique refresher
  • Assisting etiquette and communication with surgeons
  • Draping and patient positioning across specialties
  • Retractor handling, exposure, and safe tissue management
  • Surgical count and time-out protocols
  • Assisting for common procedures (general, plastics, orthopaedic, gynae)
  • Legal, scope, and indemnity responsibilities of surgical assistants

Learning Outcome

Participants leave confident to scrub in, assist safely, and support surgeons effectively across various procedures.

Advanced Workshop: Suturing, Wound Closure & Dressings

  • Suture selection and needle choice by tissue type
  • Basic to advanced suturing (simple interrupted, continuous, mattress, subcuticular, etc.)
  • Knot-tying mastery (instrument & hand ties)
  • Wound closure by specialty (orthopaedics, plastics, general surgery)
  • Dressing selection and post-op wound care principles
  • Managing wound complications: infection, dehiscence, tension

Learning Outcome

Competence in suturing and closure suitable for clinical credentialing and CPD documentation.

Specialty Assisting Seminars (Rotating Focus)

  • Orthopaedic Assisting: positioning, traction, implants, and assisting techniques
  • Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery: fine retraction, instrument familiarity, and tissue handling
  • ENT & Head & Neck: microsurgical setup, suction management, and assisting precision
  • Gynaecology: laparoscopic support, draping, uterine manipulators, and count protocols
  • General & Colorectal: laparoscopic assisting, specimen handling, bowel closure techniques

Learning Outcome

Enhanced familiarity with specialty instrumentation and assisting workflows — ideal for expanding clinical scope.

Starting in Private Practice Workshop

  • Setting up as an independent surgical assistant
  • Medicare and private health billing (new NP MBS item numbers)
  • Insurance and indemnity cover comparison
  • Finding surgeons and establishing contracts
  • Time management, documentation, and income optimisation

Learning Outcome

A clear roadmap to begin or expand private surgical assisting practice, with templates and billing guides provided.

Surgical Safety & Team Communication Workshop

  • WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
  • Time-out, sign-in, and count reconciliation
  • Diathermy safety, sharps management, and smoke evacuation
  • Preventing wrong-site and retained-item incidents
  • Communicating assertively in the operating theatre

Learning Outcome

Improved patient safety awareness and ability to participate proactively in the surgical team’s workflow.

Annual CPD & Competency Refresh

  • Scrubbing, gowning, and gloving assessment
  • Suture and knot test
  • Scenario-based assisting drills
  • Surgical safety and communication competency check
  • Documentation and reflection for CPD evidence

Learning Outcome

Meet annual competency and CPD requirements in a practical, engaging, and accredited format.

Educational Integration

  • Hands-on guided practice
  • Reflection workbook (for CPD points)
  • Competency checklist & completion certificate
  • Optional Teachable module bundle for continued learning

Learning Outcomes Summary

  • Demonstrate confidence in surgical assisting principles.
  • Perform wound closure techniques safely and efficiently.
  • Understand the business, billing, and compliance aspects of private practice.
  • Apply safety and communication standards aligned with ACORN & AHPRA.
  • Document and evidence CPD for credentialing and revalidation.