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Surgery I (SUR401): Course Outline

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland

Course description

  • This course intends to familiarize the students with the principles of orthopedic surgery along with a detailed description of surgical terminologies and abbreviations for efficient and effective chart reviewing and documentation.
  • It also explores various orthopedic conditions needing surgical attention, focusing on epidemiology, and pathology, as well as primary and secondary clinical characteristics and their surgical management.

Course contents

  1. Orthopedic surgery
  2. Fractures
  3. Dislocations & subluxations
  4. Soft tissue injuries

  5. General orthopedic disorders

  6. Tumors

  7. Deformities and anomalies

  8. Deformities of the spine

  9. Deformities of the lower limb

  10. Deformities of shoulder and upper limb

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Learning objectives

  • Describe in detail surgical terminologies, abbreviations, etiology, primary and secondary clinical characteristics, classifications, indications, and complications for surgeries listed orthopedic conditions.
  • Explain briefly an overview of surgical management of the listed conditions.