Course Description:

On the basis of handling the basic medical knowledge, it is a major task to know how to
diagnose, make a differential diagnosis and treat variant diseases.
And the characteristic of this subject is to learn the indications and contraindications of
operation and how to deal with postoperative complications.
To meet the teaching aim, the students should grasp the related contents in the subject and master the aseptic technique and basic operational skills.
What’s more, you need to cultivate fine medical ethics and strive to serve the patients’ hearts and souls during clinical work.

Teaching methods

Multimedia lectures.
Analysis and discussion of the typical case in class
Visit in-patients and wards; demonstration of typical case and operation or videos
Self-study

Teaching hours distribution

Basic surgery
Contents	Lecture	Self-study	Practice
Introduction to Surgery	1
Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-base Disorders	3		1
Antibiosis and Asepsis		2
Surgical Infections	2		1
Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome	2		0.5
Surgical Shock	2		0.5
Surgical Intensive Care Unit		2
Surgical Nutrition	2		0.5
Trauma	2		0.5
Burns and Frostbite	2
Neoplasms		2
Organ Transplantation		2
Laproscopic Surgery		2
Total	16	10	4

GIT + H&N + Breast & Vascular surgery
Contents	Lecture	Self-study	Practice
Neck Diseases	2		1
Breast Diseases	2		1
External Hernias	2		1
Blunt Abdominal Injuries	2		0.5
Acute Suppurative Peritonitis	2		0.5
Stomach and Duodenum Diseases	6		1
Small Intestine Diseases	4		1
Appendicitis	2		1
Colorectal and Anal Diseases	4		1
Liver Diseases	2		1
Portal Hypertension	2		1
Biliary Diseases	3		1
Pancreas Diseases	3		1
Acute Abdomen		2
Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment of Alimentary Tract Bleeding		2
Vascular Diseases	4		2
Total	40	4	14

Cardiothoracic surgery
Contents	Lecture	Self-study	Practice
Thoracic trauma	2	1	1
Diseases of the chest wall and pleura	1	0.5	1
Mediastinal disease	1	0.5	1
Esophageal disease	2	1	1
Lung tumor and Benign pulmonary disease	4	1	2
General consideration of cardiac surgery	2	1	1
Congenital heart disease	2	1	1
Adult heart disease	4	2	2
Total	18	8	10

Urosurgery
Contents	Lecture	Self-study	Practice
Genitourinary Tract Trauma	2	1	2
Urinary Tract Infection	2	0	2
Genitourinary tuberculosis	2	1	1
Urinary Obstruction	2	1	2
Urinary Stone Disease	2	1	1
Urinary and Genital Tumors	2	0	2
Total	12	4	10

Orthopedics
Contents	Lecture	Self-study	Practice
Physical examination of the musculoskeletal system	0	2	2
General consideration of fractures	2	1	0
Fracture and dislocation of the upper extremities	2	1	0.5
Hand injury	1	0.5	0.5
Fracture and articular injury lower extremities	2	0.5	0.5
Fractures in the spine (along with spinal cord injury)and pelvis	2	1	0.5
Peripheral nerve injury	2	0.5	0.5
Chronic injury of the musculoskeletal system	0	1	2
Degenerative diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine	2	1	0.5
Septic infection of bones and joints	2	1	0.5
Tuberculosis of bones and joints	2	1	0.5
Nonsuppurative arthritis	2	1	0.5
Deformities of the musculoskeletal system	0	0	1
Bone tumors	2	1	0.5
Total	21	12.5	10

Examination pattern & marks distribution

Two theory examinations, 80%
Performance in the class, 20%

Sample Exam Questions

References

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Campbell Urology,7^th Edition, Jack W. McAninch, 1999
Smith’sGeneral Urology,5^th Edition, Emil A.Tanggho, 2005
Orthopaedics, Edited by Robert H. Fitzgerald, Jr., Herbert Kaufer, Arthur L. Malkani, 2002, People’s Health Press
Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics,10^th Edition, Bruce Browner, Jesse Jupiter, Alan Levine, Peter Trafton, 2005, Elsevier Publishing INC
Skeletal Trauma, 2^nd Edition, S. Terry Canale, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN, 1998, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co
Rockwood and Green’s Fractures in Adults, 4^th Edition, Robert W Bucholz, James D Heckman, Charles Court-Brown, Paul Tornetta, Kenneth J Koval, 1996, Philadelphia: Sippincott-Raven.