Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Course Code
RKI_030
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Orthopaedics
ECTS
21.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Zenons Narbuts
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Surgeon
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Zenons Narbuts
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in traumatology and orthopaedics according to the requirements of the surgery specialty regulation in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the surgeon specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.- Must acquire detailed theoretical knowledge of the aetiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases, as well as indications for conservative and surgical treatment. - Aetiology, pathogenesis, symptoms and course of injuries and most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system. - Diagnostic methods used in traumatology and orthopaedics. - Emergency assistance and principles of treatment of bone fractures of the musculoskeletal system. - Principles of treatment of acquired and congenital orthopaedic diseases in adult patients. - Types of thermal injury, course thereof, principles of treatment. - The most common complications in patients with injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, symptoms, causes, principles of treatment thereof.
Skills
1.- To examine a patient with an injury or disease of the musculoskeletal system. - To interpret the results of diagnostic methods used (clinical tests, radiological, cytological and microbiological) examinations. - To provide first aid and emergency qualified assistance to patients with injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system and thermal injury. - To draw up an examination and treatment plan for patients with musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. - Emergency puncture technique. - To orient in the choice of treatment options for patients with musculoskeletal injuries and diseases.
Competences
1.To provide first aid and emergency qualified assistance to patients with traumatic injuries.
Assessment
Individual work
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The doctor must learn about the diagnostic methods, instruments and equipment used in surgery, practical skills in diagnostic and therapeutic manipulation, as well as the practical application of therapeutic methods (surgery) in surgical patients to the extent prescribed in the programme.
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Examination
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Computer-based multiple choice test on a 10-point scale.
Practical skills assessment on a 10-point scale about the surgical manipulations learnt.
Appendectomy Long Course – Intermediate on the LapSim simulator.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
21.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
0
Length (weeks):
16
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Townsend, Courtney M. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. Elsevier, 2021.
2.
Sade, Robert M. The Ethics of Surgery. New York: Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2015.
3.
Program, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research, Heidi D Nelson, Kelley K Hunt, and Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015.
4.
Program, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research, and Matthew Katz. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
5.
Robert M. Zollinger, E.Cristopher Ellison. Zollinger`s Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2022.
6.
Nathaniel J. Soper, Carol E.H. Scott-Conner. The SAGES Manual: Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy, Vol.1. 3rd ed., Springer, 2012.
7.
Asensio, Juan A, and Donald D Trunkey. Current Therapy in Trauma and Critical Care. Current Therapy. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2015.
8.
Adzick, N. Scott, Robert Shamberger, Anthony Caldamone, Jean-Martin Laberge, Arnold G Coran, and Thomas M Krummel. Pediatric Surgery. Elsevier, 2014.
9.
Raymond Fonseca. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 3-Volume Set. 3rd ed., Elsvier, 2016.
10.
Jānis Gardovskis. Ķirurģija. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013.
11.
The Score portal. https://surgicalcore.org/
Other Information Sources
1.
Acute Pancreatitis. http://www.intechopen.com/books/acute-pancreatitis
2.
Breast Reconstruction - Current Techniques. http://www.intechopen.com/books/breast-reconstruction-current-techniques
3.
Rectal Cancer - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management. http://www.intechopen.com/books/rectal-cancer-a-multidisciplinary-approach-to-management
4.
Advances in Surgery. https://aischannel.com/
5.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network. https://www.nccn.org/guidelines/category_1