Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
7MED 4001Electives for Surgical Sciences0+80+03327.03.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program School of Medicine (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Category of Course Unit Clerkships
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of this elective course is to help the 4th grade students of the Faculty of Medicine to get to know the surgical sciences more closely and the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the General Surgery internship within the scope of UÇEP, with the knowledge and skills they will gain in a different surgical branch (Thoracic Surgery, Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery or Anesthesia and Reanimation) they may be interested in to allow them to increase.
Course Content Interactive learning sessions, active practice in the examination room and operating room
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Erdal OKUR
Prof. Dr. Fevzi TORAMAN
Lecturer
Phd. Berkhan YILMAZ
Name of Lecturers Prof. Dr. BİLGİ BACA
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Tıp fakültesi öğrencileri için : cerrahi bilimler öykü alma ve fizik muayene kitabı; ed.; Mert Küçük
dahili ve cerrahi acil hastalıklar : hekimler için;yayınlayan; Ünal Değerli
Tıbbi ve cerrahi acil girişimler; Aydınlıoğlu, Kemal

Course Category
Health %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 2 18 36
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 1 12 12
Practice 2 24 48
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 96

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 General Surgery • To be familiar with the anatomy of surgical areas • Explain the symptoms and physical findings of patients with surgical disease, • Analyze the signs and symptoms in a patient. • To summarize the principles of managing surgical patients (acute abdomen, hemodynamic instability, hemorrhages, etc.)
2 Thoracic Surgery • Learns the basic principles of chest tube insertion • Management of thoracic trauma patients. • Distinguish the main thoracic surgical pathologies and know their treatments. • Describes the radiological findings of major thoracic surgical pathologies.
3 Anesthesiology and Reanimation • Defines the management and stages of general anesthesia as a basis, and lists general anesthesia, • Defines regional anesthesia management, • Describes local anesthesia mechanisms and lists local anesthetics, • Lists basic and advanced monitoring techniques used in anesthesia and intensive care. Analysis of arterial blood gases and acid-base status
4 Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery • Describes the basic approach to burns and frostbite injuries. • Learns the principles of wound healing. • Defines the approach to the evaluation of craniofacial disorders, cleft lip and palate. • Learns basic breast reconstruction methods • Learns the basic approach for hand and lower extremity injuries • Learns the basic approach to maxillofacial traumas • Learning the treatment of malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin tumors

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Breast Cancer Acute Pancreatitis Chronic Pancreatitis Fluid and Electrolyte Management of Surgical Patient Gastric Cancer and precancerous lesions Colorectal cancer Systemic Response to Injury Peritonitis and Intraabdominal Abscess Portal Hypertension and Liver Transplantation Malignant Liver Tumors Surgical Treatment of Peptic Ulcer and Its Complications Groin Hernia and inguinal anatomy
2 Morbid Obesity Neoplasms of Pancreas (Endocrine and Exocrine) Benign Biliary Tract Diseases Benign Thyroid Disorders and thyroid nodules Outpatient, Operating Room, Bed Side Teaching
3 CASE Thoracic Surgery Interventions Video Session; Chest tube insertion Videothoracoscopic Procedures Lung Neoplasms Radiological case discussions Inflammatory Lung Disease in Thoracic Surgery Surgical Disease of Pleura Tracheabronchial Surgery Chest wall diseases Pneumothorax Thoracic Trauma Mediastinal tumours and cysts OPERATING ROOM Monitoring (Hemodynamic, respiratory) CPR (Basic and advanced) Pain and Analgesics General anesthesia (Theories, management, anesthetic drugs)
4 Local anesthesia (Mechanism of action, local anesthetics, complications) Regional anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks Arterial Blood Gases Oxygen Therapy Mechanical Ventilation Practice Introduction to Plastic Surgery Flaps vs Grafts Vascular anomalies Case discussion (Vascular anomalies /Congenital breast anomalies & Aesthetic Breast surgery) Breast reconstruction Case discussion(Breast reconstruction /Acute hand injuries/Facial paralysis/Facial aesthetic surgery) Pressure sores Transgender surgery Functional hand anatomy Congenital hand anomalie Acute hand injuries Thermal, chemical and electrical injuries Lymphedema

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 P25 P26 P27 P28 P29 P30 P31 P32 P33 P34
All 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
C1
C2
C3
C4

  Additive Level: 1: Very Low 2: Low 3: Medium 4: High 5: Very High