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Department of Surgery

Courses

Code

Name

Level

Term

Credit Hours

Contact Hours

Lec.

Clinical

Total

SUR611

Surgery I

6

1

2

1

3

60

SUR612

Surgery II

6

1

2

1

3

60

SUR613

SurgeryIII

6

1

2

1

3

60

SUR614

SurgeryIV

6

1

2

1

3

60

SUR615

SurgeryV

6

2

2

1

3

60

SUR616

SurgeryVI

6

2

2

1

3

60

SUR617

SurgeryVII

6

2

2

1

3

60

SUR618

SurgeryVIII

6

2

2

1

3

60

Course Description

SUR611-618, Surgery I-VIII

Description:

The main objective of the course is to educate practicing graduates to gain the skills and knowledge to diagnose common emergency cases and be able to perform minor every day procedures, anesthesia, and manage first aid for emergency conditions.

It enables the students to do proper history taking, eliciting general and local clinical examination of different common surgical conditions. Also, to do proper interpretation of the finding and to ask for the necessary investigations, including X-ray pictures and pathological specimen examination to reach a proper diagnosis. It familiarizes students with different surgical problems and their management, principles of operative procedures and type of surgical instruments. Also, it enables the student to perform resuscitation and life support measures, and to deal with wound infection, hemorrhage, shock, burns, trauma, and other surgical emergencies. It provides knowledge about surgery of different body systems as GIT, urinary, cardiovascular, neurological and breast surgery.

 

Course Contents:

First Semester SurgeryI-IV(SUR 611-614):

 

General Surgery -1

Wound healing and management

Haemorrhage & Blood Transfusion.

Burns.& plastic surgery,

Fluid, electrolytes,Acid-Base Balance.

Surgical infections.

Arterial and veins disorders.

Hands infection and swelling

Surgery of nerves

Scalp, skull & brain

Face, lips and palate

Mouth & tongue& Salivary glands

The neck, Thyroid and parathyroid

Breast

Cardiothoracic

Esophagus, Stomach&duodenum

                                 

Second Semester SurgeryV-VIII(SUR 615-618):

Genitourinary system:

Ureter&Urinary Bladder and  Urethra

Prostate, Scrotum & Testis

Liver & Gall Bladder.

Anterior abdominal wall hernia.

Spleen.

Pancreas.

Intestine & Appendix.

Peritoneum.

Anal Canal.

Orthopedic surgery

Fractures and Dislocations of the Upper limb &lower limbs

Fractures of the spine and pelvis.

Infections of bones and joints.

Tumors of bones

Deformities.

Surgical Instruments.

 Learning Activities:

A) General lectures

B) Clinical studies, clinical rounds, tutorials and seminars

 

Attendance Criteria:

Students must attend at least 70 % of the theoretical lectures and clinical rounds to set for the final exam.

 

Assessment methods:

Formative & Summative exams

(Selective & Supply type questions- Problem-solving)

- Written exams: short questions, long questions, case histories, MCQs

- Oral exams

- Clinical exams: short cases & long cases.

- Diagnostic skills exams: X- rays, CTs.

 

Marks distribution:
           A total of 100 Marks distributed equally between the two semesters as follows:

      20% Year Activity at O6U.

      10% End Round term exam at Kasr El Ainy Hospital

      40% End of year written exam.

      30 % End of year oral and clinical and skills Exams 

Learning Resources:

Basic Materials:

- Department books available for students, at the faculty

Suggested materials

Bailey and loves

Browses’s Introduction to the Symptoms & Signs of Surgical Diseases.