Description
Description:
The course is intended for students and surgical residents who are planning to take their speciality exams. The course covers the basic and essential techniques required for surgery. Training is carried out by a consultant surgeon who helps participants learn the application of the surgical tools and performance of the basic surgical techniques hands on.
Continuous and final assessment as well as feedback from participants will be carried to ensure learning and proper performance of the skills before issuing the certificate.
Learning outcomes:
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Demonstrate an appropriate procedure for ‘gowning’ and ‘gloving’ in accordance with recommended standards of practice
Tie a variety of reliable knots, including, surgical reef knots and the Aberdeen
knot and tying at depth.
Describe correct handling and use of surgical instruments.
Suture a variety of tissues, including skin, bowel, vascular tissue and tendons
Perform abscess drainage and contaminated wound debridement in accordance with the basic principles of wound management.
Demonstrate an understanding of basic diathermic technique.
Demonstrate effective management of ergonomic issues commonly encountered in endoscopic surgery.
Topics Covered:
- Gowning and Gloving.
- Surgical knots. Demonstration of the different types of knots.
- Practice of participants of applying different sutures.
- Demonstrate interrupted sutures, hand and instrument tied.
- Vertical mattress sutures.
- Subcuticular suture.
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