COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO SURGERY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3017 INTRODUCTION TO SURGERY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIH ALTAN

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

To transfer the basic theoretical information about veterinary surgery and to gain the notion of general practitioner veterinary medicine.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Makes the examination methods to be applied in the diagnosis of external diseases.
2   Makes Asepsis-Antisepsis Sterilization-Disinfection methods to be used in surgery.
3   Performs IV IM Injection serum applications
4   Recognize and apply sewing materials
5   Makes the diagnosis and treatment of visible surgical diseases.
6   Gain information about operation preparation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction, disease etiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment methods.
2 Methods of approaching, holding, tying and laying animals.
3 Anamnesis, signalement, evaluation of habitus
4 Inspection methods. Examination of the eyes, ears and nose (head area).
5 Examination and treatment of neck, thorax, abdomen and urogenital systems.
6 Examination and evaluation of lameness and extremities.
7 Preparation for the operation (preparation of the patient, the operator and her/his assistants and the operation materials).
8 Midterm
9 Preoperative evaluation of the patient. CLINICAL ANIMAL WORK: Demonstrating the preoperative evaluation of the patient.
10 Evaluation of injection, puncture, incision types and application.
11 Dressing, bandage applications and types.
12 Head and neck diseases and treatment.
13 Evaluation of cauterization and physiotherapy applications
14 Bleeding, stopping bleeding, ligature and drainage applications.
15 Suture materials, properties and applications.
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akın, F., Samsar, E. (2000). Genel cerrahi, Malatya:Medipres
Akın, F., Samsar, E. (2006). Veteriner özel cerrahi, Malatya:Medipres
Yücel, R. (1998). Veteriner özel Cerrahi, Kocaeli: pethask,
Slatter, D. (1993). Textbook of small animal surgery Philadelphia. W.B Saunders Co

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face education

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm, final and make-up exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Semih Altan

Office Hours

Thursdays 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Group session 3 1 3
Student Presentations 4 1 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 41

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