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DrRicky Le

(He/Him)

Affiliate Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine

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  • Affiliate Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine
  • Deakin University

BIO

I am privileged to work on Wurundjeri Country. I am a general surgery registrar based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Academically, my passion lies in medical education for medical students. I am a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at Deakin Medical School and am involved in the evidence based clinical and simulation-based education, curriculum design and development as well as the assessment of medical students. My research interests are related to optimising outcomes for surgical patients.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Affiliate Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Medicine

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer in Clinical Medicine
    Deakin University, School of Medicine, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Australia21 Oct 2024 - 19 Dec 2025
  • Affiliate Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Medicine, Geelong, Australia1 Oct 2021 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Surgical Registrar
    Melbourne Health, Department of General Surgery and Trauma, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2021 - present
  • Surgical Registrar
    Northeast Health Wangaratta, Department of Surgery, Wangaratta, Australia5 Feb 2024 - 2 Feb 2025

DEGREES

  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia3 Mar 2025 - 1 Jan 2026
  • Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology)
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia19 Feb 2024 - 11 Dec 2024
  • Master of Surgery
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Aug 2022 - 1 Dec 2023
  • Doctor of Medicine
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Jan 2017 - 1 Dec 2020
  • Bachelor of Science
    UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2014 - 1 Dec 2016

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Making Editorial Decisions and Evaluating Peer Review Reports (for Inclusive Journals)
    Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2026 - present
  • Welcome course for Inclusive Journals
    Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2026 - present
  • Finding Peer Reviewers: Solutions for Identifying and Securing Potential Candidates
    Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2026 - present
  • Assesssing a New Submission: Determining Suitability for Peer Review
    Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2026 - present
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety: Course 3
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia3 Oct 2025 - present
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety: Course 2
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia3 Oct 2025 - present
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety: Course 1
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia3 Oct 2025 - present
  • Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP®)
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia3 Feb 2024 - present
  • Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET)
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia4 Nov 2023 - present
  • Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST)
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia1 Oct 2023 - present
  • Simulation Facilitation, Debriefing Skills and Simulation Familiarisation
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Oct 2023 - present
  • Operating with Respect
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia3 Jun 2023 - present
  • UNSW Career Discovery Mentoring Program
    UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia6 May 2023 - present
  • Ultrasound Guided Pleural Catheter and Peripheral Intravenous Access
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia6 May 2023 - present
  • Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC)
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia4 Jun 2022 - present
  • Generic Surgical Science Examination (GSSE)
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia4 Jun 2022 - present
  • Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course (FSRC)
    Association for Academic Surgery, Los Angeles, United States3 Oct 2020 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Vietnamese
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Surgery
  • Education assessment and evaluation
  • Pain
  • Artificial intelligence

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Medicine