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SURG5031: Surgical Skills
2024 unit information
Surgical Skills focuses on providing a foundation in the skills required by doctors who are applying for surgical training positions and introduces many of the core competencies essential to surgeons during their training and career. On completion of this unit you will be familiar with current standards of treatment for surgical patients with regards to hospital care and technical skills. You will gain experience in the practical application of the concepts of ethics, scholarship, professionalism, teaching, management and leadership that is expected of junior doctors who plan to pursue a surgical career.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Surgery
| Code | SURG5031 |
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| Academic unit | Surgery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Final year medical student knowledge of physiology, pathology and anatomy is assumed |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate how to prepare a patient for surgery, provide intraoperative care and optimise recovery
- LO2. investigate the principles of ethics and professionalism and how they relate to the practice of surgery
- LO3. analyse the role of research and teaching in surgery
- LO4. discuss the role of the surgeon as a leader and manager
- LO5. discuss the process of obtaining technical skills and procedural knowledge equivalent to a junior surgical trainee
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