Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Pediatric Outpatient Surgery
Course Code
RBC_025
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Zane Ābola
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Pediatric surgeon
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Zane Ābola
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide and enhance the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in pediatric outpatient surgery, per the pediatric surgical specialty’s requirements to prepare the doctor for certification in the specialty of pediatric surgery.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.- to define possibilities of outpatient surgical diagnostics and treatment for children at various ages. - to draft the examination and treatment plan for patients with surgical pathologies. - to orientate with the diagnostic methods and instruments used in emergency pediatric surgery, as well as the surgical treatment options and principles. To learn: • detailed theoretical knowledge of surgeries which can be treated in an outpatient clinic for children of various ages. • post-operative outpatient care and treatment of patients. • to draft an examination and treatment plan for patients with surgical pathologies in an outpatient clinic.
Skills
1.- To determine the indications for outpatient surgical pathologies treatment. - To perform diagnostic and therapeutic surgical manipulation in different pathologies on out- patient basis for children at various ages.
Competences
1.To provide qualified surgical assistance for patients in outpatient clinic for children at various ages.
Assessment
Individual work
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To prepare literature review regarding 1-3 actual topics in the course.
To prepare clinical case report about topics of the seminar.
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Examination
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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.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders. Hemangioma, lymphangioma
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Seminar
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Modality
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On site
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Auditorium
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Inflammatory changes in the navel in newborns and infants.
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Seminar
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Modality
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Chronic constipation and defecation disorders
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
3
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery. 7th Edition. Authors George Holcomb, J. Patrick Murphy and Shawn St Peter. Published 14th aprīlis 2019
Additional Reading
1.
Ambulatory Surgery Center Safety Guidebook. 1st Edition. Author Dale Lyman. Published 20th septembris 2017