-       General principles for harvesting a medical history, with age and patient specific approach (e.g. children, old adults, healthy female evaluation…). The surgical history and documentation.

-       Basic physical evaluation skills, oriented for a surgical approach to the patient.

-       Principles of clinical data interpretation (laboratory, radiology). Basic principles for the evaluation of district-specific x-Ray and CT-scans.

-       Reporting and storing medical history and findings for electronic charting / database.

-       The symptoms and manifestation of disease in general surgery

-       Examination of the abdomen

-       Examination of hearth and thorax from a surgical prospective

-       Multidisciplinary examination of the groin

-       Principles of urological examination

-       Examination of the breast

-       Examination of skin lesion and lumps, examination of both traumatic and surgical scars,burns, flaps and grafts.

-       Examination of the pudendum and vagina

-       Examination of the penis and scrotum

-       General principles of the orthopedic examination: generic joint examination, focus on the examination of the single joint, peculiar features of the hand, spine. Clinical gait and limp examination.

-       Focused examination in vascular surgery: the carotid artery, clinical features and examination of aortic aneurysm, arterial and venous examination of upper and lower limbs. Evaluation and examination of ulcers.

-       Clinical evaluation in head and neck surgery, focused examination off the ear, nose and throat. Focused examination of neck and thyroid. 

-       The oral and maxillofacial evaluation: basic principles and features.

-       Basic principles of a neurosurgery focused global and focal neurological examination.