Michael Patkin's
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 My curriculum vitae

Publication history, Reflections & comments

Welcome

Surgery

Surgery & ergonomics

Ergonomics

Information design

Editorials, book reviews

 

 

 

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)

Awards and Honours:

Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 2011. (Citation: For service to medicine as a surgeon, and to the study and practice of ergonomics and instrumental design.)

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
Adjunct professor of Ergonomics in Surgery, Macquarie University School of Advanced Medical Studies

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
Japan 1991
Australia, USA, Germany, Israel, on many occasions

Publications

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