Course Syllabus
Aims
To provide the concepts necessary for understanding pathologies, indications and procedures of the vascular surgery field.
Contents
The clerkships will cover the most important aspects related to surgical treatment of vascular pathologies as aneurysms, carotid disease, peripheral artery disease. Students will acquire the basic knowledge required to diagnose the most important vascular disease and to acquire knowledge of the main technical procedures.
Detailed program
1. Diagnosis of the most important vascular disease in the outpatients setting.
2. Surgical indications for vascular surgery in hospitalized patients.
3. Basic concepts and observations activities regarding treatment of aneurysms in the operating room.
4. Basic concepts and observations activities regarding treatment of carotid disease in the operating room.
5. Basic concepts and observations activities regarding treatment of peripheral artery disease in the operating room.
Prerequisites
Basic Clinical Skills course
Teaching form
Practical guided observation activities with briefings and debriefings by hospital tutors
Practical teaching in Cardiac Surgery Ward and in the Operating Room
Textbook and teaching resource
to be defined
Semester
First Semester
Assessment method
Practical skills observation and rating scale assessment
Office hours
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