36814 - General Surgery 1 (A)

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should have acquired the ability to integrate their knowledge of basic surgical principles with the patient’s physical exam.

The student will then be expected to know the basic principles governing pre- and post-operative care.

Course contents

  • Approach to the Surgical Patient – Physical Examination
  • Surgical Sutures
  • Abscesses, Phlegmons and Surgical Wounds
  • Gastro-intestinal bleeding
  • Thyroid
  • Esophagus
  • Pancreas and Spleen
  • Hemorrhagic Shock
  • Adrenal Glands

Readings/Bibliography

  • PubMed (nih.gov) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/] ; Article type: Meta-Analysis; Review; Systematic Review (preferentially)
  • Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 21st Edition. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. Author: Courtney M. Townsend

Teaching methods

Lectures will comprehend frontal lessons with audiovisual materials, simulation models and participation to online environments dedicated to e-learning.

Assessment methods

Oral exam during which the student is expected to discuss the topics presented through class.

Specifically, the student assessment will cover the following:

  • Knowledge of the specific course contents
  • Critical and expositive ability
  • Technical-scientific terminology correctness

Teaching tools

Audiovisual materials, simulation models and participation to online environments dedicated to e-learning

Office hours

See the website of Antonio Gangemi