01594 - General Surgery

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should possess knowledge and capacities that amplifies and reinforce contents, theoretical interpretation models, and operative and research methods belonging to nursing and obstetric sciences acquired during the first teaching cycle regarding innovative issues of surgical assistance.

Course contents

1) Organization of liver transplantation (perioperative phase)

2) Organization of a liver transplant center and its role in a "hub and spoke" context

3) Indications, techniques and results of liver transplantation

4) Kidney transplantation

5) Organizazion of a program of diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

6) Mini-invasive surgery

Readings/Bibliography

No particular textbook is suggested, except the scientific papers cited in the presentations used for the lectures.

Teaching methods

The teaching method is represented by traditional lectures, with frequent reporting of real situations encountered during the surgical activities reported.

Assessment methods

The final exam aims at evaluating the achievement of teaching targets:

1) knowledge of management of a liver transplant program;

2) knowledge of the organization of a liver transplant center according to an intensity of cure-based scheme and within a "hub and spoke" structure;

3) knowledge of indications, techniques and outcomes of liver transplantation;

4) knowledge of the assessment of patients undergoing hepato-biliary surgery procedures;

5) knowledge of main features of a diagnostic and therapeutic path of hepatocellular carcinoma;

6) knowledge of concepts of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.

The final exam consists in an oral test administered by the course Coordinator. The final evaluation will result from the average scores expressed by all lecturers of the course.

The aim of the final test is to verify the capacity of the student of applying its whole knowledge and logical-deductive connections. 

The minimal grade required to pass the final exam is 18.

Grading levels:

capacity of analysis emerging only with the help of the lecturer, with use of a sufficiently correct language: 18-20;

capacity of autonomous analysis only on purely executive items, with use of a correct language: 21-24;

capacity of providing independent choices of critical analysis, with mastery of the specific terminology: 25-29;

capacity of providing independent choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of the specific terminology and capacity of argumentation: 30-30L.

 

Teaching tools

The teaching material is made of Powerpoint presentations for every topic discussed, including references (scientific papers) supporting data reported during the lectures, which can be used as a further tool for improving knowledge.

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