General Surgery at Peninsula Health is divided into three General Surgery Units; Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, and Breast, Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology.
Each Unit has a major sub-specialty interest, but covers the full range of General Surgery both electively and for emergencies. This specialisation of Units is in line with the further development of these subspecialties within the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
The Department of General Surgery has major interests in teaching both at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Department is responsible for third and final year clinical teaching in surgery. The third year program is a part of the new course and features both case and paper-based problem based learning studies.