Attendance and successful examination in:

i. Integrative Systems Physiology

ii. Human Anatomy – Internal Organs

Face to face 

PowerPoint, video usage

• Mandatory presence in the lectures of the course with the possibility of 2 justified absences
• Mandatory presence in the clinical practice of the course with the possibility of 2 justified absences
• Compulsory attendance at the tutoring course with the possibility of 2 justified absences
• Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions

Written Exams 100%

The course is the basic introductory course for the General Surgery subject. The course material aims to familiarize students with the basic principles of surgery

It also refers to the general principles of General Surgery. In this sense the course is the basis on which the student will become familiar with Surgery.

Finally, the aim of the course is for students to understand the importance of Surgery in a distinct scientific field / profession.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Understand the etiology and pathogenesis of surgical pathologies
• Acquire basic knowledge in physiological disorders caused by surgical pathologies (water – electrolyte – acid-base balance disorders, nutritional disorders, endocrine disorders, shock, infections)
• Raisie the awareness of students on major problems of modern surgery (accidents, multiple injuries, oncological surgery, degenerative vascular diseases, organ transplants)

1. General part: Historical development of medicine and surgery, specific skin – subcutaneous tissue inflammations, sterilization, asepsis, disinfection, antiseptic, surgical infections, water, electrolyte and acid-base balance disorders, shock, postoperative complications
2. Thoracic diseases: thoracic wall diseases, upper thoracic syndrome, thoracic injuries, lung diseases (pulmonary abscess, echinococcus, benign and malignant tumors of the lung)
3. Diseases of the mediastinum (syndrome of the mediastinum-superior vena cava, tumors-cysts of the mediastinum, mediastinum trauma.
4. Cervical pathologies (cervical extrathyroid swelling)
5. Breast pathologies (congenital, inflammatory, neoplastic)
6. Esophageal pathologies
7. Gastric – duodenal pathologies (anatomy – physiology of the stomach, gastroduodenal ulcer, gastric neoplasms)
8. Abdominal Wall hernias

–LITERATURE:

1. Principles and Practice of Surgery, O. James Garden, Roman W. Parks
2. 2. Current Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery, Way L.W., Doherty G.M
3. 3. General Surgery, Ι. D. Kanelos
4. General Surgery Faculty of Surgery, Department of Surgery
5. Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery Thomas W., Reed M., Wyatt M.
6. Surgery Quick,Reed, Harper, Parsy