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General Surgery
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:04.04.2024 14:12:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KK_045 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Surgery | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Krista Grigoroviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Surgery | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No 24, kk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069745 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathophysiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with training that allows them to acquire general surgical knowledge and skills on the following topics: asepsis and antiseptics, bleeding types, and methods of bleeding control, blood components, and replacement transfusion. Wound healing and wound management, basics of anesthesia, and intensive care in general surgery. Principles of treatment of surgical infection. Principles of treatment of the most common surgical diseases and trauma. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Principles of surgical diseases treatment. Preoperative, operative and postoperative management. Risks and complications of surgery | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Surgical operation. Types of procedures. Nosocomial infections. Infection prophylaxis. Sutures. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Wounds, wound healing. Wound management. Bleeding and bleeding control. Transfusiology principles. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Abdominal Trauma. “Acute abdomen” – diseases, diagnostic and treatment principles. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Traumatic injuries. Head and chest trauma. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Endocarditis. Necrotizing descending mediastinitis. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Aseptic and antiseptic methods used in hospitals to prevent nosocomial infection. Concept of sterility. Antibiotic prophylaxis of surgery. Antibacterial treatment in surgery. Most common nosocomial infection and it’s prevention. Patient preparation for surgical procedure. Preoperative workup. Postoperative period. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Principles of anaesthesia. Regional and local anaesthesia. Principles of intensive care. Deep venous thrombosis, prophylaxis and consequences of thrombosis and emboli. Wounds. Wound healing. Wound management. Wound dressings. Trauma. Closed fractures, contusions and dislocations of extremities. Head and spinal injuries. Polytrauma. Tetanus, rabies emergency prophylaxis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Surgical site infection - classification, treatment methods. Surgical infection. Skin and soft tissue purulent diseases. General infection – sepsis, it’s complex treatment. Descending necrotizing mediastinitis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Practical class in METC. Suturing technique, different sutures. Knotting. Preparation of surgical field. Scrubbing, gowning and gloving. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 11 | Acute abdomen. Abdominal open and closed trauma. Most common acute abdominal surgical diseases. Acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis. Oesophageal perforation. Test. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To pass self every control quiz on the study course page in E-study. To get acquainted with video material available on the study course page in E-study. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Watched video lectures, full attendance and active participation in classes, as well as passed quiz on each topic ("passed" for 100% meeting the conditions, otherwise "not passed". | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course student acquires basic knowledge and understanding of patient treatment process in surgical department; of infection control requirements; asepsis/antiseptic agent and method application; bleedings and their control methods; available preparations for transfusion; wound healing and wound management; surgical infection causes; acute abdominal surgical diseases and most frequent surgical disease and injury management. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will have acquired practical skills in wound dressing; surgical hand scrub and hand hygiene rules in surgical department and operating theatre dress policy. The students will be able to maintain asepsis and antisepsis; to apply temporary bleeding control methods; they will be able to determine the blood type and to manage transfusion request proceedings; to evaluate the patient’s condition and to provide/organise aid in trauma and acute situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The students will qualify for comprehensive participation in common basic surgical patient treatment processes observing requirements in surgical departments – blood transfusion, postoperative wound care and diagnostic options in usual surgical emergencies. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ķirurģija. J. Gardovska red. 2.izd. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013 | ||||||||
| 2 | Lawrence P.F., Bell R.M. Dayton M.T., Ahmed M.I. Essentials of General Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013 | ||||||||
| 3 | Current Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery, 15th Edition, Gerard M. Doherty, 2020 | ||||||||
| 4 | Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st Edition, Courtney Townsend, R. Daniel Beauchamp, B. Mark Evers, Kenneth Mattox, 2021 | ||||||||
| 5 | Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 11th edition F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, et.al. 2019 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 7 | Lawrence P.F., Bell R.M. Dayton M.T., Ahmed M.I. Essentials of General Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013 | ||||||||
| 8 | Current Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery, 15th Edition, Gerard M. Doherty, 2020 | ||||||||
| 9 | Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st Edition, Courtney Townsend, R. Daniel Beauchamp, B. Mark Evers, Kenneth Mattox, 2021 | ||||||||
| 10 | Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 11th edition F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, et.al. 2019 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Quick C.R.G. Essential Surgery: Problems, Diagnosis and Management 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2020 | ||||||||
| 2 | Browse N.L., Black J., Burnand K., Thomas W. Browse's Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical Disease. 5th ed. London: Hodder Arnold 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | https://www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
| 4 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ | ||||||||
| 5 | https://dynamed.com/home | ||||||||
| 6 | https://www.uptodate.com/home | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | E-studijās ievietotie materiāli un ievietoto tīmekļa saikņu saturs. | ||||||||
