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Surgical Revision Course for Final Year Medical Students 
 
TIME:  19th April 2008 (Saturday): 0830 hrs till 1745 hrs                       20th April 2008 (Sunday): 0830 hrs till 1700 hrs
VENUE: Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University 
 
COURSE PROGRAMME
19th April, 2008 (Saturday)
 
8.20: Welcome and Introduction 
8:30: Start of course 
GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY 
  • Acute abdomen, abdominal masses and abdominal emergencies 
  •  History and investigations for bleeding per rectum 
  • Jaundice, ascites and portal hypertension 
  • Pathologies of the gall bladder and pancreas 
  • Colorectal cancer and management 
  • Hernias and scrotal swellings 
 1100 – 1115: Break 
 
VASCULAR SURGERY 
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 
  •  Peripheral Vascular Disease and Gangrene 
  • Varicose veins and deep venous thrombosis 
LUMPS AND BUMPS 
  • Cutaneous lumps and malignancies 
  •  Neck swellings and enlarged lymph nodes
  1300-1345: Lunch Break 
 
BREAST AND ENDOCRINE 
  • Nipple discharge, and benign and malignant breast lumps 
  • Thyroid disorders and malignancies 
  • Neck swellings 
UROLOGY 
  • Urinary tract infection and calculi 
  •  Haematuria 
  • Urinary tract obstruction 
  1545-1600: Break 
 
INVESTIGATIONS 
  • Interpretation of baseline and common blood investigations 
  • Arterial Blood Gas interpretation 
  • Blood transfusion and management
SURGICAL CARE 
  • Consenting patients 
  • Pre- and Peri-operative management 
  • Post-operative management and complications 
  • General principles of wound healing and wound management 
SKILLS/TECHNIQUES 
  • Local anaesthetics and suturing 
  • Writing prescription, IV fluids and analgesics 
  • Catheterisation and PR examination 
  • Cannulation, venepuncture and SC/IM/IV injections 
TIPS TO PASS THE EXAM 
  • Report from FP1 Doctors who sat the exam last year
  • General tips
1745: End of Day 1 
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