Every year Dr Earl Owen at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital conducts a two day work shop in microsurgery for other interested doctors. The film shows doctors working on models and live patients while Dr Owen explains some operating techniques which he uses particularly in cases of severed fingers.
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ACMI Identifier
322194
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical emergencies
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical technology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Microscopy, Medical
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Microsurgery
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physicians
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Surgery
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)