Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Simulation in Surgery
Course Code
RKI_017
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
1.00
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 provide students with and improve their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in general surgery in accordance with the requirements of the surgery speciality regulations with an aim to prepare the doctor for certification in surgeon’s speciality.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.- It is necessary to acquire detailed theoretical knowledge about the etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis of congenital and acquired, acute and chronic surgical diseases, as well as indications for conservative and surgical treatment of surgical diseases. - Must know diagnostic methods and instruments used in surgery.
Skills
1.- Provide emergency assistance, in acute cases, to a patient with surgical pathology; - create a correct diagnostic scheme and treatment tactics for a patient with surgical pathology; - perform diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations.
Competences
1.Providing surgical assistance is in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health of Latvia, the Ministry of Health and the Association of Surgeons. The competence of the certified specialist is the diagnosis of surgical pathology, conservative and operative termination.
Assessment
Individual work
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The doctor must learn the diagnostic methods, instruments and equipment used in surgery, practical skills of diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations, as well as the practical use of therapeutic methods (operations) for patients with a surgical profile in the scope provided for in the program.
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Examination
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At the end of the first year of study - you must successfully pass the theoretical and practical test: - test of theoretical knowledge: multiple-choice computerized test. LapSim Global Study Basic Skills - Intermediate.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
0
Length (weeks):
1
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.
3.
Sade, Robert M. The Ethics of Surgery. New York: Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2015.
4.
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
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Program, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research, and Matthew Katz. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
6.
Robert M. Zollinger, E.Cristopher Ellison. Zollinger`s Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2022.
7.
Nathaniel J. Soper, Carol E.H. Scott-Conner. The SAGES Manual: Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy, Vol.1. 3rd ed., Springer, 2012.
8.
Asensio, Juan A, and Donald D Trunkey. Current Therapy in Trauma and Critical Care. Current Therapy. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2015.
9.
Adzick, N. Scott, Robert Shamberger, Anthony Caldamone, et.al. Pediatric Surgery. Elsevier, 2014.
10.
Raymond Fonseca. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 3-Volume Set. 3rd ed., Elsvier, 2016.
11.
Jānis Gardovskis. Ķirurģija. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013.
Other Information Sources
1.
Acute Pancreatitis.
2.
Breast Reconstruction - Current Techniques.
3.
Rectal Cancer - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management.
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Advances in Surgery.
5.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network.