Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RBC_030
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
11.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To provide and enhance the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in plastic and reconstructive surgery, per the pediatric surgical specialty’s requirements to prepare the doctor for certification in the specialty of pediatric surgery.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.- assessment of emergency conditions and drafting of treatment plans in plastic and reconstructive surgery for adults of various ages (with/without concomitant diseases); - examination and treatment plan drafting for patients before planned plastic or reconstructive operations; - patient preparation peculiarities for operations, emphasizing attention to emergency and urgent operations in plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as basic principles of treatment in the pre- and post-operative periods. - To orientate with the diagnostic methods and instruments used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as the surgical treatment possibilities and principles. To learn: • detailed theoretical knowledge about reconstructive surgical possibilities and principles in cases of organ amputation; • conservative and surgical treatment indications and their application in plastic and reconstructive surgery for adults with bedsores; • diagnostic methods, instruments and apparatuses, and practical skills for diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as surgical treatment method practical application for patients of various ages (with/without concomitant diseases); • to provide qualified emergency assistance for patients in cases of limb or appendage amputation; • to draw up an examination plan, to formulate the plastic and reconstructive surgical options in cases of cosmetic defects of various parts of the body; • to draft an examination plan and determine the indications in hand surgery.

Skills

1.- to provide qualified emergency diagnostics and assistance to patients of various ages with various types of traumatic amputations; - to be able to designate adequate analgesic therapy for patients post plastic reconstructive operations; - to assess the reconstructive body parts/graft viability in the early post-operative period.

Competences

1.- to provide qualified initial and emergency assistance in cases of traumatic body part amputation for patients of various ages (with/without concomitant diseases). - To devise the indications for planned plastic and reconstructive operations for patients of various ages (with/without concomitant diseases).

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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To prepare clinical case description/presentation according to topics of seminars. To prepare literature review/presentation about 1-3 current topics according to cours

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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- Written examination containing questions regarding the program, knowledge is evaluated using the 10-point system. - Practical skills are also evaluated using the 10-point system.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Soft tissue defects in microsurgery with cutaneous and subcutaneous autotransplantation.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Modern hand surgery’s basics.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Lower extremity rotational callisthenic advantages.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Treatment of bedsores with microsurgical techniques.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Peripheral nerve and vascular injury surgical treatment.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Plastic-cosmetic surgical basic principles, indications, and complications.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
11.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
6
Length (weeks):
8
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Microsurgery: Global Perspectives, An Update, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Edited By Jin Bo Tang, Sep 2020

2.

Core Procedures in Plastic Surgery. Peter C. Neligan, May 2019

Additional Reading

1.

Global Reconstructive Surgery. James Chang, Oct 2018

2.

Flaps and Reconstructive Surgery. Fu-Chan Wei, Oct 2016

Other Information Sources

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www.netwibes.com/info_med

4.

www.scirus.com