Surgery II

General

• Code: 278-190406
• Semester: 4th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Theory (2)
• ECTS Units: 2
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/index.php?categoryid=196
• Instructors: Bellali Thaleia, Moschos Ioannis

Course Contents

• Injuries to the musculoskeletal system – skeletal injuries. Complications of bone fractures – treatment.
• Central Nervous System (CNS) injuries – epidural – subdural cerebral hematoma – cerebral edema. Spinal injuries. Glasgow coma scale.
• Surgical urinary tract diseases – general local symptoms – urinary physiology – nephrolithiasis – kidney and prostate diseases.
• Treatment of multi-injured patients: Priorities and treatment – chest – abdominal – skeletal injuries. Nursing care.

Educational Goals

The aim of the module is to provide students with the knowledge to recognise the semiotics of the multi-injured patient, as well as musculoskeletal injuries, surgical conditions of the urinary tract and central nervous system, in order to provide appropriate nursing care.

Upon successful completion of the theoretical module, the student will be able to identify and assess injuries, fractures, urinary tract surgical conditions, neurosurgical conditions and how the healthcare professional approaches patients for diagnosis and nursing care.

General Skills

• Adapting to new situations.
• Decision-making.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Project planning and management.
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism.
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues.
• Criticism and self-criticism.
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Powerpoint presentations.
• Support of the learning process through the electronic platform moodle.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Written exams.