Surgical Diseases I (Emergency and Planned Abdominal, Breast and Endocrine Surgery) (KK_013)
About Study Course
Objective
Students will acquire knowledge of urgent and elective abdominal, breast and endocrine surgical diseases, their aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention.
Prerequisites
Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the corresponding anatomic region, basics of propaedeutics.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have knowledge that will allow to:
• list and describe urgent and elective abdominal, breast and endocrine surgical diseases, their aetiology and pathogenesis;
• explain the clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention of urgent and elective abdominal, breast and endocrine surgical diseases;
• describe aetiology, pathogenesis, and prevention of the above mentioned diseases; recognise clinical picture and possible complications of these diseases;
• describe up-to-date methods of clinical, laboratory and instrumental investigation;
• discuss surgical treatment methods and their indications.
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• do manual palpation of the breast glands;
• collect patient's complaints and anamnesis;
• do physical examination of the patient using palpation, percussion and auscultation;
• explain the results of upper G-I.
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• analyse data acquired during the surgical patient examination;
• prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient;
• analyse a surgical case and interpret data acquired from laboratory and instrumental investigation methods;
• formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis;
• formulate indications for surgical and conservative treatment;
• plan tactics dealing with the current clinical situation.
